Sunday, February 19, 2006

The more I think about the Olympic ski situation, the angrier I get

Why isn't there an Olympic boycott? At least by other women skiers? Or--here's an idea--how about a boycott by Alyssa Johnson's brother, Anders?

When the U.S. Women's Soccer Team members won the World Cup and received one-tenth of the money the men's World Cup winners received, they went to Billie Jean King, who almost single-handedly put women's tennis on the map, and had to endure all kinds of hardship and abuse to do it. King helped the women realize that "they aren't going to do it for you--you have to do it for yourselves."

That is as true now as it was then. You would think women would have figured that out by now, but at the very least, can someone please call Billie Jean King?

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