by admin | Apr 5, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
During her 28 years as a college basketball head coach, Joanne P. McCallie often had to push her bosses to provide more for her women’s teams. She would look at the men’s basketball programs where she worked and see the inequities: higher salaries for the coaches, a...
by admin | Apr 4, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
From Diana Taurasi to Candace Parker to Breanna Stewart, Boardroom highlights the top 20 most expensive players in the WNBA for the upcoming campaign by total salary. In October, the Chicago Sky broke through. Led by series MVP Kahlea Copper, three-time All-Star...
by admin | Mar 31, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
For decades, female athletes have had to fight for recognition and resources, and while that’s still obviously an ongoing struggle, women college athletes in particular have made some strides recently thanks to the NCAA’s new rule allowing student-athletes to profit...
by admin | Mar 23, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
It’s going to cost fans more to watch South Carolina coach Dawn Staley and her powerhouse Gamecocks next season. The athletic department said Tuesday it is raising season ticket prices for women’s basketball on the 13,784 non-student seats at Colonial Life...
by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership, Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The tennis caravan is parked in Indian Wells, Calif., this week for the BNP Paribas Open, an event that, not unreasonably, calls itself “the fifth major.” Venus Williams, though, is on America’s opposite baseline, home in South Florida. “I’m living my best life,” she...
by admin | Mar 14, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
U.S. statistics show women are still being paid less than men. Legendary Olympian Allyson Felix told CBS News that she wants the gender pay gap to change “completely.” Women earn 83 cents for every dollar men make, according to the 2021 numbers from...
by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
U.S. Bank has become the latest company to agree to a multiyear relationship with the WNBA as one of its Changemakers, the league announced Thursday. As part of the deal, U.S. Bank will become the official bank of the WNBA and of the league’s major events, such...
by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
In much of the soccer world, the US women’s team and players such as Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan are beloved superstars and powerful voices for equal rights. Many in the rank-and-file of US Soccer don’t share that sentiment though. In their eyes, the US national...
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Guest Blogs, Pay Equity, SEW
For years, WNBA players including Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner have traded in rest during the offseason in order to play overseas. Griner, who plays for the Russian basketball team UMMC Ekaterinburg during the offseason, was recently detained in connection...
by admin | Mar 4, 2022 | Pay Equity, SEW
As the union for national team players works out the details of a historic equitable pay agreement with U.S. Soccer, the players are looking to expand their influence into programs that benefit other women. The U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association on...
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