Citing Gender-Equity Gap in NIL Money, two Baltimore-Area College Athletes Join Fight to Level Playing Field

Last fall, Mia Ewell and a male college athlete did the same promotional work for an online employment company. But when it was time to get paid, Ewell, a junior shortstop for the Morgan State softball team, received $30 less than her counterpart. Hoping to change things, Ewell has signed a name, image and likeness deal last month with H&R Block’s “A Fair Shot” program to raise awareness about the imbalance of NIL deals between male and female college athletes.

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