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So far, he’s the most powerful man in hockey to publicly declare his support for the US women’s national team

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The ongoing battle between the US Women’s National Team and USA Hockey, the national governing body for the sport, has been fought largely on social media.

It started back on March 15, when players coordinated the shocking announcement that they would boycott the upcoming World Championships unless USA Hockey committed to fair wages for players and equitable support for the women’s game across the nation. They’re asking for two things:

  1. Enough money to survive as players who commit a significant amount of time to maintaining their status as world-class athletes — even in non-Olympic years, when they don’t even earn the few-thousand dollars they earn in Olympic years;
  2. for USA Hockey to fulfill its legal obligation to support the women’s game equal to their support of the men’s game.