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March 29, 2017

Women's Hockey Players Win Stipends & Paid Travel from USA Hockey
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In sports news, athletes on the United States women's national hockey
team have won an agreement with USA Hockey after threatening to boycott
the upcoming world championships over inequalities in pay and working
conditions between them and their male counterparts. While most of the
male players for USA Hockey are professional NHL players earning six-
and seven-figure salaries, the women players rely on USA Hockey for
their livelihood. On Tuesday, the women won monthly training stipends
and travel and insurance provisions, after waging a public battle
against the league. Their campaign was supported by fellow crusading
women athletes, such as Billie Jean King, professional sports leagues
including the NFL, NBA and the WNBA, and 20 U.S. senators.


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