There she stood in a hotel ballroom in Los Angeles, telling some of the established and emerging greats of the sport she loves about the cause. And there, for those few hours, they listened. Because when Sam Gordon talks football, people want to know what the teenager has to say. So as the 16-year-old from Herriman — who seven years ago went viral as a 9-year-old ponytailed wrecking ball in peewee football — explained to Super Bowl champion Richard Sherman and newly-minted NFL Rookie of the Year Saquon Barkley what she’s fighting for in her home state, the two household names tuned in.
Onetime phenom Sam Gordon is determined to make lasting change as Title IX lawsuit for girls’ tackle football moves forward
