by admin | Mar 2, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Serena Williams’s early-stage venture capital firm, Serena Ventures, has raised an inaugural fund of $111 million that will invest in founders with diverse points of view, she told the DealBook newsletter. The investment firm led by the tennis star is already an...
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Former USA goalkeeper Hope Solo said on Wednesday the women’s national team’s $24m settlement with US Soccer over an equal pay lawsuit was not the huge win it was being trumpeted as but rather “heartbreaking and infuriating”. “Read the fine print. ‘Contingent upon the...
by admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Female athletes continue to face opponents on the field and off, constantly told they aren’t good enough or strong enough, are dull to watch, celebrate too much when they win, and cry too much when they lose. But a $24 million settlement between the US...
by admin | Feb 22, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The 28 U.S. women’s national team players who sued U.S. Soccer for pay discrimination in 2019 have reached a proposed settlement with the federation on Tuesday morning. U.S. Soccer has agreed to pay $22 million in back pay as direct compensation to the players as part...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Pay Equity, SEW
When the U.S. women’s national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement back in 2017, it seemed like a relief for both sides at the time. The USWNT’s previous contract had expired months prior, and the players had...
by admin | Feb 4, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The WNBA added $75 million to its coffers through a capital raise that brought in new investments from some of the biggest names in business, athletics and entertainment. The list of investors, announced Thursday, included former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice,...
by admin | Feb 3, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The National Women’s Soccer League’s 2021 Rookie of the Year, 19-year-old Trinity Rodman, will become the highest-paid player in league history after she signed a contract extension with Washington Spirit on Wednesday, the club announced. The four-year...
by admin | Feb 1, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Free agent center Liz Cambage lit into the WNBA and its pay structure on Tuesday, putting into doubt whether she will spend another season in the league. Cambage appears to be referring to reports that Storm forward Breanna Stewart re-signed to return to Seattle on a...
by admin | Feb 1, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The Professional Footballers’ Association has said that they will continue to push for “absolute parity” for female players and that a “piecemeal adoption” of new changes announced on Tuesday will only further hurt the women’s game....
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Haley and Hanna Cavinder, twin basketball stars for Fresno State University, needed some extra time before they could talk about their latest endorsement deal. It was the day after a road game at the United States Air Force Academy, and the business management...
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