I saw that the women’s soccer team makes less than the men’s (USA). I also saw that the men’s teams make 9% of the total revenue while the women make 13% of the total revenue. Is there a source of money that women are not getting or something? If they want to increase the pay where would the money come from?
EDIT: There’s a bill that was introduced that would shut down the US hosting the World Cup until the pay gap was fixed. My question is how would it get fixed? I understand the women generate less revenue therefor make less. So how would they get paid more? If they were to increase the percentage they make from the revenue it would pay them more but then that would be unfair to the males.
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The dilemma isn’t from the percentage of the pot they earn that causes the “earning gap” it’s how much you fill the pot first, the mens team have more viewers, better sponsors and people paying into the pot before, the womens team also get a paid minimum on top unlike the men to offset this too so if they had the viewer/sponsorship as the men they would be making sooo much more than the men (not as likely to get the outcry though)
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