It's not, though. The World Cup is, but not the everyday professional women's match. The World Cup is a major event in men's soccer, but they also have dozens of professional leagues and many international competitions. There's just way more interest in men's soccer. Women's soccer is basically like if women's basketball had one popular tournament every 4 years that lots of people watched, and then faded into obscurity in the downtime. Women's tennis achieved parity because it was linked to men's tennis. They play in the same venue, at the same time. It's not Federer and Nadal playing this week in this city, and then Serena and scrubs playing a whole other tournament a month later in another country. If both World Cups occurred simultaneously, as well as a women's Champion's League etc. broadcast at the same time as the men's, it would get closer to tennis.
Team USA women soccer captain says $60 mil cash prize not fair. Men get $440 mil
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It's not, though. The World Cup is, but not the everyday professional women's match. The World Cup is a major event in men's soccer, but they also have dozens of professional leagues and many international competitions. There's just way more interest in men's soccer. Women's soccer is basically like if women's basketball had one popular tournament every 4 years that lots of people watched, and then faded into obscurity in the downtime. Women's tennis achieved parity because it was linked to men's tennis. They play in the same venue, at the same time. It's not Federer and Nadal playing this week in this city, and then Serena and scrubs playing a whole other tournament a month later in another country. If both World Cups occurred simultaneously, as well as a women's Champion's League etc. broadcast at the same time as the men's, it would get closer to tennis.
Trojan 24
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She knows they shouldn't make as much as the men, but hatin brehs not gonna read
Simple math to me says the Women should get ~120mil in prize money, double of what they're being offered
Even if there are other factors I'm not considering, it should probably be more than 60mil
The women are projected to hit 1bill viewership, men got 400mil for 3.4bill in 2018
Simple math to me says the Women should get ~120mil in prize money, double of what they're being offered
Even if there are other factors I'm not considering, it should probably be more than 60mil
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If Im reading this correctly, Rapinoe is lashing out at FIFA.. correct?
If so.. like someone above me said, its similar to a WNBA player wanting equal pay as their male counterparts. I can guarantee that women's soccer across the globe isn't pulling in numbers like the mens global game does. (Just like the WNBA/NBA)
At the end of the day.. it seems like the US women (rightfully so) are the only women in the world that are fighting for equal this and equal that. Now I don't have first hand knowledge of that, but thats the way it seems. I don't really hear much about that stuff in other countries.
If so.. like someone above me said, its similar to a WNBA player wanting equal pay as their male counterparts. I can guarantee that women's soccer across the globe isn't pulling in numbers like the mens global game does. (Just like the WNBA/NBA)
At the end of the day.. it seems like the US women (rightfully so) are the only women in the world that are fighting for equal this and equal that. Now I don't have first hand knowledge of that, but thats the way it seems. I don't really hear much about that stuff in other countries.
Trojan 24
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She knows they shouldn't make as much as the men, but hatin brehs not gonna read
The women are projected to hit 1bill viewership, men got 400mil for 3.4bill in 2018
Simple math to me says the Women should get ~120mil in prize money, double of what they're being offered
Even if there are other factors I'm not considering, it should probably be more than 60mil
Doesn't line up with actual revenue
Curtis Nightfish
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exactly.Men's World Cup average attendance in 2016 was just under 50K per game. Women are right around 20K. And thats just scratching the surface with the gate.
demand equal pay when you average less than 1/2 in overall attendance.Thats jus gate. I'm not sure we want to get into viewership
Trojan 24
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But views are just views, the money has to come from somewhere. Right now they're actually getting a higher cut then the men based on revenue
The Fukin Prophecy
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The idea they deserve equal pay as the men because they play the same sport is downright absurd...
Athlete pay is determined based on revenue, the men get paid more because they generate more revenue...
These broads scored 13 goals on a squad of 4 foot asian broads in a half empty stadium this world cup...
That's like a grown ass man boxer fighting 12 year olds at the gym and being mad he's not making Mayweather money...
Athlete pay is determined based on revenue, the men get paid more because they generate more revenue...
These broads scored 13 goals on a squad of 4 foot asian broads in a half empty stadium this world cup...
That's like a grown ass man boxer fighting 12 year olds at the gym and being mad he's not making Mayweather money...
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good to know
I think the us soccer players when they appear on games get the same amount of money as the men from USA soccer
What she is talking about is the fifa purse, kind of like how Wimbledon was paying men more than women but now it’s equal
Again it’s not happening the men’s fifa World Cup has way so many teams the tv package is sold worldwide for billions and billions of dollars, just look ar how much money was put into Qatar for the next World Cup
What she is talking about is the fifa purse, kind of like how Wimbledon was paying men more than women but now it’s equal
Again it’s not happening the men’s fifa World Cup has way so many teams the tv package is sold worldwide for billions and billions of dollars, just look ar how much money was put into Qatar for the next World Cup
The Fukin Prophecy
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To add to this look at the attendance numbers for the women's MLS (I don't even know what they call it)...
High school football teams got more fan attendance...
The only time anybody actually pays attention to women's soccer is every 4 years...
This entire time I thought the US government determined what the men and women got paid to represent our country I was all for equal pay until this thread. If an organization pays based on revenue it’s like saying the WNBA should have the same pay scale as the NBA.
This debate got way less interesting to me.
If it’s not that simple school me.
Lord_Chief_Rocka
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They're really not though. The men have been a consistent top 30 team for 30 years. Plus men's football is WAY more competitive.Our women's team is the shyt....our men's team IS shyt.