New women's pro Frisbee team challenges sport's gender inequality

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STRUCTURE A POTENTIAL SALE.
2-SALLY:A PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S
ULTIMATE FRISBEE TEAM IS
STARTING UP IN AUSTIN.THEIR
FIRST MATCHUP IS SATURDAY.
2-JOHN:IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF
IT.. ULTIMATE FRISBEE STARTED
AS A GAME ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES..
IT'S EVOLVED INTO AN ORGANIZED
SPORT.. AND WHILE YOU FIND ANY
MILLIONAIRES IN THE LEAGUE..
PEOPLE PLAY IT PROFESSIONALLY.
2-SALLY:AUSTIN ALREADY HAS A
áMEN'S TEAM.. AS DO A BUNCH OF
CITIES AROUND THE U-S..AND
WOMEN ARE NOW CREATING THE
SAME OPPORTUNITIES.CHRIS DAVIS
IS LIVE FROM HOUSE PARK- THE
SITE OF THEIR FIRST GAME THIS
WEEKEND.CHRIS:JOHN, SALLY..THE
ULTIMATE FRISBEE WORLD IS
REALLY STRUGGLING WITH GENDER
EQUALITY RIGHT NOW..THE AUSTIN
TORCH -- THAT'S THE NEW
WOMEN'S TEAM.. THEY HOPE TO
CHANGE THAT STARTING WITH
THEIR FIRST GAME HERE AT HOUSE
PARK IN TWO DAYS.
PARK IN TWO DAYS.HERE AT HOUSE
PARK IN TWO DAYS.LAURA
GERENCSER: "INSIDE INSIDE,
AROUND AROUND AROUND."COLLEEN
KEPNER: "NICE THROW, KAYLA."
ALL IT TAKES IS A SPARK.ANDREA
ESPARZA: "FROM THE DAY THAT
THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN, I WAS 100
PERCENT ON BOARD."ANDREA
ESPARZA: "YOU GET A DISC AND
YOU GET A DISC."ANDREA ESPARZA
IS AN OWNER AND CAPTAIN.HER
TEAMMATES KNOW HER AS DRE.
ANDREA ESPARZA: "THESE GIRLS
ARE VERY TALENTED."LAURA
GERENCSER: "NICE, LAURA."THEY
COME FROM ACROSS TEXAS..
BECAUSE THIS IS THE STATE'S
FIRST WOMEN'S PRO TEAM.SARAH
BLYTH: "WE JUST WANT EVERYONE
TO BE DOING THEIR THING AND
HAVING A GOOD TIME."LAURA
GERENCSER: "AND SO I STARTED
COMPETITIVE FOUR YEARS AGO
WHEN I WENT TO UT."LAURA
GERENCSER.. OR L.G... IS FROM
DALLAS ORIGINALLY.LAURA
GERENCSER: "I WANTED TO BE A
PART OF IT AND SEE THIS
HOPEFULLY GROW AND DEVELOP
EVEN MORE IN THE FUTURE."
THAT'S THE SPARK.INSIDE INSIDE
INSIDE AROUND AROUND COLLEEN
KEPNER: "I THINK WE KNOW THAT
WE'RE CHARTING SOME NEW
TERRITORY."WOMEN'S TEAMS
SIMPLY AREN'T AS VISIBLE AS
MEN'S..THE WOMEN HERE ARE
SETTING A COURSE TO CHANGE
THAT.COLLEEN KEPNER: "MY
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL
GIRLS, EVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GIRLS APPROACH ME WITH A LOT
OF EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM."
ALL IT TAKES IS A SPARK TO
LIGHT A TORCH.ANDREA ESPARZA:
"WE'RE SHOWING PEOPLE THAT THE
ATHLETES IN TEXAS, THE FEMALE
ATHLETES IN TEXAS, ARE
INCREDIBLE. THEY ARE
UNDENIABLY AMAZING."CHRIS:THE
AUSTIN TORCH ALREADY HAS
SPONSORS.. INCLUDING THE
COMPANY THAT MADE THESE
BRANDED FRSIBEES..THIS LOGO,
BY THE WAY.. THE NIECE OF THE
GENERAL MANAGER YOU HEARD FROM
DESIGNED IT..SHE'S 10 YEARS
OLD.BACK TO YOU.BACK TO YOU.
OLD.BACK TO YOU.
SALLY:SATURDAY'S GAME IS AT 5
P-M AT HOUSE PARK- JUST OFF
LAMAR BOULEVARD NEAR 15TH
STREET.THE TORCH IS PLAYING
THE NATIONAL TEAM FROM
COLOMBIA.ADMISSION IS TEN
DOLLARS FOR ADULTS, FIVE FOR
TEENS.. AND FREE FOR KIDS 12
AND UNDER.A TICKET ALSO LETS
YOU WATCH THE AUSTIN MEN'S
GAME HAPPENING AT 7 P.M...
AGAINST THE TEAM FROM DALLAS.
3-SALLY:THE PAY FOR ULTIMATE
FRISBEE PLAYERS ISN'T MUCH.
3-JOHN:THE WOMEN WILL BE
GETTING 25 DOLLARS PER GAME-
THAT'S THE SAME AS THE AUSTIN
MEN'S TEAM.ALL THEIR TRAVEL,
LODGING AND FOOD EXPENSES WILL
BE PAID AS WELL.FIRST WARNING
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