Archive for the ‘Money, Power & Politics’ Category
Monday, June 16th, 2014
By Laura Pappano
During the IWG World Conference on Women and Sport one speaker joked that the formal program was what happened between coffee breaks.
The observation was spot on: women sport leaders from 100 countries used coffee breaks as jam sessions. They crowded onto benches, gathered at tall tables, and clustered ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, Money, Power & Politics | Comments Off on Takeaways from 6th World Conference on Women and Sport (yes, obesity is actually a global problem)
Saturday, June 14th, 2014
By Laura Pappano
If you are a girl in the United Arab Emirates the opportunity to play a sport, to compete, to be part of team faces barriers – but the situation is improving, says Mariam Al Omaira of the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy in Abu Dhabi. Omaira, 28, ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, Money, Power & Politics, The Q&A | Comments Off on Mariam Al Omaira talks barriers and strides for UAE women’s sports
Friday, June 13th, 2014
By Laura Pappano
The 6th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport opened yesterday in Helsinki, Finland 20 years after the first gathering in 1994 in Brighton, England produced a declaration calling on governments and sports organizations to work for gender equity.
The conference message “Lead the Change, Be the Change” is a ...
Posted in Money, Power & Politics, The Data | Comments Off on World Conference on Women and Sport: Message from Helsinki is about access and leadership
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
By Mariah Philips
It is another dark morning, 4:30 a.m., when I force my feet out of bed and onto the cold hardwood floor. It is time for softball practice and, before that, the pre-practice heating pad that will loosen up my shoulder so I can throw and bat.
It takes discipline ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, Money, Power & Politics, Softball | Comments Off on Sport practice is more than prep for play; it’s nation building!
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
By Laura Pappano
Get ready: For the next few weeks college basketball will be everywhere you turn. Unfortunately, few of the games that will be playing non-stop on screens will feature women's teams.
Yes, women are playing -- just not where you will notice them.
Every year, I get excited and whoop up ...
Posted in Basketball, Money, Power & Politics | Comments Off on It IS March Madness: Still a Shadow Championship
Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
By Laura Pappano
Much of the modern life has evolved -- and at breakneck pace -- but too many adults in positions of power continue to enforce a maddeningly old-fashioned mindset when it comes to young female athletes and co-ed play.
I was recently contacted by a mom whose third grade daughter ...
Posted in Basketball, GenNext: Sport Girls, Money, Power & Politics | Comments Off on If co-ed youth sport is a Pandora’s Box, then Game On
Monday, December 30th, 2013
By Megan Wood
Bowl season is underway and, with it, a surfeit of TV football coverage leading up to the BCS Championship game on Jan. 6 between #1 ranked Florida State and #2 Auburn.
In it’s giddiness over the nation’s #1 ranking, Florida State – and the Football Industrial Complex – have ...
Posted in Football, Money, Power & Politics | Comments Off on Amnesia Bowl: FSU and Winston Catch a Pass, Send Troubling Message on Campus Sexual Violence
Sunday, December 22nd, 2013
By Mariah Philips
Professional sports have long been segregated by sex, so what happens when men and women play on the same team? In a high-profile sport like professional basketball? We are about to find out.
The Mixed Gender Basketball Association, MGBA, Inc., has a mission of integrating both men and women ...
Posted in Basketball, Money, Power & Politics | Comments Off on Sharing the Hardwood: Mixed Sex Ball Plans Excitement and Equity
Friday, October 18th, 2013
Tennis may have long ago recognized that unequal prize money sends a troubling message (and is just wrong), but that other racquet sport -- squash -- persists in offering different purses based on sex. Check out this new post from Squash Site Carte Blanche and, just for comparison, take a tour through ...
Posted in Money, Power & Politics, Squash | Comments Off on Prize money problem in squash: Women’s purses still petite
Monday, September 30th, 2013
By Mariah Philips
The elation of a surprise victory is universal – and infectious.
The emotion is so powerful that it doesn't matter where in the world you are, what team it is – or the sex of the players.
Everyone loves a come-from-behind winner on the international sports stage, whether it’s America’s ...
Posted in General, Money, Power & Politics, The Athletes | 2 Comments »
