Yahoo!- US women have agreed a $24 million (£17.8m) settlement to end a six-year, equal-pay legal battle with their own federation.
The defending world champions had been in a long-term dispute with the United States Soccer Federation over discrepancies in earnings between them and the men’s team, including receiving smaller World Cup bonuses despite winning the tournament on four separate occasions.
However, on Tuesday the fight finally came to a conclusion when they settled for a $22m lump-sum payment – a third of the amount they originally sought in damages. That money will be split between the players, with the USSF also agreeing to commit a further $2m to post-career and charitable endeavours. Players will be able to claim up to $50,000 (£37,000). The settlement was dependent on the players reaching a collective bargaining agreement with the federation. more
Are they moving to UK? Why the conversion to Pounds?
USSF will go bankrupt.
1) How much will this cost the men?
2) And who will watch?
That will buy a lot of pink and blue hair color.
Do they fill as many seats as the men? Have they beaten a boys high school soccer team yet?
For a “sport” full of predominantly man like, talentles, lesbians that nobody watches, except for a few wnba lesbian fans and a handful of Jr. HS girls soccer players.
I’ll go out on a limb and guess that their corporate sponsorships are a 1/4 of what men’s soccer gets.
Yeah, this is going to be great.
We really kicked their balls this time, didn’t we girls!
United States Soccer Federation bankruptcy coming soon.
I wonder if the league could have avoided this whole mess by using the same pay formula for both men and women, a formula based on viewers and advertising revenue.
“See? We’re treating both men’s and women’s leagues the exact same way! What’s the problem?”
So, just who will be providing “equal pay” for a women’s sport with little spectator and sponsor draw? We the taxpayers?! Or will they steal it from men’s soccer?!
Another solution might have been to split the Federation into two unrelated bodies:
United States Men’s Soccer Federation
United States Lesbians’ Soccer Federation
What’s all this “men’s” and “women’s” stuff? You might hurt somebody’s feelings. One league (to rule them all…) Let their play time and employment be based solely on skill.
Eff ’em (if you dare)
FJB.
Headline 2023: US Women’s Soccer to fold in bankrupcy.
Why are most of the women’s teams spectators disguised as empty seats 💺?
I’m sure the women can hardly wait for all the trannies to take over their sport and replace them.
How about equal pay for equal performance?
Shouldn’t it be equal pay FOR EQUAL WORK? High school boys regularly beat adult professional women’s soccer teams.
geeknerd: correct. Now high school boys soccer players should demand the same pay as womens professional soccer players.
“2) And who will watch?”
Lesbian lovers and family…and people given free tickets and have absolutely nothing else better to do (I beg to differ) on game day.
I thought soccer was co-ed.
In the ’70s the whole selling point of teaching kids soccer was that it was co-ed.
If I wanted to see a bunch of lesbians running around acting stupid, I’d visit a women’s college.
@Hambone: ROFL
Another protected class of the left receiving welfare. Women’s soccer is not popular, and the market doesn’t support it enough to make a large profit. Makes no difference, the left will prop up these wickedly woke, weak womzn enterprises anyway.
All soccer is women’s soccer.
You got that right, Wild Bill.
A goal for the US Women’s Soccer Team is to beat the Canadian Women’s Olympic Hockey team in the number of admitted lesbians on their roster. The Canadians had 7 lesbians on their team.
Let’s Go US Women’s Soccer Team…you have been challenged…you can do it! I’m cheerin’ for ya!