Reform Taskforce 29 Analysis

Soccer is a sport that many know and love. It has been globalized through the ages, and has brought many people enjoyment by watching, and playing the sport. While soccer has brought many people from around the world together, it has also driven a wedge between males and females in society. This sport is controversial for many reasons. It brings about controversy because of the fact that some people can clearly identify the separation of equitable treatment between the genders, while others are oblivious to this idea. Many people from around the world have joined in on this topic. This not only shows the connection of globalization to the gender inequalities, but it shows the link between

Goal! But! Gol! It does not matter in which language you celebrate, Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world; Through soccer people's cultures are known and people are given a lots of fun and entertainment. Soccer has been around for many decades between these decades there been many championships at outstanding levels, which has generated work, joys and development in general. The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international football competition in which various countries compete to be the champions of the world. In 1991, China made history by hosting the first Women's World Cup.The women’s soccer game has flourished over the years leading to many memorable moments thus, symbolizing equality for for women in a once dominated by

“Equal play. Equal pay.” –U.S. Women’s National Team (Reiher). The gender pay gap is surprisingly still a large problem today. Not only in soccer, but in every sport women exert the most effort, yet they do not receive the credit. The U.S. Woman’s National Team should receive an equal amount of pay as the men’s team because they have won more titles, they are better soccer players, and they bring in more income.

When it comes to sports men and women are rarely given equal opportunities to excel. This is the case in soccer specifically, as many individuals over look women’s soccer. Women are having to play on turf fields which is causing more injuries compared to men playing on natural grass. Men also make more money per match and they receive money if they lose, whereas the women do not receive any money if they lose a match. While women are becoming more successful, the men’s team has been around longer and bring in more media coverage and endorsements for the league. Despite the discrepancies found in media coverage of both teams, the US soccer federation and Federation International Football Association should provide equal opportunities for both men’s and women’s soccer teams.

Equality between people is what makes the United States of America different from other nations. Ironically, in the United States professional soccer leagues there is a dearth of gender equality. This can be seen through the gender difference in salary. In 2013, professional women soccer players were yearly being paid $15,000 each, about nine times less than the men earned (Bloomberg BusinessWeek). Just like the United States, Australia also faces unequal pay between men and women in professional soccer. Many professional women soccer players that can’t support themselves off their salary. This not only makes the players want to quit, but also makes future generations not want to take part in women’s soccer. Sadly, for more than two decades, women soccer players have experienced unequal pay. Over the years, many players have to find another job to support themselves or they quit playing soccer. Leaders of the Women’s Professional Soccer League have made fruitless attempts to resolve this problem, by giving women the same amount of tournament prize money as the men’s team, by raising the women’s salary a few thousand dollars, and by obtaining sponsors for the women’s soccer league. The way to fix the inequality within professional soccer in the United States is to give equal pay to both genders. To accomplish that, the leaders/board members from both the Men’s Soccer League and the National Women’s Soccer League would have the men soccer players’ salary will be lowered to

More participants in school athletics lead to bigger audiences for women's sports at every level. As audiences increase, major advertisers, team sponsors and local media become more interested. These likely consequences of the women's FIFA victory should generate more opportunities for women in sports, more resources for sports teams and higher salaries for professional

A large portion of society enjoys watching U.S. soccer on television. One way woman’s soccer suffers inequality is in Juliet Gan’s article, “USWNT Files Lawsuits against U.S. Soccer in Fight for Equal Pay” she challenges how woman are getting unequal pay in soccer compared to men. Woman soccer players need equal pay and equal treatment.

Listen Up! Men are getting paid thirty-five million and women are only getting paid two million for winning the World Cup. We need to step up and you need to help. How would you feel if you got $2 for mowing a lawn and your brother got $35 for mowing that same lawn? Have you ever thought life isn’t fair? Well, the Women’s World Cup team feels that way also. Men are getting paid more for lesser performance. They won the World Cup and only got paid a fraction of what the men made. Also, they are fighting for equal rights, but if they keep fighting they could get boycotted from the Olympics. Female soccer players need a salary that matches their ability.

Different revelation has been made from the first trail of the local bodies corruption on The FA, Brazilian FA and others to the head of the soccer association. The authors have mainly argued about the effects and the work that have been done to stop corruption from soccer. Although many committees have been formed to investigate the situation of corruption in today’s soccer there have been a very little change to it. I believe the increasing corruption in soccer can have very bad effect on the game which can eventually lose millions of fans and followers. The corruption has caused very negative impact towards the next generation of players and supporters that their favorite game has been ruined mostly by some people with much control on it due to corruption. The main problem that have caused corruption in my view and many of the articles and journals on corruption on soccer is the unmanaged distributions of funds allocated only by certain number of people without discussing with the committee. The sole power of some people like the former president of FIFA Sepp Blatter has caused an unbalance in the account of these bodies. The details of the distribution of funds has to be transparent and selling their votes by taking money from someone has to be stopped in order to make this game meaningful

Women’s professional soccer players should receive equal pay to men’s professional soccer players. Right now, women’s soccer players earn much less than their male counterparts, both from their official salaries as well as corporate sponsorships (Palmer, 2015). This is still true even after just under 23 million Americans watched the U.S. Women’s National Team’s victory in 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final against Japan, setting a record for the most watched soccer game in U.S. history (Palmer, 2015). While the U.S. Women’s National Team, who have played in numerous FIFA Women’s World Cups, have subsidized salaries, and some high-profile players have endorsements deals, their salaries are low for professional athletes, which is a serious deterrent to players starting, and staying, in the game (Johnson,

Based in Zurich, “The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)” is the international governing body of association football, futsal, and soccer. It has been recognized as the “United Nations of Football”, affiliated with 209 associations across the globe (FIFA, 2015). Like any other sport organization however, FIFA has long experienced allegations following the decision of Russia being awarded the 2018 World Cup and Quatar having the 2022 hosting rights. According to the reports, the United States Department of Justice reviewed the contracts related to the 2014 Brazil World Cup involving FIFA, commercial partners, and suppliers.

The first World Cup was held in July of 1930 and it exclusively hosted men. Since then, women footballers have been championing for women’s

With UEFA bringing in the FFP rules in European football has caused a major confusion and

Joseph “Sepp” Blatter has been in charge of overseeing soccer’s governing body FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) since 1998. Blatter, as well as other FIFA executives, have been at the forefront of FIFA’s recent scandal surrounding the allegations of bribery of votes for the World Cup bids of 2018 and 2022 (Russia and Qatar respectively). Despite Sepp Blatter’s claims that the FIFA organization has weathered the storm of controversy and is in calm waters, there is still more controversy surrounding FIFA and how they operate as an organization.

FIFA a corporation which started its formation in 1904 is known for being the largest soccer federation in our world. They created the World Cup, have six regional conferences, and offer entertainment all over the world. Although FIFA has been respected the problems they have face involves being questioned with corruption within the bidding process, if they hand out world cup Votes and if they are corrupt. This problem affects many because the economy, environment, and soccer players are affected. The problems that FIFA faces are the president’s involvement in corruption, the FIFA officials accepting bribes, and questions about the biddin process. Although this problem is difficult to resolve the creation of a players association, getting a new president, and adding eligibilities allowing only the countries who can afford to host the world cup to do it.