World Cup shines spotlight on gender pay disparity

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The players set to light up the Women's World Cup in France next month may play for big-name clubs like Barcelona, Arsenal and Juventus but, although salaries are improving, they earn a fraction of the money paid to their male counterparts.

Nilla Fischer, who will move from Frauen-Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg to FC Linkoping in her native Sweden when the tournament is over, gave Reuters a stark assessment of the gap between men's and women's wages in a recent interview.The vast pay inequality was one of the reasons that prompted Women's World Cup holders the United States to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation in March.

"We believe that fighting for gender equality in sports is a part of that responsibility. As players, we deserved to be paid equally for our work, regardless of our gender," Morgan said at the time when the lawsuit was filed. Despite that enormous gulf, improved salaries for women footballers in England represents a big step up from the most recent report published by player’s union FIFPro in 2017.

Former rugby player and British army officer Ngwenya, director of London-based agency SISU Sports Management, said the structure of contracts varies from country to country. "We're seeing more money coming into the game, which clearly at the end of the day is going to be the driver," she said.

 

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