Billie Jean King

With an audience that included students, faculty, visitors and members of the press, Billie Jean King and her partner, sports industry leader Ilana Kloss, ...

Speaking about new fields of competition and the prospect of men and women competing with and against other, McManus said "There are ways to combine events. Video of the full event can be accessed above. Kloss added, “…If you invest in women and give them the same kind of emotional investment, financial investment and time commitment, then you judge. McManus asked: "When you see this much momentum and enthusiasm, is this the moment?" Billie Jean King responded: "I have been suggesting this my whole life." The audience, which filled the event space room in the new University Center and included more than a hundred more from throughout the world watching the presentation via livestream, were then shown an introduction and retrospective of Billie Jean King’s life and career – with much of the underlying content currently under exhibition by the New York Historical Society in “Billie Jean King: Champion. We’re 50 years after Title IX now” and then noted a series of facts and figures that showed progress for women’s sports in terms of pay equity and marketplace value, including the projected sale for $50M of three NWSL teams, an ESPN/NCAA deal for $500M to broadcast 14 women’s sports events and the new collective bargaining agreements for the U.S. They are losing but they understand it. Kloss further noted the increase in billionaires taking ownership of women’s sports teams to “round out their portfolios.” [BJ Schecter](/profiles/BruceSchecter.cfm), a former editor for Sports Illustrated and current publisher of Baseball America. Legend.” at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center. The talk was entitled “