by admin | May 30, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
When U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan played in the 2015 Women’s World Cup, merchandise for the victorious U.S. team was in such short supply that her family couldn’t find any. So her father printed a flag and his daughter’s name on a few dozen T-shirts for family and...
by admin | May 23, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Serena Williams has claimed numerous records throughout her illustrious career. And, now, her greatness has been immortalized in a different arena. Goldin Auctions founder Ken Goldin tweeted Sunday a 2003 Serena Williams NetPro signed patch rookie card sold for a...
by admin | May 20, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The push for equal gender pay in sports got a shot in the arm this week when the U.S. Soccer Federation announced that players for the men’s and women’s national teams would get equal compensation. Yet while the U.S. soccer teams have achieved parity,...
by admin | May 20, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Allyson Felix has been tapped as an ambassador for Omega. On Thursday, the five-time track and field Olympian was named an ambassador for the Swiss luxury watch company. Felix joins a growing family of athletes who are also Omega ambassadors, including other Olympians...
by admin | May 18, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
When it comes to winning advertisers, few athletes have the pull of tennis aces Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams. The 24-year-old Osaka has more than 20 corporate partners, making $58 million before taxes and agents’ fees over the last 12 months from brands including...
by admin | May 18, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The U.S. Soccer Federation announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal to pay the U.S. Men’s National Team and the U.S. Women’s National Team equally, eliminating a contentious pay gap that saw female players earning less. The new collective bargaining...
by admin | May 16, 2022 | Pay Equity, SEW
Discussions around player pay and related benefits are regularly top-of-mind around the WNBA. So, how much do WNBA players make? What’s this season’s max salary? What’s the salary cap threshold for each team? Let’s break it down. Read...
by admin | May 12, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The Los Angeles Sparks and LegalZoom.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: LZ), the industry leader in online business formation and a leading platform in legal, compliance and tax solutions, announced today a multi-year partnership that will help empower, celebrate and uplift women-led...
by admin | May 11, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Sports business website Sportico has published a list of the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world and it makes grim reading for female athletes. This year has already seen a number of memorable events in the world of women’s sport. Katie Taylor fought Amanda...
by admin | May 9, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
On Friday, UKG announced a multimillion-dollar three-year sponsorship of the NWSL Challenge Cup. This makes the 2023 Challenge Cup the first professional women’s soccer tournament to achieve pay equity. With the sponsorship change, the player Cup bonus pool will...
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