Pay Inequalities in Athletics Women have always been seen as less of a person than men are in many aspects of life, with sports being one of them. Dating back to 1963, the Equal Pay Act was passed in regards to John F. Kennedy, yet, 54 years later, the working women still falls short to men, making 79 cents to the men’s dollar. Not only in the workplace, but also in collegiate and professional sports, we see major gender pay inequalities. Wage gaps in sports are very obvious and people are starting to see really how large the difference is between men and women’s salaries. The reality of this issue is when it reaches far outside the sporting world. The wage gap in sports is quite hard to ignore. The highest paid athletes in any, sports
…show more content…
It is a fact that more viewers watch men’s sports over women’s sports. Female soccer players get paid less because their sport makes less than Men’s Soccer. The 2015 Women’s World Cup brought in 17 million in sales and sponsorships, while the 2014 Men’s World Cup brought in 529 million.That is over thirty times of what the women’s event ever made. Besides the fact that the 2015 Women’s US Cup was the most watched soccer game in US history, but it still fell short to the 28 million viewers who watched the NCAA Men’s basketball final. (Clarke) Others say that watching women’s sports just aren’t entertaining (Clark).Which, that is one of the major issues! Why is it that men’s sports are so much more entertaining? Or why do so many more people invest their time and money on men and not women. People should not be so opposed to the pay gap, as they should be to what makes female sports so different than male sports. Or why viewers and sponsors aren’t interested in spending their money of female athletes. However, a majority of the female athletes make up for the loss of money through taking on some sponsorships, while some even end up pursuing a career in modeling. For example, the famous soccer player, Alex Morgan’s, net worth is about 1.3 million dollars. Much of that comes from things other than playing soccer, such as, sponsorships and endorsements. She is a …show more content…
Even though college athletes do not receive a salary, the money given out in scholarship dollars are unequal compared to men and women. Female students comprise 57% of the student body at colleges, but the female sports receive less scholarship money to give out to recruitments. Women are only left with 54% of scholarship dollars even with having more female athletes at many Universities. Sports in college should all receive the same amount of money for every sport to hand out. For example, baseball and softball should be given the same amount of scholarships dollars to give out, but they aren’t. Baseball is given way more by a landslide. The same goes for every other sport in college. There are also major differences in the salaries of head coaches. At Division one schools, the head coach of a women’s team generally makes around 850,000 dollars, while the head coach of a men’s sport makes about 1,700,000 dollars. That is a huge difference, almost one million dollars! You also see a pay gap within colleges coaches of a given sport. For example, the coach of a men’s soccer team would receive significantly more of a salary then the head coach of a women’s soccer
It is a fact that more viewers watch men’s sports over women’s sports. Female soccer players get paid less because their sport makes less than Men’s Soccer. The 2015 Women’s World Cup brought in 17 million in sales and sponsorships, while the 2014 Men’s World Cup brought in 529 million.That is over thirty times of what the women’s event ever made. Besides the fact that the 2015 Women’s US Cup was the most watched soccer game in US history, but it still fell short to the 28 million viewers who watched the NCAA Men’s basketball final. (Clarke) Others say that watching women’s sports just aren’t entertaining (Clark).Which, that is one of the major issues! Why is it that men’s sports are so much more entertaining? Or why do so many more people invest their time and money on men and not women. People should not be so opposed to the pay gap, as they should be to what makes female sports so different than male sports. Or why viewers and sponsors aren’t interested in spending their money of female athletes. However, a majority of the female athletes make up for the loss of money through taking on some sponsorships, while some even end up pursuing a career in modeling. For example, the famous soccer player, Alex Morgan’s, net worth is about 1.3 million dollars. Much of that comes from things other than playing soccer, such as, sponsorships and endorsements. She is a …show more content…
Even though college athletes do not receive a salary, the money given out in scholarship dollars are unequal compared to men and women. Female students comprise 57% of the student body at colleges, but the female sports receive less scholarship money to give out to recruitments. Women are only left with 54% of scholarship dollars even with having more female athletes at many Universities. Sports in college should all receive the same amount of money for every sport to hand out. For example, baseball and softball should be given the same amount of scholarships dollars to give out, but they aren’t. Baseball is given way more by a landslide. The same goes for every other sport in college. There are also major differences in the salaries of head coaches. At Division one schools, the head coach of a women’s team generally makes around 850,000 dollars, while the head coach of a men’s sport makes about 1,700,000 dollars. That is a huge difference, almost one million dollars! You also see a pay gap within colleges coaches of a given sport. For example, the coach of a men’s soccer team would receive significantly more of a salary then the head coach of a women’s soccer