A recent Seton Hall Sports Poll sponsored jointly by the Sharkey Institute (and the Stillman School of Business) found that 91 per cent of women believe women should receive equal compensation for playing soccer. While only 74% of male respondents agree. Similar results were found for professional sports: 79 percent believe equal pay should be the norm, while only 59% agree. This is a good start, but there's still a lot to do before it becomes a reality.
Sandra Bullock
During the U.S. Women's World Cup, Sandra Bullock and other female sports stars called for equal pay for women. Even though they are not only the women in sport, many men are also below-paid. The 2018 Women's World Cup Best Team Award went to the US Women's National Team. The team was presented with the award by Bullock. The team is represented by Alex Morgan, who won the Best Female Athlete award.
The 2019 ESPY Awards saw the United States Women's National Soccer Team take center stage. Bullock presented a Best Team Award to Megan Rapinoe's team, who was also the Golden Boot Award recipient at the FIFA Women's World Cup. Sandra Bullock, in monochrome black, accompanied Megan Rapinoe, wearing a double-breasted jacket and flapper-styled tassels.
Alex Morgan
It will take a while before the United States women’s national soccer team earns as much as its male counterparts. Equal pay for women in soccer is an important goal, both in the United States as well as other countries. However, there are some steps we can take to make it happen. Cherita Ellens CEO of Women Employed, states that women earn approximately 80 cents per dollar for every dollar earned by men. Ellens says this is still a significant gap but is optimistic that women's teams will eventually attain equal pay for equal work. Ellens hopes that the players will contribute to this effort in order to make it a real possibility.
Equal pay is a subjective term. For example, the men's World Cup team in 2015 should have won, and the women's squad should have also won. The men's team deserves to be rewarded equally, but that doesn't mean women's teams should not be recognized. Women's team players are competing for more games then the men's. To keep up, they have had to work harder. The World Cups prizes are no exception. Not all players are called up to every camp. How many games each team plays and injuries all play into who gets called up.
U.S. Soccer
Equal pay for men and women in soccer has reached a historic agreement between the USSF and soccer unions. The agreement stipulates that each team will be paid equally and share the World Cup money. The agreement states that men and woman will be paid equally at non World Cup tournaments. Both men and women can earn the same amount abroad and at home, provided they play the exact same number of games.
Cone was a former female national team member and said that he would not be signing a contract to any team that offered less money. Cone agreed to a deal on Tuesday. The women’s union supported it. The lawyers of the men's Union were present for the negotiations. The women players association congratulated all the players on their victories against gender discrimination. Leaders of the women's football players' union stated that they would continue holding U.S. Soccer accountable.
United States Women's National Team
The prize money is where there is the greatest pay gap in soccer. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, men's teams will compete for almost $440m while women will compete for $30 million. Five of the top women's players in soccer have recently filed a lawsuit seeking equal pay. The players claim their wages are four times lower than their male counterparts. Equal pay for women soccer players is long overdue. It is still a problem.
There are several reasons for the difference between men and women's salaries. To make ends meet, women historically had to compete against men. Despite this, the pay gap has been large. USSF has not always been transparent about their salaries. Women on its team are no exception. This is why they have been so active in public relations. A USSF spokeswoman told Reuters the organization holds a "strong commitment” to equal pay.