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Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green elaborated on his thoughts on how female athletes can address the sizable pay gap between themselves and their male counterparts.
Speaking with reporters Wednesday, Green said women are not laying out steps that they can take to change that, per NBC Sports Monte Poole: It s coming off as a complaint, because the people who can change it are just going to continue to say: Well, the revenue isn t there. If you don t bring in the revenue, we can t up your pay. They re going to keep using that, but the reality is: As true as that is, it s an excuse. Everyone says: We support women. We support women empowerment. We support women in the workplace. We do this for women. We do X for women. Blah, blah, blah.
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A teacher plays softball with a group of students, May 2019.
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Jay’s story
Jay is a transgender man who competed in equestrian throughout high school and college, including through his transition during college. Below, he describes his experience navigating his transition and team, excerpted from an interview he participated in with the author of this report.
Jay’s quotes, and quotes throughout the report, may have been edited for length and/or clarity.
I came out to my equestrian team first. I sent out an email to the entire team, including the coaches, coming out to them. I knew they were going to be supportive because I walked into the barn the next day and my name had already been crossed out on the board and corrected with the name that I had sent them in the email literally 12 hours prior.