Now here’s a pitch for equal pay
The equal pay for female athletes movement has reached a high school in Vermont.
After the Burlington High girls’ soccer team scored with less than five minutes to play in their game against South Burlington, the players ran toward the stands in celebration and removed their jerseys, revealing shirts underneath that read “#EQUALPAY.”
Unfortunately, the rules in Vermont are that if you remove your jersey, you get a yellow card.
While the ref was issuing yellow cards, the crowd started chanting, “equal pay.”
The idea for the shirts came a month or so ago, and the shirts proved to be so popular that they quickly sold more than 500 of them. “Then we partnered with some organizations that focus on women’s economic security in Vermont and it kind of spread like wildfire,” team member Lydia Sheeser told the Burlington Free Press.
Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy bought a shirt and sent it out on social media. Each costs $25, with men invited to pay 16% more ($4.80) as a symbol of the average disparity between what men and women make in Vermont.
The profits will go toward the Greater Burlington Girls Soccer League, Sheeser said.
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