Equal Pay For Equal Play Summary

An Additional barrier that women could face at this level could be an economic one, as the players at this level will need to be fully equipped with all of the basic equipment as well as travelling costs and coaching. This is a barrier because women do not get paid as much as men in football therefore they may have to acquire

The United States National Women’s soccer team is one of the utmost underappreciated teams in society; considering, they have won three World Cups; seven CONCACAF Gold Cup wins; four Olympic gold medals; along with ten Algarve Cups. On average, individuals on the women’s team make $37,800, while the men make $300,000. Some might deem this is ironic considering that the men’s team loses money each year, but are still paid considerably more than the women. This quote from former U.S. National Soccer Player, Abby Wambach, elucidates what her opinion is on this topic, she says, “The women’s national team made in the twenties of millions of dollars and we’re still paid less than the men’s team- and the men’s team lost $2 million. That’s kind of

Lopiano complains that there’s too much of a salaries gap between man and women playing the same sports. “The right to play has been established. However, the issue that has been confronted is the barrier to being treated equally when it comes to money” (Lopiano 1). Most people will say women’s tennis matches are more exciting than men’s matches; men’s victory purses are still considerably higher than women’s victory purses. Top women tennis players earned 59 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts. The average total purse was $63,031,000.00 for top men players and $41,000,000.00 for top women players (Daniel Frankl 2). In soccer, the Women’s World Cup soccer team was promised $12,500 if they won compared to the $300,000 male players were to receive. The payout for women players was increased to $50,000 because fans protested the unfair payout gap between the male and female players (Lopiano 1); it’s still 1/6 the payout

Various Womens soccer players have informed there fans that the womens pay gap is tottaly unfair in soccer. A lot of people

the gender pay gap is always showing inequality..The women on the U.S. national soccer team don’t get paid as much as the men, so they have filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission . The numbers in the complaint are stark, showing that the women earned less than the men’s national team despite far better performance. Team member Becky Sauerbrunn said, “U.S. Soccer has no justification for paying us as little as they do.” There actually is an economic justification for the women's soccer pay disparity. This is saying, that women are being paied less or what men do worse when they do better. This means that women are not being payed as much as men as you would think… there mad and i would be to if i was doing

In the world of soccer, men are getting paid more than women for much lesser performance. The men’s record is not

In the United states females make about seventy seven cents for every dollar a male makes. This is a huge difference and is unequal if both sexes are getting paid for doing similar jobs. Even though this seems like a huge difference in wages, the difference in wage is a huge difference in professional sports. Many would argue that female athletes should get paid the same as male athletes, but there are also many that would argue the opposite. Gender equality laws call for this, but the fact that female athletes do not provide the same profit as male athletes is not noted when it comes to these laws. Next, both males and females spend the same amount of training when it comes to strengthening their teams, but at the same time male athletes do

Women’s equality is an issue that has been around for awhile. While women have been given many rights to increase equality, including the right to vote and go to college, the problem hasn’t completely vanished. One area that still sees this is in sports. Women’s sports do not draw nearly as many fans and are not covered in the media as much as men’s sports, pay differences between male and female athletes are large, and female athletes have to wait longer to start their professional career than men, which risks their professional career before it even starts.

In every country, soccer stars are celebrated, they are young children’s’ heroes, and they inspire nations. Soccer is played in small villages in Africa, suburbs in America, and the arctic tundra of Russia, it can be played anytime, anywhere. It is the only sport that serves as a universal language, citizens in every country know the basics of soccer. Anyone, of any age, can play. It serves as a common connection for humanity and the players set examples for most of the world. If women are not being paid equally on the only platform that has the ability to reach the entire planet, it is no wonder that so many countries do not believe in women’s rights. However, if they were paid the same as men, they would be setting an example for the entire world. Many countries would begin to better understand that women are equal. After all, so many of life’s lessons are taught to children through games, especially games like soccer. This sport is a very rare, if not the only, opportunity to teach the entire world that women are just as equal as men, and not just on the soccer field. Women’s soccer could serve as the messenger to the world, and “kickoff” a new attitude for the equal treatment of women and really get the ball rolling on equal pay for women. This sport has the unique opportunity to use its influence to change attitudes that will seep

According to the article How Does the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Pay Compare to the Men? in the past 5 years the women's team has played 40-50% more games. Which means they are physically doing almost twice the amount of work and still being paid substantially less. The women out of those large amount of games have twice as many victories from 2012-2016 as the men's team. The women's team won 88 games compared to the men's 44 (Santhanam). The women's team won the 2015 world cup and only received 1.6 million dollars compared to when the men won and received 9.3 million dollars. Women deserve equal pay if they are better than a men’s team. No matter what gender a person is, their salary should be based on their

The United States Women’s National Soccer Team has decided to file a complaint against the United States Federation. The women’s team is demanding that they are to be paid equally for working just as rigorously and performing better than the men’s soccer team. The men’s team only reached the sixteenth round of the World Cup in 2014 and received $9 million while the women’s team won the World’s Cup and given only $2 million to be distributed among the team. This isn’t the only instance where the team has felt they have been treated unfairly compared to the men’s team. Last December team was supposed to play on dangerous fields that were covered with rocks. The complaint is backed by the entire team but was officially filed by Carli Llyod, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauebrunn and Hope Solo. In an interview on the Today’s Show, Morgan stated “Every single day we sacrifice just as much as the men. We work just as much. We endure just as much physically and emotionally.” Morgan also mentions that all the team desires is for the federation and their employer to appreciate them (Juliet Spies-Gans,

In Laura Santhanam’s article she supports this claim, such as “the women earned less than the men while performing demonstrably better” (Santhanam, 2016). The United States women’s soccer team have won three world cups, but the men haven’t even went past the quarterfinals (Santhanam, 2016). Women’s sports need to have more media coverage to break the stereotype “that women can play sports” and to prove to World that women’s spots matter.

Sexism limits our country. In a world where sexism still exists, women face challenges every day as they choose to embark in athletic activities. Even with the efforts of Title IX, which was established in 1972, there is not equality in sports for men and women. Sexism is real with stereotypes and discrimination on the basis of sex. Even with the high level of success reached by numerous female athletes of many different sports, male athletes always seem to have the upper hand. Whether it is pay, media, support, gear, or playing grounds, one sex always has the better of the two. Male athletes dominate a field that truly is shared by both sexes. What if we treated male athletes the way we treat female athletes? That is a world hard to imagine, and honestly, it shouldn't be. Through female athletes sharing their stories of unfair treatment and pay, sexism and generations of inequality in sports can be overcome.

There are a couple potential solutions to solving the issue of women’s and men’s professional soccer players not receiving equal pay. One solution to achieve equal pay for women’s and men’s professional soccer players is FIFA to fundamentally change (Johnson, 2015). FIFA is composed enough to make serious investments in women’s soccer. However, they just choose not to (Johnson, 2015). FIFA wants women to wait until the year 2107 for potential equal pay (Johnson, 2015). The reason given for women’s soccer players having to wait until 2107 for equal pay was that there has been 30 men’s tournaments and only 7 women’s tournaments (Johnson, 2015). Right now, officials disregard the women’s game, claiming that it isn’t worth investing in, while

This is real. Women don’t get paid the equal amount as men do. Women are paid on average only 77% of what men are paid. Their median pay was only equal in personal care and service work as of 2009. The Fair Pay Act of 2009 prohibited gender based discrimination between men and women who perform the same skill, job, or responsibility. For example, the U.S. women’s soccer team is way more successful than the U.S. men’s soccer team. Still, the women’s salary cap is 11 times less than than the men’s salary cap. The U.S. women’s soccer players still fight for equal pay.