The Pregnancy Penalty: Did Running Brands Ever Really Change? | Episode 205

Send us Fan Mail In 2019, it felt like women in sport had forced a turning point. When Alysia Montaño, Kara Goucher, and Allyson Felix spoke publicly about pregnancy-related sponsorship penalties, major brands promised change. Contracts changed. Protections were added. The sport moved forward… or did it? In this episode, we unpack the “Pregnancy Penalty,” the recent controversy involving Emma Bates and UCAN, and a bigger question: Did this problem go away… or did it just move into the fin...