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Equal Prize Money at the X Games

After some pressure from women’s sports organizations, including the Women’s Sports Foundation, ESPN has announced that they will be supporting female athletes by offering them equal prize money.
From the Aspen Times:

ASPEN — Call it Title X: After ongoing discussions with various women’s sports organizations, ESPN announced Monday that January’s Winter X Games 13 in Aspen will include equal prize money for men and women.
For a network that prides itself as a leader in promoting women’s sports, the move was necessary, said Katie Moses Swope, director of public relations for both the Winter X Games and the X Games in Los Angeles.

“Our executives have a great, open relationship with the Women’s Sports Foundation and [nonprofit skateboarding organization] the Alliance,” Moses Swope said. “Really, over recent years, with the recent successes in women’s sport … we decided to recognize their talent with an equal purse.”

More at: http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20081029/NEWS/810289923&parentprofile=search

Posted by Kelly Vance on 10/29