A new report smashes the stereotype that people don't watch women's football.
As 28 members of the women’s national team continue with their federal lawsuit against the U.S Soccer Federation for allegedly engaging in “institutionalised gender discrimination” and violating both the Civil Rights Act and Equal Pact Act by compensating the men’s national team with higher wages, a resolution to the year-long conflict could be in sight.
Though it’s hard to pinpoint exact wages, the lawsuit argues that if there were 20 friendlies won by the men’s and women’s teams, a women’s soccer player would make just $99,000 compared to a men’s player’s $263,320. That equates to a meagre 38% of a man’s wage for the same job every year. For some time, the U.S Soccer Federation have argued that the revenue generated by the men’s teams is far greater than the women’s team, which accounts for the pay disparity. Bafflingly, they also argue that the women’s team “receive fundamentally different pay structures for performing different work under their separate collective bargaining agreements that require different obligations and responsibilities.
, they’ve actually played more games than the men’s team too, due to their success on the pitch. It’s worth pointing out here that the men’s team didn’t even qualify for the 2018 World Cup.could sway one of the most visible legal battles for equal pay in the USWNT’s favour. No longer can the Federation use revenue to justify a giant pay gap that is, frankly, embarrassingly past it’s sell-by-date.
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