Game On: Chapter 7 - Equal Pay for Equal Play

“Everyone thinks women should be thrilled when we get the crumbs and I want women to have the cake, the icing and the cherry on top too.” Billie Jean King, 2016How will women’s sport ever thrive without equality in funding and investment? It’s totally unrealistic to expect women’s team sport to reach the level of men’s when players have never had access to the same funding, prize money, professional contracts or personal endorsement as the men. This chapter looks critically as the s...