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While these steps are positive, the pace of change remains slow, and the pay gap persists, reflecting broader societal issues related to gender equality in sports. [8] Efforts to Bridge the Gap. A significant contributor to the gender pay gap in sports is the media coverage discrepancy between men's and women's sports.
The passing of Title IX in 1972 generated a wave of female participation in athletics, as well as increased funding for female sports. Following their win of the 2015 FIFA World Cup, the US Women's Soccer Team highlighted gender discrimination in sport and brought about another movement towards achieving equal pay in sports. [3]
On March 8, 2019 (International Women's Day) the 28 players of the USWNT filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation in the United States District Court in Los Angeles. [15] [16] Their class-action lawsuit asserted that the USSF violated the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) and Title VII. [17]
There was endless politicking by coaches, athletic directors and fans, but the College Football Playoff selection committee settled on a 12-team field in the end and now it's time to make some picks.
National champion odds. Ohio State (+110) Texas (+350) Notre Dame (+350) Penn State (+450) The Buckeyes are unsurprisingly the big favorites while Texas and Notre Dame are the co-No. 2 favorites.
November 30, when most of the biggest rivalries in college football were contested, saw a number of ugly scenes when victorious road teams planted their flags on the fields of their rivals ...
“There’s no one to put the brakes on them,” says Joel Maxcy, a Drexel University economist who studies college sports. “There’s no one to say, ‘No, this is not a sound investment.’” A Hail Mary. Georgia State, a commuter college located in a largely vacant stretch of downtown Atlanta, had long resisted a move into big-time ...
Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, [a] [b] is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries , and 187 national teams participate internationally . [ 4 ]