Equal Pay In Sports Essay

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In 1972 when president Richard Nixon signed Title IX, which is a portion of the United states Education Amendments of 1972, it mandated that institutions getting federal funding must fund athletics for men and women on a proportional basis or risk losing their federal money. Title IX has proved an invaluable ally in the promotion of women’s athletics. With the support of Title IX and other factors, female athletes have become more popular than it ever have been. One of the factors that help with the rise of female athlete is that women are more “attractive” than men. Before Billie Jean King’s match against Bobby Riggs, there is an argument against equal pay in the tennis world. Gilles Simon, French tennis player complained about equal pay at Wimbledon. He said that men” provide a more attractive show” in their match. But the following is the opposite of what he said. In the article “Equal pay divides elite tennis players” published by Andrew Heathcote,saying that “Interestingly, more viewers tuned in for that Women’s Tennis championship …show more content…

In the article “ History of the WNBA” , it stated that “ In 2001,more than 2.5 million fans attended WNBA games - the most ever - as regular - season attendance averaged more than 9,000 fans for the fifth straight season.The WNBA welcomed its 10 millionth fan on September 1 at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.” Showing that the WNBA is getting popular over time. The fan can also watch the game through the WNBA website, WNBA.com, which allow them to have more interaction with players. Traffic to WNBA.com during the 2001 playoffs and championship set a new record with 1 million total visits to the site, nearly a 40 percent increased to the postseason in 2000. Comparing to the NBA that started back in 1946, WNBA is almost popular as NBA within a short time of development. Therefore, women's sport is as popular as men's

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