Sports, Equal Pay

Pay Equity: Dawn Staley’s Big Dance to Becoming the Highest-Paid Coach in Women’s College Basketball History

FordHarrison on 3/26/2025

With brackets finalized and March Madness well underway, it is probably a safe bet that many of you have the University of South Carolina’s women’s team heading to the NCAA Tournament’s final game. As of this writing, the...more

From Pay-to-Play to Paid-to-Play: How U.S. Laws Affect the Dynamics of Player Compensation: Flaster Greenberg

Flaster Greenberg PC on 7/26/2023

The issue of player compensation has permeated the women’s soccer global landscape since the beginning. As of late, the issue of equal pay has been top of mind since the USWNT achieved the settlement in 2022. The focus of...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Could Kanye “Ye” West’s Stem Player Create a Number of Copyright Issues?

Foster Garvey PC on 2/25/2022

Welcome back or for the very first time (what took you so long?) to the “Sports & Entertainment Spotlight”! As the torch is extinguished on, by most metrics (television ratings, in particular) a fairly underwhelming Olympic...more

Client Conversations: Interview with Rich Nichols, Sports Crisis Management Advisor and Former Olympic Contender

K&L Gates LLP on 5/20/2020

In this episode, Craig Budner interviews Rich Nichols, who grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the son of factory workers at the height of America’s racial tensions in the 1970s. He made his way to Dartmouth and was a...more

U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s Equal Pay Fight Continues As They Defend Their Title As World Champions

FordHarrison on 7/3/2019

On March 8, 2019, all 28 players on the women’s national team, initiated a proposed class and collective action in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the United States Soccer...more

Female Athletes Are Looking to Score Big with New Equal Pay Lawsuit

Orrick - Equal Pay Pulse on 4/2/2019

The world of professional sports has long grappled with criticism of the stark pay differences between male and female athletes – think Billie Jean King’s “equal pay for equal play” push. ...more