2. A professional athlete is someone who plays a
sport in front of an audience and earns a salary
from doing so.
3. Men’s soccer league quarterfinalist were paid
$200,000 each. Women’s soccer league
quarterfinalist were paid $25,000 each.
The NBA salary cap is $60 million while the
WNBA salary cap is $878,000
4. Women receive less media coverage.
Discrepancy in opportunities for paid
appearances, summer camps, and public
outings.
6. Title XI Legislation was made to make sure
women were paid fairly in comparison to their
male counterparts.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
provides, "No person in the United States shall,
on the basis of sex, be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be
subjected to discrimination under any
education program or activity receiving
Federal assistance"
7. Tyler vs. Howard University women's coach
sued the university for paying her a salary that
was much lower than the salary paid to the
men's coach. The court found with the coach
and she was awarded damages equal to the
difference in the salaries.
Pitts v. Oklahoma In the Pitts case the court did
not find that the university had violated the
Title IX Amendment, nor the Equal Pay Act.
8. Attendance at sporting events
More national media coverage
More sponsorship activities.
9. ESPN has now agreed to pay female
participants in the X Games an equal salary to
the men.
