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TOPIC: Equal pay: Soccer edition
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Created by:
az_couple_69
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It is WAY more complicated than many would have you believe.
The women don't have professional leagues to go to. Because of that, their union negotiated an exclusive contract with national team, and the women get paid $100K a year base salary if they are selected to join the team. In addition to that base salary, they also get small bonuses for a win in friendlies (games not part of a tournament), but no bonus for a loss. The men want to be free to sign with a pro team should the chance be offered. The men's union negotiated a non-exclusive contract for the men, so men selected to the national team are free to "go pro" at a moment's notice. The men get NO base salary, and much bigger bonuses for playing in a game, win or lose... Like $5K for a loss and $7-10K for a win, depending on how good the opponent is. In short, the women are locked onto the team for the whole year, and the men are free-lance, getting paid only for the games they choose to show up for. In a 20 friendly game average season, the men and women do get paid roughly the same... $100K + bonuses for winning. The issue then becomes the tournaments. True, men earn more from losing a World Cup game than women earn from winning. 1) The men have to skip pro-games to play in World Cup. 2) Base salary! They year of the World Cup, there are fewer friendlies, so part of that salary goes to playing the tournaments. 3) The prize pool for tournaments comes from global tv rights. Women's world cup pays $30 million total prize money. Men's pays $400 million. Yes, as many people in the USA watch women's world cup as men's world cup, but the tournament doesn't pay based on how many people in the USA are watching, but rather, around the world. Get people around the world to watch women's soccer as much as men's, so that they can sell the TV rights for the same price, so that the prize pools are the same size, and poof, women can get paid as much as the men for tournaments.
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TOPIC: Equal pay: Soccer edition
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