women s team, quote, took an aggressive and less productive approach that follows months of presenting misleading information to the public in an effort to perpetuate confusion and that their support exceeds any other women s team in the world. i am now joined by nancy armor, a sports columnist for usa today, and mary palm, a usa today contributor well. what did you learn about the gap between the two sides? what s at issue that keeps them apart? there s a lot going on, but the issue is pay. pay, pay, pay. i think the athletes have drawn a really clear line in the sand. when i first started reporting in 2015, no one was talking about this. what a difference four years makes. i think they understand that the momentum around them has shifted dramatically and they are digging their heels into this argument. you re seeing a lot of