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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I can’t speak to those percentages, but assuming they are close enough to accurate…the number of tickets sold to the games, number of advertising firms, number and type of television coverage are just a few of the ways revenue is generated. If there was as much interest in women’s soccer as men’s it would appear the players would make more, but there just isn’t as much interest. Similar to how the Canadian football league (CFL) players make a fraction of what the NFL players make.
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