LOL..... "We need more socialism because robots are going to take our jobs away."
https://www.outkick.com/uswnt-loss-at-world-cup-sweden-socialism-in-sports-usmnt/
What in the world does the U.S. Women’s National Team losing at the Women’s World Cup have to do with socialism? Lucky for you, I’m going to explain! The USWNT fought in court for “equal pay” between its members and the USMNT from U.S. Soccer.
As I’ve written in the past, though, the lawsuit had little to do with “equal pay” and more to do with “we want more money.”
As part of the deal, though, the USWNT and the USMNT must now split prize money. When the USMNT reached the knockout stage of the World Cup in November, it earned $13 million. Half of that — or $6.5 million — went the US Women’s team. For doing nothing.
Because the men’s World Cup is far more popular globally than the women’s, the prizes are much larger. The USWNT won the Women’s World Cup in 2015 and 2019. Combined, those wins earned $6 million.
So the team received more money thanks to the men reaching the Round of 16 than it did for winning back-to-back World Cup titles.
Now, FIFA has pushed for larger prizes on the women’s side. And, it is delivering on that promise. The total prize pool for the 2023 Women’s World Cup is $142 million. Of that pool, $10.5 million goes to the winning team.
Those are both records on the women’s side. However, the prize pool for the men was $440 million with $42 million going to champion Argentina.
So even if the USWNT had won the 2023 World Cup — which it obviously did not — it still would have earned $2.5 million less than the men.
https://www.outkick.com/uswnt-loss-at-world-cup-sweden-socialism-in-sports-usmnt/
What in the world does the U.S. Women’s National Team losing at the Women’s World Cup have to do with socialism? Lucky for you, I’m going to explain! The USWNT fought in court for “equal pay” between its members and the USMNT from U.S. Soccer.
As I’ve written in the past, though, the lawsuit had little to do with “equal pay” and more to do with “we want more money.”
As part of the deal, though, the USWNT and the USMNT must now split prize money. When the USMNT reached the knockout stage of the World Cup in November, it earned $13 million. Half of that — or $6.5 million — went the US Women’s team. For doing nothing.
Because the men’s World Cup is far more popular globally than the women’s, the prizes are much larger. The USWNT won the Women’s World Cup in 2015 and 2019. Combined, those wins earned $6 million.
So the team received more money thanks to the men reaching the Round of 16 than it did for winning back-to-back World Cup titles.
Now, FIFA has pushed for larger prizes on the women’s side. And, it is delivering on that promise. The total prize pool for the 2023 Women’s World Cup is $142 million. Of that pool, $10.5 million goes to the winning team.
Those are both records on the women’s side. However, the prize pool for the men was $440 million with $42 million going to champion Argentina.
So even if the USWNT had won the 2023 World Cup — which it obviously did not — it still would have earned $2.5 million less than the men.
