{"id":37008,"date":"2019-07-08T09:34:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T16:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37008"},"modified":"2019-07-08T09:34:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T16:34:46","slug":"kudos-to-us-women-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/08\/kudos-to-us-women-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Kudos to US Women Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kudos to the US Women’s  Soccer team.  They won another World Cup yesterday, playing against an excellent team, except that they dressed in the color of the vile orange Fuhrer.  I’ll leave the discussion of excessive pro athletes’ pay for another day.  Excessive or not, women deserve pay equity with men.  FIFA and the US Soccer Federation claim that men get more, because their games bring in more money.  That is not true.<\/font><\/p>\n

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After the U.S. women’s national soccer team defeated the Netherlands on Sunday to claim its fourth World Cup title, chants of “Equal pay!” rang out in the crowd as fans expressed support for the athletes in their fight for equity with their male counterparts, who consistently earn far more money more despite performance\u2026. <\/p>\n

\u2026Aware of this yawning disparity, the crowd gathered inside Lyon Olympic Stadium in France backed the women’s fight for basic equality: <\/p>\n

As Buzzfeed reported Sunday, “women’s soccer games have generated more revenue than the men’s over the past three years.” <\/p>\n

“From 2016 to 2018, women’s games generated $50.8 million in revenue,” according to Buzzfeed, “compared with $49.9 million for the men’s matches<\/strong>.” <\/p>\n

Speaking to<\/a> the Associated Press May, star forward Megan Rapinoe\u2014who made headlines recently by calling President Donald Trump “a man that warrants no respect” and vowing to turn down an invitation to the White House<\/strong>\u2014criticized the “incremental” changes that have been put forth by FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Her statement that the Fuhrer deserves no respect makes Megan a hero.  Here’s a report on the game<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n