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Thomas Tank
I'm all for equal pay. Anyone doing the same job at the same level producing the same results should get the same pay. And because I believe that, I believe these women do not deserve equal pay.
Mr Kipling
I saw a documentary years ago about women's soccer in the US. Mia Hamm was a media favorite and superstar at the time. But, it was her who insisted that ALL the advertising revenue and payments were shared equally between the team. This must have cost her millions. Her team mates never left the changing room until Mia had finished the never ending round of interviews and photos. Huge respect to her.
bass4funk
I’m sure it’s going to be a ratings sleeper.
kyushubill
"The highest TV rating for soccer in the USA ..."
Which is just above curling and with watching paint dry ahead of it.
Elric
This is very simple. Football (Soccer for others) players get paid not only for what they can do on the field, but outside of it. In other words, what sponsors to the player has, how many merchandising can he/she sell, etc.
Women they just cannot deliver outside the field, as simple as that. Is that fair? Ask the consumers. The problem is not of FIFA or the clubs or sponsor, the problem is that regular people like most of us, just do not care about women matches and their merchandise. How many people buy t-shirts from a mid-tier English team like Wolverhampton for example, compare to a top tier club in women football? The fact that people don't even know who are the top tier clubs in women football vs everyone know who is Real Madrid or Manchester United, tells you all.
Confusius
There was an article on this some time ago (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/08/are-us-womens-soccer-players-really-earning-less-than-men/)
Apparently it's not as simple as they make it out to be.
The article talks about more points but those are rather important in my opinion. As far as I remember the men also receive a smaller cut of the revenue than the women (because of their poorer performances) but since the revenue generated by both tournaments is quite different, the men actually get more.
Commodore Perry
Mr KiplingJune 22 06:33 pm JST
How do any of the women's soccer league's regular season games compare to the rating so any 1 of the 82 or so regular season NHL or NBA games that year?
Who was in the NBA finals that year? Lakers? Warriors? How about Stanley Cup? Canucks? Blackhawks?
Quick---name one women's professional soccer team in the US!
Mr Kipling
The highest TV rating for soccer in the USA is the 2015 WOMEN'S World Cup Final!
That was more that than the NBA finals and Stanley cup that year.
KansaiTen
This article does not mention that lawyers for US Women have already filed with US Court of Appeals to throw out the lower court decision, so the case for equal pay goes on. US Soccer did finally agree to provide similar accommodations, transport, etc. last December, settling that part of the lawsuit.
They do not argue that men get greater pay in their pro leagues, just when they all put on US Team uniforms, they should be paid equally. Watching US Women beat China or Japan in a championship match is far more exciting than watching US Men beat Costa Rica or Antigua in a lame regional qualifying match. Especially since the US Men don’t always qualify for World competitions as it is.
Mr Kipling
samuraivunyl.....
Yes, it is on a worldwide basis. But not in the USA where women's soccer gets better ratings than men's soccer. Mind, that's not that difficult. Men's soccer just doesn't attract much of an audience.
KansaiTen
US Men, who have rarely even got out of their Group matches in World and Olympic competitions, get better accommodations, transport, and amenities, besides far higher pay. Yet they have produced NOTHING on the world stage except embarrassment.
The US Women have won championship after championship at the World level for decades, bringing fame and income to US Soccer. The women initially asked for higher pay and incentives, but were rebuffed every time by US Soccer cronies.
Good for them that the old white men who ran US Soccer were overruled by American courts & US public opinion!
Express sister
Cool.