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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Sport
Thuc Nhi Nguyen

Once empowered by Title IX, female athletes are now among big winners in new NIL era

LOS ANGELES — An 8-year-old girl grasps the chain on a playground swing.

"If you let me play," she begins.

During the rest of Nike's ad that first aired in 1995, young girls play on a merry-go-round, sit on a swing and throw a softball while a list of statistics show the physical and emotional advantages of playing sports.

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