Sport: Soccer World Cup: The (in)equality problem

Before the 2019 Soccer World Cup kicked off in France, the United States women’s soccer team filed a lawsuit. In an unprecedented suit, all 28 members were named as plaintiffs. The case is simple: they want to be paid the same as their male counterparts. They filed their case under the simple “equal pay for equal work” premise.

South Africa’s women earn a fraction of what the men do – reportedly R5,000 per game for women compared to R50,000 for men. Sporting Intelligence surveyed over 460 teams across 16 countries in nine different sports. Almost 10,000 men and nearly 2,500 women responded. The results were alarming.The nugget that stood out from the salary report was this: Neymar earns more for his club than the top seven women’s soccer leagues combined.

Using the data from that survey, the numbers are even more staggering when put into comparison between the top three most lucrative leagues for men and women.To fully understand just how unequal the playing field is, you have to understand the opportunity inequality. For years, and across all fields, women have either been excluded outright or not given their due credit.

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