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frayer, and when the u.s. open tournament begins on monday, it will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of women s tennis pioneer billy jean king s iconic victory over bobby rigs, as the battle of the sexes viewed by 90 million people worldwide. bill lee jean king crushed rigs in straight sets, as she was the first grand slam to award women equal prize money to me. in that same year she won three slams, the triple crown. i went to see her last night at the tennis center to talk about her incredible role in sports history. what did you need to prove in that match 50 years ago for women? i knew the match was much bigger than a tennis match. i knew it was about social change, and it did accomplish that, and every day since that day, if i m out of the apartment, if i m out in the public, every day someone has brought the match up. so i know that it affected a lot of people. so i think it did help change
come up to me and say for the first time i have self confidence, i have enough curage to ask for a raise at work. i ve waited ten years to have the courage to do that. and men came up to me and said that they hadn t really thought about equality or equity that much but i want the same opportunities for my daughters as my son. and i hadn t really thought about until i watched that match. president obama, when i first met him, he said i was 12 when you played bobby rigs. he said it s are influenced me because now i have my two daughters. you never know how you re going to touch another person s life. muhammad ali and i always talked about that. you never know how you re going to touch somebody s life and how they re going to touch yours. so, pay atensh. attention. actively listen. billy jean king, you ve
behind us and most the time men who had daughters or that were influenced by their mothers or grandmothers, just listening to their stories and they really believed in us and it made such a difference. let me ask you finally about the circus that was the battle of the sexes. how big a deal was it? all you put up with from bobby rigs but it was a show and catapulted you to the front of culture. for me it was about protecting title nine because i played bobby rigs september 20th, 1973. title nine had just been passed in june 1972. that was on my mind even though i didn t bring it up very much. i knew there would be lots of discussions. 90 million people watched throughout the world. this is my opportunity because
says, i said you came ready, trying to get under her skin on her business record. bringing up her silicon valley record. he said, in so many words, i don t mess around. he said i was ready with fee re ree reena? he thinks if he goes at her business, that s the way to get at. what about her coming back and saying you have three or four bankruptcies in atlantic city? he thinks he s comfortable at the billionaire. we ll see. steve, what do you think? i m getting into the last name thing, what do you think in this? not many years ago, maybe ten or fifteen years ago, bobby rigs, a tennis champ challenged billy jean king and lost.