In reality, does it have to be one or the other? The leagues should in an ideal world have the same weighting, but also be celebrated or criticised in their own right.
I use the curling example (a sport picked randomly by the way) where you could say we've been successful as a nation, while highlight the success of females.
In football, the male league should be celebrated on its own likewise with the female, with a combined total becoming something regarded too.
But there's a long way to go before that.