Living in the millennial era, it’s amazing how far women have come from past despairs such as discrimination, women’s suffrage, and overall inequality. In result, women have pursued in “man-subjected” careers such as becoming doctors, politicians, soldiers, and even professional athletes. However, today not all women are treated fairly. On March 31, 2016, New York Times writer Andrew Das in his article “Top Female Players Accuse U.S. Soccer of Wage Discrimination” asserts the financial debates and gender gap the U.S. Women Soccer team argued to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Many would agree that professional athletes don’t have it easy. They are constantly pushing their bodies and minds to their limits, training almost all hours
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It is what the fans long for every four years and what the players train for every day in between. The U.S. leads the most wins of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, while the men have only been as far as the quarterfinals. In fact, in 2015 when the U.S. Women’s soccer team defeated Japan for the World Cup Championship the team earned about 2 million dollars; while in 2014 the men’s team earned roughly around 9 million dollars just for making it in the 16th round. Which also refers back to Solo’s saying, however, it doesn’t end there. Along with the earnings comes bonuses similar to how players can earn in their exhibition games; however, the Cup earnings are divided by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. As represented in Graph 2, for 3rd place the women are rewarded with a $20,000 bonus and the men $52,083, for 2nd place the women are rewarded with $32,500 bonus and the men $260,417, and for 1st place the women are rewarded with $75,000 bonus while the men take home an extra $390,625. Same sport, same cup, why not same pay? Defendants have argued that the men’s team brings in more revenue and states that no one watches women’s sports as much as men’s. Although this would be significant in the WNBA, the U.S. Women’s soccer team backfire by stating that they have set the record of 25.4 million viewers for a men’s or women’s soccer game in the U.S and exceeding revenue projects by as much as $16 million …show more content…
Growing up being in love with sports, especially soccer, I’ve always wondered about the life of a female professional athlete. Many of my peers did also; in fact, we had the dreams of being as good as Abby Wambach one day. However, we mature, we do research, and are dreams are just dreams. Such as in this article, after reading and analyzing it is crystal clear how the athletic world works. The U.S. women’s soccer team put in the same time as the men’s and are certainly aren’t appreciated for it. Also, I am absolutely sure that the women put in more effort than the men since they have 3 FIFA World Cup Championships and four Olympic Championships in their belt while the men do not; and still the men lay over the women financially. Therefore, it is a man’s world and the females can be a part of it, but it is still their world. I believe what the U.S. women’s soccer team is doing is extraordinary, it reflects their hard work and passion for the sport. They are not only standing for the U.S. Women’s soccer team but for the little girls in America who are in love with sports just as much as
It is what the fans long for every four years and what the players train for every day in between. The U.S. leads the most wins of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, while the men have only been as far as the quarterfinals. In fact, in 2015 when the U.S. Women’s soccer team defeated Japan for the World Cup Championship the team earned about 2 million dollars; while in 2014 the men’s team earned roughly around 9 million dollars just for making it in the 16th round. Which also refers back to Solo’s saying, however, it doesn’t end there. Along with the earnings comes bonuses similar to how players can earn in their exhibition games; however, the Cup earnings are divided by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. As represented in Graph 2, for 3rd place the women are rewarded with a $20,000 bonus and the men $52,083, for 2nd place the women are rewarded with $32,500 bonus and the men $260,417, and for 1st place the women are rewarded with $75,000 bonus while the men take home an extra $390,625. Same sport, same cup, why not same pay? Defendants have argued that the men’s team brings in more revenue and states that no one watches women’s sports as much as men’s. Although this would be significant in the WNBA, the U.S. Women’s soccer team backfire by stating that they have set the record of 25.4 million viewers for a men’s or women’s soccer game in the U.S and exceeding revenue projects by as much as $16 million …show more content…
Growing up being in love with sports, especially soccer, I’ve always wondered about the life of a female professional athlete. Many of my peers did also; in fact, we had the dreams of being as good as Abby Wambach one day. However, we mature, we do research, and are dreams are just dreams. Such as in this article, after reading and analyzing it is crystal clear how the athletic world works. The U.S. women’s soccer team put in the same time as the men’s and are certainly aren’t appreciated for it. Also, I am absolutely sure that the women put in more effort than the men since they have 3 FIFA World Cup Championships and four Olympic Championships in their belt while the men do not; and still the men lay over the women financially. Therefore, it is a man’s world and the females can be a part of it, but it is still their world. I believe what the U.S. women’s soccer team is doing is extraordinary, it reflects their hard work and passion for the sport. They are not only standing for the U.S. Women’s soccer team but for the little girls in America who are in love with sports just as much as