Women's Team: A Case Study

As the article reveals the immense pay gap women are receiving compared to men when they achieve similar accomplishments. “Women players at Wimbledon, women's tennis has problems winning big sponsors. Golfer Juli Inkster won her sport's career grand slam last month, winning the Ladies Professional Golf Association Championship. She got $210,000. The same weekend, the Buick Classic paid its male winner $450,000” (Christian Science Monitor, 1999). As one can clearly infer women have been stripped of their equality in the realm of sports. Women work just as hard as men to achieve this success in their respected sport and should be rewarded for doing

This on-running issue over unequal pay between men and women in the same area of work is sadly something that is not new in the 21st century. It has been around for as long as women entered the same field as men and has yet to be fixed. Now, when the problem is looked at in professional sports, there is no difference. No matter if both teams have an equally successful season, or if one triumphs over the other, it is always the guys who get the big bucks while the girls are given a significantly smaller amount. Just take a look at the U.S women 's soccer team who had just won the 2015 world cup not too long ago. One of international soccer 's most prestigious events, the team was awarded a nice amount of two million dollars. However, the U.S men’s soccer team on the other hand was given nine millions dollars, and they had lost in the midst of round 16 of their tournament. In what way, shape, or form is this fair? In an article by Scott Stump for Today News, he acknowledges the major victories that the USWNT (U.S Women’s National Team) has achieved, and what little the men have done in comparison. Stump states, “The women also shattered ratings records for soccer games in America with a record 26.7 million tuning in to watch them beat Japan in the World Cup final. The women have won three straight Olympic gold medals as well as three World Cup titles overall, while

People all over America and the world are consumed with watching athletes perform in their various sports. Both male and female athletes compete at such incredible levels that require physical talent and drive. Professional athletes are known to get paid salaries that reflect their talent and abilities. Regardless of gender, professional athletes are drafted to receive professional pay. However, equal pay for male and female athletes with the same credentials does not occur today. There is a belief that male athletes are worth more than female athletes and are better at promoting themselves. Also, women salaries are lower because of their gender and are not

As shown in Figure 1, making a world cup roster has a large pay difference between the men’s team and the women’s team. The men are expected to make $76,000 just for being on the roster, while the women make only $15,000. If either team wins the world up, the USMNT receives $9.3 million to be split amongst the team, while the USWNT receives only $1.8 million to also be split amongst their team (fig. 1).

As a matter of fact, experts say that the gender wage difference is voluminous because in most men’s sports, they have spectators and generate a higher revenue. In basketball, the NBA revenue is higher than the WNBA. However, in soccer, the United States Women National Team has a higher revenue than the United States Men National Team. So shouldn’t the women’s team earn more? Wistfully, that isn’t the case. To add to the fact, in 2017, the

Many women professional basketball players work hard, are dedicated, and have a genuine love for the game; however, many of them are very underpaid when compared to the men professional basketball players. The difference between what men and women are paid for the same job is referred to as the gender wage gap. In the United States that gap is 78 cents, so a woman is paid 78 cents for every dollar paid to a man doing the same work. Lynx player Maya Moore said, "We’re not super rich like the guys … but money’s not everything when you’re talking about dynasties and legacies, and inspiring young women and men, and opening people’s minds." Obviously, they do not play for the money, they play because they love the game of basketball. The women basketball players work really hard and inspire more people everyday. They should be awarded and paid the equal amount just as any male basketball player.

The US women’s soccer team are only paid about a fourth of what the men are paid, even though they actually preform at a level well above that of the men’s, and create more income for the corporation; In fact, the women’s soccer team made approximately $20 million more money in revenue than the men’s soccer team ("U.S. Women's Team Files Wage-discrimination Action vs. U.S. Soccer"). Another instance of the men’s team earning more money than the women’s team unfairly is that the women were only paid $2 million dollars total when they won the world cup in 2015, while the men’s team (who got to round 16 before they lost) were paid a total of $9 million dollars ("U.S. Women's Team Files Wage-discrimination Action vs. U.S. Soccer"). That means that the women’s team was paid approximately 22% of what the men’s team was being paid, creating a wage gap that is even larger than what the one from the 1960’s. If you go by the logic of paying someone based on the worker’s effort and skill, as it is stated in the Equal Pay Act, than the women’s team should be paid significantly more than the men’s team, not the other way

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

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

The men's national team almost always plays on grass, which is the ideal surface that an athlete want to play on. However, the women's national team played every game in 2015, including the world cup, and some games in 2016 on turf. This is a cheaper alternative to grass that can put players at a higher risk of injury. In an article with New York Times, Carli Lloyd, USWNT captain, stated,”“I was on the road for about 260 days last year. When I am traveling internationally, I get $60 a day for expenses. Michael Bradley gets $75.” A $15 difference does not seem like a lot but over the course of the 260 days, that adds up to a 3,900 dollar difference per year, just on travel expenses. Not only does U.S. soccer treat the team like 2nd class citizens, but so does FIFA. For winning the World cup in 2014, the German men's national team got 35 million dollars, with each member of the roster getting roughly 400,000 dollars increase. This is a 17.5 million dollars more then what the USWNT got for winning in 2015, with each player getting just 75 thousand dollars. Carli Lloyd, USWNT captain also stated in her interview that, “The top five players on the men’s team make an average of $406,000 each year from these games. The top five women are guaranteed only $72,000 each year.” This pay gap is a 334,000 dollar

Over 400 Division I men’s athletic teams have been disbanded from existence since the inception of Title IX. Title IX, implemented in 1972, “is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.” (Keating) Title IX has achieved great success with women’s sports since the inception and the number of females in sports is six times greater since the inception of Title IX (diversity.siu.edu). Although it has had great strides with women, it is disadvantaging men, especially in athletics. Title IX requires that colleges give the same amount of scholarships to women as they do men. On paper, this seems to be a great idea, but the consequences were never taken into consideration and caused tremendous problems. In order to give the same amount of scholarships to men and women and be compliant with Title IX, men’s athletic teams have been cut in the process. Men losing the opportunity to receive scholarships for their respective sport at a college of their choice and sports teams getting cut is an issue that needs to be solved. Men’s sports teams cannot keep on being cut, for there are ways in which Title IX must be enhanced to benefit everyone. The problems of men’s athletic teams being cut can be solved by reducing outrageous spending, add women’s programs, and give more control to colleges.

It’s astonishing to me that there is such a gap still in this day and age. Women athletes work just as hard as men. Same goes for the amount women are paid compared to what men are paid. New.com.au states “This means women are currently earning just 81.8 cents for every dollar their male colleagues earn, down from an average of 85.1 cents ten years

First of all, females aren’t likely to stay bodily active for health benefits because of personal choices. However, according to the data from America’s Health Rankings in 2015, there was 25.6% of females that are bodily inactive than males (21.7%). Women need to be aware of their weight in order to prevent from cardiovascular disease or any other health problems, which is why involving in sports/outdoor activities no matter the age, will help control the weight. Not only will sports help you stay fit but will develop extensive knowledge via obtaining health authorities. Technically, females who have been around with sports in their early age have much more potential to staying fit because they were born naturally athletic or talented rather than someone who’s forced or needs to exercise daily, but of course, both methods work to changing a lifestyle. As far as the women athlete goes comparing to the men athlete, some may become a P.E. teacher or a team sport coach to actively engage with children, teens, and young adults of teaching their ways to become an athlete.

In the last one hundred years women have made tremendous inroads in many facets of life. Of that there can be little doubt. Women may now hold jobs, own property and participate in professional sports. Today women can compete in sports, once a vestige of male domination; there is now room for women in that arena. But even today women in sports are not portrayed in the same light as their male counterparts. To a large degree this is because of today's cultural ideal of women.

Women have always been the minority in the world even today: that is in the work force or even in sports. Title IX, an act that was made by the United States Congress in 1972, said that no one should be denied to play, receive financial aid, or discriminate to any education program or activity that pertains to only one sex (Senne 1). This act was a step towards improving female participation and lessening discrimination, but the stereotypes that most of society believes in still exist. This is one of the main reasons why women are discriminated when it comes to sports; by limited payroll, limited media coverage, and stereotypes.