Congresswoman Speier's Gender Equality Summit: Title IX For Pro Sports?

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'"There's a reason why we have Title IX, which is now over forty years old," California Congresswoman Jackie Speier said in an interview today. "There's a reason why we put the spotlight on inequality that exists in women participating in sports."

Now Speier wants to focus that spotlight on the world of professional sports, starting with a summit on gender inequality this Wednesday, August 25, at Mercy High School in her home district of San Francisco.

You may remember Speier as being one of several legislators in an official letter from Congress to chastise FIFA for unequal prize money, lack of equal developmental opportunities, and inferior playing conditions in the wake of the Women's World Cup. At the time the letter seemed ambitious, but it seems to have caught some attention at FIFA's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Speier and company received a reply from FIFA last week.'