I have heard they've been offered it--in terms of the same per diem and same percentage cut of the gate and same cut of the FIFA pool provided to each competition. But what they want is the same pay regardless of competition. That would be like paying WNBA players NBA salaries. When you decide to have separate competitions, you are already discriminating. The USSF is paying for at least part of the women's league. I have no trouble with either. EXCEPT--The women want it separate when it benefits them but "equal" when it doesn't. The other concern is that the current contract enshrines a certain group of players as the team. It's very difficult for younger players to break in. Eventually that will catch up with the US in world competitions. I thought it would last year (and came close vs England)--but by the Olympics--with a year's delay?
From what I heard from Jason Davis on his XFM show, what was offered to them was an agreement equal to what the men negotiated in their last deal, which is coming up for renewal soon. What the women want is equal to what the men get every time it's renegotiated. The was it was explained, and I am certainly not an expert on it, is some of the differences in the way the Women's team is assembled, with their guaranteed players in the pool, is because they don't get the salaries from the club teams like the men do. Which is true, but also irrelevant IMO. They should get 100% equal treatment regardless of gender. Period.
Except that their desire is disingenuous in several ways. Equal pay at this point would mean a pay cut and less financial security, but they don't want anyone to think that hard about it.
But that's what they should be given. But, it should be transparent, as in all the books should be opened and we should see exactly how much of everything goes where. That will never happen. USSF will never do it. But they should if they want the issue to go away.
Sure, but that's not what they're actually asking for, and they are counting on the continued ignorance (willful or otherwise) of their adoring public.
They have been offered that and rejected it. Their position is that the women's world champ (the USWNT) should be paid the same as the men's (the French MNT). Since FIFA disagrees and doesn't pay the USSF the same money as the French federation gets, the USWNT wants the USSF to make it up to them by taking it from other USSF programs.
Define equal. That's the issue. If they want true equal treatment there should be no women's national team. If they are good enough then they should be able to play with the men. If they truly want 100% equal treatment. But they don't--can't really, as has been shown behind closed doors when the gals have played (as I recall) u-17 men's teams. An example: https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/ne...-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/
Part of the issue would be sponsorship money. That's "mixed"--it means that it's hard to define what part of USSF it might apply to. Different products sponsor for different demographics (and this is something the Washington Post has noted recently).
Equal would mean winning a WC should get you more than getting knocked out of the group stage, which is what is happening now.
Not when the Men's World Cup earns considerably more than the Women's World Cup. That's also a fact. USSF can't and shouldn't pay more than FIFA supplies. If the women want to sue FIFA, have at it.
Recent posts involving a conversation about the USMNT and Steve Sampson were moved from the 2020 Other Teams News Thread to this thread. Mainly for future reference. Carry on.
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I'm guessing we'll see more of this as supply chain workers fall ill/test positive and a place/source is shut down for ~14 days. Hopefully, the social distancing and stay at home keep it to holes in such services causing delays and not complete disruptions*. *Not the corporate buzzword flavor-of-the-minute Marketing/Strategy buzzword kind.
Are most warehouse/fulfillment workers off work? I know Amazon and the big shippers are still going strong.
Yes, but non-essentials have a longer shipping time--as Amazon, for one, has noted on their site. I had a book originally scheduled for delivery yesterday. It shipped today. And I have no problem with that.
I work at FedEx, and we're currently getting the shit kicked out of us. I read something that Amazon is suspending their delivery service starting in... I can't remember if it was June or July.
That's just for non-Amazon stuff, in case it wasn't clear to the reader. They were trying to compete with USPS and UPS.... They'll still deliver Amazon stuff--so the Prime trucks aren't going anywhere.
I can't speak for other places. But the plan at out plant is if someone who has been working in the office test positive, there will be a complete shut down, some sort of external cleaning team will come in, there is a 4 hour cleaning process, and then we're supposed to be back up and running the next day (or next shift for line workers)
I was completely speculating. Some places won't have pockets deep enough to function like that though. I'm a little surprised though since there can be no knowing if the infected person infected someone else before being quarantined, so bringing everyone back together in under 24 hours seems short sighted as to the primary source of the problem, people not surfaces.
A lot may depend on how many higher risk folks work for the company. If you don't have many, while there is a risk, it's much less (I mean death rate--not simply getting sick).
I think the hope is that the company is taking enough precautions that any spread will have been limited; following social distancing recommendations, common area use is minimized, cleaning staff is basically here continually cleaning during office hours, etc. But, yes, it's a risk they'll have to come right back and do it again a few days later.