#48 - Summer Flashback: The Original 9 & Equal Pay in Sport

Sport is arguably the biggest arena in the fight for equal pay: in a milestone victory last week and after a six-year legal battle, the US Women’s National Soccer Team reached an agreement with USSF to equalise compensation, bonuses, and work conditions between the women's and men's national teams through 2028. But in the history of gender-based pay discrimination, the tennis court pre-dates the soccer field. In this special episode, we flashback to Summer 2021 and the unique opportunity to cover The Original 9’s story as told during their induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. In 1970, nine female professional tennis players rebelled against the United States Lawn Tennis Association due to the wide inequality in prize money paid to male vs. female tennis players. Their strike led to the creation of the WTA and laid the groundwork for other female athletes. Today, tennis has the smallest gender pay gap in sport. Please note the source material for this episode was recorded June 2021.

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#48 - Summer Flashback: The Original 9 & Equal Pay in Sport is an episode from I ALSO Want Money by Nicole Kyle, Sophie Holm & Harrison Comfort.

This episode is 23:15 long.

This episode was published on May 23, 2022.

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