Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jul 9 2019 03:41pm)
havent posted it yet, assuming that it would be a no brainer. but here you go:
FIFA set to make 6.1 billion dollars from the 2018 (men's) world cup:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/sports/fifa-revenue.html(they actually ended up making a revenue of $6.5 billion.)
I couldnt find numbers for the revenue of the 2015 or 2019 women's world cups, but this article here:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2019/03/07/world-cup-soccer-pay-disparity-between-men-and-women-is-justified/says that the revenue of the 2011 women's WC was $73m, while the 2010 men's WC generated roughly $4bn, or 54 times more than the women. which means that for the 2010/2011 cycle, the women got a higher share of the money generated than the men.
now, as I said, since the USWNT is super successful while the USMNT sucks, the american women have generated more revenue since about 2016 than their male counterparts, at least if we were to believe this article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/08/are-us-womens-soccer-players-really-earning-less-than-men/but this is still an absolute exception internationally, and probably also has something to do with the fact that the US is one of the few countries where soccer is considered a girl's sport and traditionally more popular with girls than boys.
nonetheless, if the numbers cited in the WaPo article are true, then the USWNT does indeed deserve equal pay.
ty for the sources.
to be frank i thought that this was about the USA's personal contribution to the women vs the men. i did not realize that the prize money came from FIFA itself exclusively. I thought that pay was not given by FIFA similar to the olympics. but now that i think on the fact that there is no amateur status to preserve it makes sense the teams would be paid directly. i'm sure countries are really only responsible for travel and lodging.
If anything the USA soccer governing body should award noteworthy bonuses to the women, perhaps leveraged from MLS or some other org. these women dont have MLS contracts to fall back on, they trained this hard for a pittance in reality.
but overall its not a easily solvable issue. especially because in the USA soccer isn't really a "women's sport". it's unisex for youth, highschool, and college. but there are only really professional ranks for men, and the MLS does surprisingly well given the niche place in american society and the fact that many US soccer fans still heavily prefer champion's league.