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  • October 14, 2017 at 3:30 pm #76050
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    soccer:https://www.salon.com/2017/10/11/usmnt-world-cup-uswnt/

    U.S. men’s soccer fails to qualify for World Cup, still paid more than our champion women’s team
    Crying over USMNT obscures the fact that we underpay one of the best national teams on earth

    …In April of last year, The New York Times published a report detailing U.S. Soccer revenue and players’ pay breakdowns. Although the men’s team, as expected, has generally raised more revenue in past years, the women’s victory in 2015, followed by their 10-city victory tour, caused a massive spike in earnings for U.S. Soccer — catapulting the women’s revenue past that of the men’s team. Their profit, at $6.6 million, was over three times that of the men, at $2 million.

    While the top-ranking players on both the men’s and women’s teams are paid similarly — $1.4 million and $1.2 million, respectively — the disparity increases as you go down the rankings; the 50th ranking male player made just over $246,238, while the 50th ranking female player’s earnings were shy of $26,000, according to the Times report.

    A graphic within the report further unpacks the pay gap; the women are given lower traveling allowances and sponsorship appearances, lower World Cup bonuses and lower bonuses for winning their regular exhibition games. The graphic indicates that if the women were to win all their exhibition games, their average pay would be $99,000 — still lower than that of the men, at $100,000 if they were to lose all their games….

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