ESPN To Face Charge X Games Logo Violates Clothing Trademark

ESPN To Face Charges Over X Games Trademark

X & Y: USA TODAY's Sal Ruibal reports beginning with this January's Winter X Games 13, the X Games "will pay equal prize money to male and female athletes, a change that will apply to all X Games-branded events." Freestyle skier Sarah Burke: "It's a huge step. ESPN is the leader in action sports, and I think that (by) announcing equal payouts, everyone else is going to feel the need to keep up to them." X Games Senior Dir of Sports & Competition Tim Reed: "Women have a long X Games history and have progressed to the point where they should be paid equal." Ruibal notes a gold medal at the Winter X Games "will net at least $30,000" (USA TODAY, 11/19).

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