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Accelerate Equity
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Accelerate Equity advances equal opportunity for her in high school and college sports. See how any college is treating women athletes on our Gender Equity Dashboard. www.accelerateequity.net
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A judge ordered Condordia University Irvine (CUI) to reinstate women's swimming, diving, and tennis during Title IX litigation. CUI should add about 100 roster spots for women - ie, form new teams to give women equal opportunity and comply with Title IX, not cut teams!
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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👀 Refs in the WNBA get paid far less than in the NBA 🏀
WNBA per game pay range ~$1,500 - $,2600
NBA per game pay range ~$2,000 - $7,333
This needs to change!

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

#payequity #WNBA #NBA
No one comes to watch the referees. But in the WNBA, they’re the story | Bryan Armen Graham
As the league rides record crowds and viewership into the finals, inconsistent refereeing fueled by structural gaps has become the game’s dominant subplot
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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📣 The Golden State Valkyries are the first expansion team to make the playoffs!
👀 W/ 397,408 fans they set an WNBA season attendance record
So proud and excited! Go Valks! 💜

#WNBA #GoldenStateValkyries
September 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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⁉️ What took you so long MLB? ⚾ Watch this weekend as Jen Pawol makes history as the first female MLB referee, in the Marlins - Braves series. She'll be behind home plate on Sunday.

#womenssports #MLB #NBA #NFL
August 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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The EO prohibits booster type pay-for play. It is unclear how aspects aimed at protecting so-called non-revenue sports would be enforced. It also aims to protect the NCAA and schools from antitrust lawsuits. Many aspects will likely be challenged in court. #NCAA
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Saves College Sports
SAVING COLLEGE SPORTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to protect student-athletes and collegiate athletic scholarships and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Beach volleyball players filed a Title IX lawsuit in response to Stephen F. Austin State U. cutting the team. SFA has shortchanged women athletes for years, recently by over 400 roster spots !

See how any college is doing ➡️ accelerateequity.net/gender-equit...
Graph shows that SFA provided women with only 211 roster spots in 2023 - 2024, when they should have provided women with 668 roster spots.
July 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Thrilled to join Sports IQ with Larry Smith to talk about the impact of the House settlement on women's sports. Segment starts at 25:33.
#NCAA #sports #TitleIX #TitleIX

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Steelers Reload with Ramsey & Smith, SGA’s $285M Payday, and Title IX Fallout
Podcast Episode · SportsIQ with Larry Smith · 01/07/2025 · 52m
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July 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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⚖️ The NCAA v House settlement uses historical discrimination to justify future discrimination. I'm grateful to @mattbrown.bsky.social for letting me share the story of how the NCAA prevents women's tournaments from bringing in sponsors and revenue.

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Guest Post: What the House settlement gets wrong about women's sports
Using math from past discrimination is only going to make future problems worse
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June 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Here is new data on how spending compares for college men's and women's teams. The law does not require equal spending. But schools are required to offer the same quality of benefits and services.
For every dollar spent on college men's teams, only 53 cents is spent on women's teams.
Graph shows spending on men's and women's college teams. $11.7 billion is spent on men's teams, while only $6.3 billion is spent on women's teams.
June 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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How is Title IX doing on its anniversary? Schools are supposed to provide roster spots for women equal to the percentage of students who are women. But there is still a gap of over 219,000 roster spots nationwide.
See how any schools is doing
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compares roster spots women get (lower line) with those that they should get (upper line)
June 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Economist Claudia Goldin analyzed WNBA and MNBA salaries. She found that the avg WNBA salary is 1/80 of the avg. MNBA salary - $127,000 v $10,000,000. But based on a player's value to sponsors, the avg. WNBA salary should be around 1/4 to 1/3 of the men's.
#WNBA

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...
Opinion | How Underpaid Are W.N.B.A. Players? It’s Embarrassing.
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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The widespread lack of equitable opportunities to play sports, in violation of #TitleIX, impacts so many more girls and women than transgender athletes do @mainepublic.org story here - AE comes in a 2:37
www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
Thanks Patty Wight for the story
Civil rights advocates say debate about transgender athletes ignores chronic violations of Title IX
Critics say the movement to ban transgender athletes from girls' sports doesn't have anything to do with fairness.
www.mainepublic.org
May 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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We’re 8 days out from the 2025 WNBA season! Whether you’re getting into the W for the first time this year or you’ve been watching since the beginning, we’ve got you covered with team-by-team previews leading up to opening night.

Starting with the Liberty & Sun:
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May 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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🏀 👀 Watch Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings kick off the WNBA preseason against the Las Vegas Aces tonight at 7 pm EDT. You can watch for free on the WNBA app or on ION. 🌟 100% of WNBA pre-season games will be broadcast for the first time!
#WNBA # womenssports
May 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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A federal court ruled that the Title IX lawsuit against U. of Oregon can move forward, The lawsuit was brought by members of the beach volleyball team and club rowing team, based on lack of opportunities to play, lack of scholarships, and inequitable treatment, including access to NIL opportunities.
April 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Dawn Staley is now the highest paid coach in college WBB! She will earn $4m/yr and $25.25m through 2030.

However, there are 16 coaches in college MBB who make more. This reflects the undervaluation of coaches of women's teams and women in general.
#womenssports #NCAA #WBB #collegesports #NCAA
South Carolina Signs Dawn Staley to Record Contract Extension
South Carolina boss Dawn Staley inked a $25 million+ deal last week, becoming the highest-paid coach in NCAA women's basketball history.
justwomenssports.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Payments are tied to the value of media rights. Last year the NCAA negotiated for increased, but still fairly low media rights for WBB -- up to $65m, from $6m/yr, compared to ~$ 1.1 B /yr on the men's side. So payments on the women's side will be much lower, but at least they will get something.
January 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Finally! WBB teams that play in the NCAA tournament will be awarded $15m in payments by the NCAA, increasing to $20 million in 2026, and $25 million in 2027.
In 2024, around $250m was awarded on the men's side.

#NCAA #WBB #basketball #sports #womensports #collegesports #genderequity
January 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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🤼‍♀️ As we kick off 2025, it's great to see E.L.F. BEAUTY sponsoring high school girls' wrestling. Kudos to e.l.f Beauty for having the vision to see the opportunity in this partnership. 👏

#wrestling #womenssports #sports #cosmetics #marketing
e.l.f. Cosmetics Boldly Powers the Future of Girls Wrestling
e.l.f.’s sponsorship of the Wonder Women of Wrestling Tournament encourages girls to break barriers in the nation’s fastest growing high-school sport
www.elfbeauty.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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52 years after Title IX was passed, over 84% of colleges still don’t provide women athletes with the opportunities to play or athletic scholarships that the law requires. Check out any college on our Gender Equity Dashboard.
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See data on gender equity in college sports
Compare data that colleges report on opportunities to play, athletic aid, and spending on women’s and men’s sports.
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December 17, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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While women's pro sports are soaring, women's college sports are at risk of being cut due to budget pressure from impending revenue sharing. I explain how we wound up here and what can be done.
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
#womenssports #NCAA #WNBA #NWSL #collegesports
Colleges can solve the revenue gap between men’s and women’s sports
While women’s professional sports are soaring with new viewers and sponsors, women’s college sports are often seen as charity cases. The dichotomy is striking and the belief that women’s college sport...
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:48 PM