In the question of gender equity, it has been tennis, and American tennis that has led the way.
Battle of the sexes: charting how women in tennis achieved equal pay (The Guardian)
There’s more to the story, including a woman executive.
How women’s tennis fought for equal pay (Washington Post)
Moving on to today’s concern, the coverage has been deep and data-driven, with the league highlighting the differences in contracts between the two sports.
U.S. Women’s Soccer: Better Than Men’s in Every Way But Pay (The Atlantic)
Top Female Players Accuse U.S. Soccer of Wage Discrimination (New York Times)
Which brings us to papers in the scholarly literature.
Discrimination in Professional Sports: A Survey of the Literature and its Google Scholar citations
Gender equity in televised sports: A comparative analysis of men’s and women’s NCAA division I basketball championship broadcasts, 1991–1995 (and its Google Scholar citations)