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Sal Affist
They will get paid more money when they draw more fans.
As soon as the workers force management to pay more money than revenue is coming in, the whole enterprise will go belly-up. But they can divide up their US $64 million and live like queens, while destroying future employment chances for the up-and-coming girls who also want to play.
iradickle
Sorry this is a little long its from Wiki. Yeah, they're definitely getting screwed.
Confusius
Not exactly. Both The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/08/are-us-womens-soccer-players-really-earning-less-than-men/) and the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/newsletter/2021-09-21/us-soccer-equal-pay-soccer) have published articles on this topic back in July 2019(Washington Post) and September 2021(LA Times). So both articles were published after they sued the federation. First of all the women negiotiated their own collective bargaining agreements with the federation and it differs quite a lot from the men's agreement.
From the LA Times:
So the women actually rejected a similar pay structure and decided to forgo higher bonuses in favor of a base salary. The men have another structure where they don't receive a base salary and only earn bonuses.
So not only do they get a base salary of $100,000 but several will also receive more for playing in the National Women's Soccer League that is subsidized.
The total pool for prize money in the men's tournament was $400 million in 2018 while the pool for the women was $30 million in 2019. The winner of the men's tournament made more than all the women's teams together ($38 million; the winner of the women's tournament won about $4 million).
There is simply more money to be made with the men's tournament, so the prize money is much higher. If you distribute their share of the prize money it is quite obvious that they would receive more.
From the Washington Post article:
I went back as far as 2015 and apart from 2021 (22 games) the men's team has never played more than 20 games per year (several times even far less). From what I can tell the women's team usually plays more games per year and therefore has actually more chances to earn additional money.
It all actually comes down to the agreement they themselves negotiated and the fact that in tournaments there is more money to be made on the men's side.
Loki520
So..... they were offered, and DECLINED, the same agreement and pay structure the men got... and are upset that they didn't get the same pay?
First off... That isn't how contracts work. I can't contract with team "X" and then file suit because I'm not getting the pay of players on team "Y".
I think these ladies have a very sharp learning curve in their immediate future.