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Description: Sports Shorts is a legal publication that publishes analysis and commentary regarding a wide variety of sports law issues.

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The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball national championship averaged 9.9 million viewers, becoming  the most-watched women’s college basketball game  and ESPN platforms’ most-viewed college basketball game (men’s or women’s) on record, and it was not even playing in a prime-time slot. This shows a tidal shift in the interest and growing opportunity in women’s sports, and portends ensuing attention on the governing bodies who oversee them. 

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Women’s sports have historically not been treated equally compared to their male counterparts, and the findings have been well documented. For one prominent example, the USA Women’s National Soccer Team filed a  discrimination lawsuit  against the U.S. Soccer Federation for paying their male counterparts more than them on the basis that the men’s game “requires a higher level of skill.” …

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