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Pacers Have Learned From Older Sisters

Title IX made it inevitable, and the Pacers franchise has benefited significantly.

The 1972 law providing equal opportunity for women in sports, co-authored by Indiana Senator Birch Bayh, enabled girls to move up from a cloistered existence in intramural athletics to a no-limits world of interscholastic competition. College scholarships eventually became available, and the opportunity for professional careers followed.

Given that, it's no wonder some of the better female players would influence younger brothers. Some of those brothers have gone on to play in the NBA, and at least four of them have worn Pacers uniforms. Reggie Miller famously learned from the challenge of playing against Cheryl, who became a Hall of Fame player before him, and Travis Best, Paul George, and Aaron Holiday also took lumps from an accomplished sister while growing up.