https://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-wo...y-equality-a-global-fight-at-womens-world-cup As Kellond-Knight, the Australian defender said, "One hundred percent, the U.S. team is paving the way for women's football. ... If they can bump the standard higher, it's going to bring everyone up."
I think the market should dictate pay for women in international competitions like the WC. In this case there is high demand to watch women play sport at an international level (versus club level) therefore I think it is only right that their salary is reflective of this. I do not think it should be completely equal to men, so long as people tend to greatly favor watching men compete.
Very predictable if you ask me. Nobody expects the women's World Cup to generate as much money as the men's World Cup. Certainly not in 2019. The difference in tourism is enormous. When Norway played in the 1998 World Cup against Brazil in Marseille, we had something like 15 000 supporters down there. When Norway played France next door in Nice this summer, may be like 500. So far I think only Norway and the Netherlands have signed on for the equal pay deal. But the USWNT are pretty much the only womens' team in the world who are in the ballpark to compete commercially with their male colleagues in their domestic market.
Hopefully the 'REVENUE' figures used in this graphic are compiled only of monies that came from the event and were paid to FIFA. That would exclude overall hotel, or other tourism revenue, that while beneficial to the host cities, are not revenue to the organizer. The generalized "Revenue" doesn't' tell us enough. Also, some of the more important aspects of player compensation that the suit is asking to be addressed are minimum salary levels, travel, facilities, etc....not just "Prize Money" at one event held every 4 years. With the success of this WWC, FIFA will be able to realize much more revenue from advertising, sponsorship, media, etc. The WWC is the "money maker" from which more support and various compensation (not just prize money) could be allocated in order to better support the growth of the sport. I'd like this to be the focus and not the debate on "Equal". In a compensation package, "equal" could mean many things with vastly different values; the equal dollar figure or equal percentage of revenue, etc. Improved and Fair would be a great start. I also hope that a residual benefit from the attention the USWNT's law suit will be increased support, facilities, base salary, etc for the countries with budding, yet underfunded women's programs.
Yeah, for example, no WNT player in France is asking for equal pay with the MNT, they even say it on the record that they are not asking for it.
It's not as simple as applying existing economic reality to determine compensatory value. That a significant group have not been given the opportunities others have needs to be appreciated and factored in. For example, in Canada there is a law which "requires federal jurisdiction employers to engage in proactive employment practices to increase the representation of four designated groups: women, people with disabilities, Aboriginal peoples, and visible minorities." This is why countries are doing pay equity for national representation.