EXCITED FANS in bald eagle baseball caps watched as the United States’ women’s football team beat Spain to progress to the quarter-finals of the World Cup on June 24th. This was no shock upset. The Stars and Stripes are the most successful side in the history of women’s football, having won the World Cup three times and Olympic gold four. This year they romped through the group stages with an aggregate score of 18-0, a total inflated by their record-breaking 13-0 drubbing of lowly Thailand.
This on-pitch success, however, is marred by controversy in court. The members of the United States women’s team marked International Women’s Day on March 8th by filing a class-action suit against their employer, the United States Soccer Federation . The suit alleged that differences in pay and employment conditions between the women’s and men’s team violate the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
It is common for female athletes to be paid less than men. The combined salaries of the 1,693 women playing in the top seven football leagues add up to $41.6m, just slightly less than the $41.7m salary paid to Neymar, a Brazilian forward, by Paris Saint-Germain. But football in America is unusual because the women’s team is paid less than the men, despite more people tuning in to watch them.
Having qualified for the knockout stages of the World Cup, the 28 female players agreed to pursue mediation once the tournament ends. This is unlikely to resolve the matter. Legal disputes over equal pay have been going on since five players filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in March 2016. This has been subsumed by the class-action suit. A previous effort at mediation fell apart in March.
'Fair' is not what social justice warriors arbitrarily assess in this case. It's what the market sets.
If they attract crowds they will be paid accordingly.
1. It's soccer. 2. They played and lost to a boys under 15 team. 3. Most Americans find soccer fun for children but very dull for adults 4. If you don't like the country, don't put on the uniform. 5. Its soccer.
The average American is really upset about people playing a game only make 100k. 😂😂😂😂😂
They should get a REAL JOB
So what's that got to do with neymar .league 1,2 the championship players don't get as much as prem players do you think they should sue the FA ?
Shouldn’t their pay be linked to the revenue that they generate- just like other professional sports players?
They are likely getting lower pay due to the 'ability to pay less' because of lower market demand for female athletes across the board, but this is an example of why labor markets don't work. If the women create equal or more value, they should be paid more.
That's where European and south American players go to retire. That's where. Semi-pro league.
They should have equal work conditions. Pay should be based on revenue, so, the women should earn MORE than the men!
A magazine that specializes in economics that argues against market forces. Liberalism ruins everything.
This seems easy to resolve. 1 are either part of a union? Who negotiated the pay? 2 Seems pay should be a portion of pre-payroll profits, and that would be that. Also, many entertainers engage in 'equal work' for vastly different pay.
Fair compared to?
Since you did not mention how much money the team brings in from which they players might be paid, the article is pointless.
Ask USA lol
pound for pound.. the best football/soccer in the world.. ever!
I hope the loose!
To be clear, neither men nor women soccer players are popular in the US. Nobody would know or care about those women if the press didn’t gin up a controversy.
Ah feck right off.
Mantıksal devinimden uzak bazı hayâl yolcuları bana arazi satın aldırmak çırpınışlarında..ehrmmiyetle vurgularım ki ırgatlık kaliforniya sefillerinin gübrelerden çıldırışlarında..benim arazi ziyaretlerim senede 2-3 kez..ve haykırdığım paradan yüceliğe dair sentez
Except this POS
Remember when they lost to a group of middle schoolers? Not the only time it's happened either.
I can't put a picture of a lady footballer on my wall. So you're wrong
But, they're not.. noone really gives a fuck about soccer here in the U.S... So.. yeah.. Pretty sad actually because its way morefun towatch than foosball IMO..
nowhere
Totally bullshit.
Only during Cup matches after that it's Who ? LMAO
Please don't mislead us.
Yes we know men are awful! Men cannot possibly compete against women You have made your voice clear
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