by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
In their final written brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, USWNT players on Monday demanded that the appellate court reverse an adverse ruling last year by Judge Gary Klausner. The judge found that USWNT players earned more, not less, than USMNT...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
The U.S. women’s national team made its closing written argument on Friday in a bid to overturn the dismissal of its equal pay lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, calling the lower court’s original decision “flatly wrong.” The...
by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Award-winning costume designer June Ambrose joined Puma in 2020 and has wasted no time in making her presence felt. Puma, led by Ambrose, has officially launched its women’s hoops category behind the Puma High Court Collection, a basketball-inspired lifestyle...
by admin | Nov 29, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
As she continues to build out her budding marketing profile during the early stages of the NCAA’s name, image and likeness era, UConn women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers has signed a multiyear NIL endorsement deal with Gatorade. After becoming the first...
by admin | Nov 29, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Ten years ago, the LPGA Tour had eight players earn at least $1 million in the season. One indication of how much has changed is Nasa Hataoka. The 22-year-old from Japan earned more than $1 million from two runner-up finishes this year. They came at events with the...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The next few months could be among the most important in American women’s soccer history, with significant change on the horizon for both the NWSL and USWNT. The big picture: Collective bargaining agreements tend to be tedious, and lawsuits can drag on. But as...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Eastern Michigan University’s women’s basketball team got $88 from the school to buy a holiday ham. The men’s team received hundreds more — $397, to be exact — just to buy a bunch of pink lemonade-flavored energy chew snacks. That type of spending...
by admin | Nov 5, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
What do Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Christen Press, and Pele have in common? They are all successful soccer athletes. How many have you heard of? Women may have the right to vote, but in sports they still lack the respect and equal pay due for their...
by admin | Nov 5, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
It’s been a banner year for Skylar Diggins-Smith: an Olympic gold medal, her third all-WNBA first-team selection, and the deepest postseason run of her career in year two with the Phoenix Mercury. And now, like all WNBA players, she’s getting back to work during her...
by admin | Nov 4, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Raducanu’s meteoric rise continues as she is among the who’s who of British sports featuring in Sports Direct’s 2021 Christmas campaign, which reportedly had a budget of £6 million. Having made the tennis world sit up and take note of her talent by winning 10...
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