On Wednesday, five of the biggest names in women’s soccer issued a yellow card to the United States Soccer Federation. Carli Lloyd, who scored a hat trick in Team USA’s 5-2 Women’s World Cup final defeat of Japan last summer, was joined by teammates Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Hope Solo in a complaint filed against their employer, U.S. Soccer, demanding equal pay for equal work.
What is fair? On the surface, the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) is both far more competitive on the pitch and far less compensated than its male counterpart, the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT). The women have won three World Cups since the event was launched in 1992, while the men have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals.
The disparity in pay is alarming: Each player on the USWNT earns $99,000 per year provided the team wins 20 “friendlies” (exhibition matches), the minimum number of matches they would play. By contrast, each men’s player would earn $263,320 for the same feat and would still earn $100,000 if the team lost all 20 games. The women receive no extra pay for playing additional matches above 20, while the men earn anywhere between $5,000 and $17,625 for each match beyond 20.
Compounding that disparity, last July’s Women’s World Cup final was the most watched soccer match—men’s or women’s—ever in the U.S., with some 25.4 million viewers. Also, the USWNT created $16 million more in revenue last year (but that was a non–World Cup year for the men). “The numbers speak for themselves,” Solo said. “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships.”
On the basis of all of the above, the women have an outstanding argument. The problem is that the USMNT is tethered to the World Cup, the largest global sporting event outside the Olympics, which brought in $4.8 billion in revenue in 2014. The 2015 Women’s World Cup’s numbers are not available, but it likely brought in a small fraction of that sum. Germany earned $35 million for winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil; the U.S. earned $2 million for winning the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada.
Of course, the U.S. Soccer Federation is technically a nonprofit organization. This is not a matter of the ATP versus the WTA or the NBA versus the WNBA. For that reason, this complaint, which was filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is intriguing. The question that Solo and her co-plaintiffs are posing is valid: Why is a nonprofit organization basing its payroll decisions not on performance but on potential revenue? And why, in a post–Title IX country, is a nonprofit discriminating between men and women at all?
At the professional level, there is no basis of comparison. Outside of the NFL, which has no distaff analogue, men’s professional soccer clubs in Europe are the world’s wealthiest sports entities. At least 10 European soccer players earn more than $14 million per year; the National Women’s Soccer League, a domestic league that was founded in 2012, permits a maximum salary for one player of $37,800.
How does this compare to the opportunities for women versus men in other sports? Let’s evaluate.
Tennis
Tennis is by far the most lucrative sport for female athletes, and also the most gender-equitable. Seven of the 10 highest-earning female athletes in 2015 were members of the WTA Tour, according to Forbesmagazine. Prize money is equal for men and women at all four grand-slam events—the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open—with the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club being the last to join its brethren in 2007 (contrarians will note that men play best-of-five set matches while women play best-of-three at these four events).
Tennis is also the only sport to place women on Forbes’s “World’s 100 Highest-Paid Athletes” list for 2015: Maria Sharapova placed 26th ($29.7 million) and Serena Williams 47th ($24.6 million). But Williams, the No. 1–ranked player in the world for all of 2015, actually earned 42 percent more in prize money ($11.6 million to $6.7 million) than her Russian counterpart.
Comparing Williams’s prize money to that of the top player on the ATP Tour, Novak Djokovic ($21 million), warrants a closer look than the bottom line. Both players won three grand slams, but Williams finished 53-3 on the year while Djokovic was 82-6. Dividing their prize money by their respective tour wins, Djokovic earned approximately $256,000 per victory and Williams $219,000. Serena Williams earned more than any female athlete worldwide in 2015 in terms of salary or prize money.SCANPIX DENMARK Also, to a far greater degree than in any other sport, the world’s top female tennis players are rock stars. Sharapova earned $23 million in endorsements (a figure that will shrink in 2016 after a number of sponsors dropped her following her suspension for using meldonium) in 2015, according to Forbes. Only 11 male athletes earned more beyond their salaries or prize money.
Golf
In 2015, the LPGA offered a total of $61.6 million in prize money. The PGA, by contrast, awarded more than five times that ($320 million). The top purse for an LPGA major was $4.5 million, at the U.S. Women’s Open, where the winner, Chun In-gee, took home $810,000. At each of the four PGA majors, the purse was $10 million and the winner garnered a check for $1.8 million.
Last year’s leader in prize money on the LPGA Tour, Lydia Ko of New Zealand, pocketed $2.8 million. Ko’s male counterpart, Jordan Spieth, led the PGA Tour money list with $12 million. The 25th-ranked player on the PGA Tour, Daniel Berger, earned more than Ko in 2015. The 25th-ranked player on the LPGA Tour, Brittany Lang, earned $616,000 in winnings, or about one-fifth of Berger’s haul.
Basketball
Here’s all you need to know about the pay disparity between the NBA and the WNBA: Last summer, Diana Taurasi, the reigning WNBA Finals MVP and a seven-time first-team All-WNBA player, took the season off. Taurasi, who earned just below the league maximum of $107,000 per season as a member of the Phoenix Mercury, was paid more than that by her Russian team, UMMC Ekaterinburg, to rest her body. Taurasi already draws a $1.5 million per season paycheck from UMMC Ekaterinburg. Diana Taurasi was paid by her Russian team to not play for her WNBA team last summer.USA TODAY SPORTS Stateside, however, WNBA players are paupers next to their NBA counterparts. The league minimum in the NBA this season is $525,000. The WNBA league minimum last summer was $38,000. Yes, the WNBA regular season is 34 games, compared with the NBA’s 82-game slog, but the highest-paid player in the WNBA makes roughly one-fifth that of the lowest-paid player in the NBA. Two years ago, 52 NBA players each earned more than all of the players in the WNBA combined.
Of course, the NBA is a global entity that earned more than $5 billion last season. The WNBA, by comparison, barely breaks even. ESPN and Turner Sports pay the NBA a combined $2.6 billion annually to televise the NBA, whereas ESPN pays the WNBA $12 million annually for rights fees. That’s less than half of 1 percent of the NBA’s deal.
The Outliers
According to Forbes, golfer Stacy Lewis was one of the world’s 10 highest-paid female athletes in 2015, due in large part to a bounty of endorsements. Lewis, an American, finished 10th on the LPGA money list but secured $4 million in endorsement opportunities.
Then there are two female athletes who carved out their own niches in male-dominated sports. Danica Patrick has never won an IndyCar or NASCAR event run on U.S. soil in more than 200 starts (Patrick won the Indy Japan 300 in 2009), but the 34-year-old driver earned more than $13 million last year, half of which came through endorsements.
In 2015, MMA fighter Ronda Rousey made the cover of Sports Illustrated, and already this year she hashosted Saturday Night Live and appeared on the cover of a version of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Despite losing one of her three bouts in 2015, the UFC’s female pioneer and poster girl still earned more than $6 million—also half of that in endorsements—in 2015.
I believe that "demanding equal pay for equal work" is absolutely justified. The US women's soccer team is making big strides toward that goal. In fact, I watch more US women's soccer than I do men's soccer. Sure, Alex Morgan is very attractive, but I watch them also because they can, just as men, play soccer at a high level. This is true all across the work spectrum. I support this movement.
After reading this article, I believe that the sports teams should have equal pay. Every team is doing what they are supposed to, they are doing their job, it is the same sport. The only difference is the sex. "The women receive no extra pay for playing additional matches above 20, while the men earn anywhere between $5,000 and $17,625 for each match beyond 20"(Reuters). I truly do not understand why they do not pay the women extra money, they each do they same thing, but the men are the only ones that get the bonus. Alayna Texley Per. 2
I think the wage gap between men and women in sports, and in any business, is ridiculous. Men and women should be paid the same for doing the same job. There is no difference between the two groups, they people or teams should be paid based on their success and not based on if they are a men or a women. To illustrate, in the U.S. Women’s National Team each player, "earns $99,000 per year provided the team wins 20 “friendlies” (exhibition matches), the minimum number of matches they would play...each men’s player would earn $263,320 for the same feat and would still earn $100,000 if the team lost all 20 games"(Reuters). This is ridiculous because the women's team have won Three World Cups, and Four Olympic Championships, but the men haven't been past the quarterfinals in the last several years. This shows that even when the women are performing better than men, they are still paid less than men. This is very unfair, and needs to be stopped. Renee Gibson, period 2
The fact that women do not get equal pay irritates me. I cannot believe that the USWNT, even with more success that the USMNT, are not getting paid nearly as much. I agree with the quote from Solo, "We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships." (Hope Solo) I cannot believe that this discrimination is still a problem. After everything this country has been through, with equality and rights, you'd think that we would be past this.
What people do not realize is that these athletes are getting paid based off of popularity of the team/sport. Yes I agree that the USWNT should have been paid more than the men's team but the reason why the men's team is being paid more is because the sport itself is bringing in more revenue than the women's sport. One example of this is,"The problem is that the USMNT is tethered to the World Cup, the largest global sporting event outside the Olympics, which brought in $4.8 billion in revenue in 2014. The 2015 Women’s World Cup’s numbers are not available, but it likely brought in a small fraction of that sum." This is the reason why the men's team is making more is because the men's sport is making more money than the women's. Pay is based off of popularity and money made and men are bringing in more money than the women in the majority of sports in today's society. I get people want "equal pay" but in reality it's not possible.
I believe the women should get equal pay because they are working for it. Also, I don't think that the men's teams should still be paid for losing a game. The USWNT did phenomenal at the World Cup in 2015 and even won, whereas the men haven't won and are still getting payed more. "The women have won three World Cups since the event was launched in 1992, while the men have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals" (Reuter). This is a form of discrimination against women and something needs to be done about it. The women have truly worked harder and deserve a bonus more than the men do because if they lose they still get paid.
Okay, first, @Nate wyd? It's "not possible"? Lol okay, yea. I honestly cannot wrap my head around the fact that this sounds okay to you. It's impossible for people to be paid the same amount of money for doing the same exact thing, but better? It says in the article that "The women have won three World Cups since the event was launched in 1992, while the men have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals.", (Walter) so obviously the girls are working extremely hard, arguably harder than the men. I'm definitely not saying that they should be paid more, but it's so (censored) stupid that women are getting paid less in the first place. Sure, they're not as popular maybe, but the quality of their work is so much better than the men's at this point. Three World Cups. THREE. I definitely don't blame the men for this at all or anything because it's not like they asked to be paid more, but what the hell (pardon my french but, its a place not a bad word)? There is literally nothing about this that sounds right to me. It's not just because I'm a girl, but this isn't right. I'd be saying the same thing if the roles were reversed. Equal pay is important. People would (understandably) be freaking out and protesting if girls were getting paid more. So why isn't anyone doing anything about this?
I agree with Nate Kettering on this one. Are you saying that the Sacramento Sirens should be paid as much as the Oakland Raiders? No definitely not because they are not near as popular as them, simple as that.
I agree that the USWNT should definitely be paid more because of the quality of their play. However, the men's team shouldn't have their pay docked; they are bringing in money, so why not keep it? In one of the previous comments, it was said that the women's team shouldn't get paid less because they are better than the men. The men are the ones bringing in more money, though. They are simply more entertaining to watch--therefore, more revenue is created. It's unfortunate that the women don't bring in as much money, but that's just the way it is.
I agree with John Charles, People find that men are more entertaining to watch because they are more rough and the men sports are more dangerous. Like in Lacrosse, Men wear a lot more gear than women because the men are in more danger of getting hurt or injured because we are rougher. So it makes sense that men would be payed more than women. The only sport I can think of that women are tougher is soccer. In soccer the Men are always laying on the ground, where the women are getting scratched and bloody and not even caring. I don't think Mens soccer should be a sport.
I never said that the men should be paid less, if you read what I said you'd see that I said women shouldn't be paid more, I just think that they should all be paid the same amount. There's no reason why men should have to be paid less for there to be equality, especially if statistics are showing women are doing better anyways. But for Luke I really don't agree with you there. Yea I think that people enjoy watching people be rough in sports, but girls are rough too. In all the sports teams I've been on there have been injuries. In the fifth grade I played basketball and a girl on my team got a bloody eye from a girl on the other team. And I still have a scar on my knee from playing softball in the sixth grade. For some women sports (taking your example lacrosse) we have to run around in skirts which is more dangerous than running around in shorts with pads. Not to say that all women sports are more dangerous/rough than men's because I know they're not and my point here isn't to try putting women above men, but women do get rough when playing sports. Even Mrs. Arthur has told me that she used play rugby and they got rough a lot. Also your Hydra icon kinda throws me off for the reliability of your statement. (that was mostly a joke i took you a little bit more seriously because of it i love marvel)
The First paragraph states that 5 of the most well known women soccer players issued a complaint "demanding equal pay for equal work". I totally agree with them. Before this I was not aware of the issue. Not only are women doing equal work as men but they are also performing better in the world cup. Hopefully now since the issue is being made more aware, the United States Soccer Federation will make some changes so that the players will recieve equal pay.
I think that men and women are not payed the same in sports because of the popularity difference between them. Most of the men's sports are more popular then the women's plainly in the public's favor. It is not some kind of sexist thing that's going on just the fact that some men's sports are more wanted then some women's sports. But there is also the fact that some women play sports that are popular and still don't get equal pay as men who play that same sport so, I do agree with them to want more pay for play. Josh Leifker, period 1
The fact how the women don't get paid equally as men is just ridiculous. However, I do agree that the USWNT should have been paid more than the men's team, but the reason why the men's team is being paid more is because the sport itself is bringing in more revenue than the women's sport. Overall I do think that all the athletes should be paid the same by their skills. Per.1
I agree that the USWNT should be payed more than the men's, but athletes should be paid by the amount of revenue they bring in. Usually, men's sports have more fans which brings in more revenue. If the men are bringing in more revenue, then they should be getting paid more.
I agree with what everyone is saying and the USWNT should be paid more than the men. But here's the thing it is based off of popularity and the amount of revenue brought in. The men are more popularity and have more people coming the the matches with brings in more revenue, therefore the are being more. You could say they should be paid the same because they put in the same amount of work, but its just comes down to the revenue and how popularity the team is. So I believe the pay gap should be changed and they should be paid the same. Period 2
The USWNT should definitely be paid more than what they are being paid now. Men and Women are never going to be paid exactly the same. Who ever brings in more revenue and success should be paid more than the other and at this time it is the Womens team. "The women have won three World Cups since the event was launched in 1992, while the men have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals.", (Walter) Clearly the Women are more successful than the men but they should be paid the same. P.2
I do believe men and women should be paid equal amounts in the same line of work. In the article above, it states "they are demanding equal pay for equal work". Although the wage gap in this case can be justified. In this practical line of work, professional soccer, they should be paid according to their revenue. In this case the men's team is more popular therefor increasing their pay. I do not believe the wage gap should not be as large as it is, but who ever bring the most money in deserves the higher pay. per.4
The wage gap between men and women in sports is ridiculous. The fact that one sex gets paid more or less than the other for the same amount of work is horrible. "Demanding equal pay for equal work" is justified. "The women receive no extra pay for playing additional matches above 20, while the men earn anywhere between $5,000 and $17,625 for each match beyond 20" (Reuters). Why do they not pay women extra but they pay men extra? It is the same amount of work.
The wage gap between men and women sports should be eradicated. The women are doing the same type of work but getting below half of what the men are making, "Each player on the USWNT earns $99,000 per year provided the team wins 20 “friendlies” (exhibition matches), the minimum number of matches they would play. By contrast, each men’s player would earn $263,320 for the same feat and would still earn $100,000 if the team lost all 20 games." There is no reason for women to be paid for the same job anything less. Equality in wages needs to be present in sports. Gabi LaBeaux p.6
I was not aware of the huge wage gap in pay between men and women sports. I am astonished after reading the article titled "Taking a Closer Look at the Gender Pay Gap in Sports," John Walters discusses the differences in pay that women receive compared to men for the same sport. Walters states, "The disparity in pay is alarming: Each player on the USWNT earns $99,000 per year provided the team wins 20 “friendlies” (exhibition matches), the minimum number of matches they would play. By contrast, each men’s player would earn $263,320 for the same feat and would still earn $100,000 if the team lost all 20 games," (Walters Li. 12). I do not understand why men are being payed more than women when they are doing the same exact sport. This just shows that sexism is still very current in our world today and that men are still shown as superior compared to women. Something should definitely be changed about this.
I can't believe that we are in 2016 and men and women still aren't being payed the same amount for doing the same job. It's aggravating to know that the USWNT only makes $99,000 when "By contrast, each men’s player would earn $263,320 for the same feat and would still earn $100,000 if the team lost all 20 games."(Reuters). This is just one fact that shows how deep sexism is in our society and in our everyday lives and it needs to end. There is no reason that a man and a woman doing the same job should get payed differently. I believe that more people need to know about this because this is a big social problem that needs to be fixed.
I believe that whoever is more entertaining to watch and brings in more revenue should be payed more, plain and simple. It doesn't matter at all which gender it is, it is all from a business standpoint and should not be biased. For example, Danica Patrick "has never won an Indycar or NASCAR event on U.S soil in more than 200 starts"(USA Today), but she is living the high-life and got paid more than 13 million dollars last year. It is all from a business standpoint and whoever is more entertaining,popular,exciting, or brings in the most revenue gets the big bucks.
I Believe it is right that men get paied more. i believe this because if you think about it mens sports get way more fans than womens do. mens sports are just more entertaining than womens because it is more violent. girls sports can be really boring.
I disagree that the pay gap should be in existence. Yes, if one gender brings in more revenue, then there is more money to go around. But, take the women's world cup for example, the U.S. team won the entire thing. It brought it way more revenue that the men's world cup for the U.S., but the players were still payed way less than that of the men's team. That is not just not fair.
I believe that Men's sports in some (not all) have the right to get paid more. The fact of the matter is that Men's sports mostly by statistics bring in more revanue to their country than women's sports. Yes in this case the Women's team is better than the Men's team, but people enjoy watching men's sport more, thus bringing in higher revanue. If paying them the same would be "fair" it would be like a local team (Sacramento Sirens) getting paid as much as the Oakland Raiders, a professional football team may I add. In the text it says," we are demanding equal pay for work" which yes is understandable, but the fact is if your bringing in more revanue you deserve to get a bigger paycheck.
The First paragraph states that 5 of the most well known women soccer players issued a complaint "demanding equal pay for equal work".I agree completely with this. Before this I was not aware of the issue, but now i feel like its a serious topic everyone should know about. Women can do just as much, if not more than men can. Hopefully now since the issue is being made more aware, the United States Soccer Federation will make some changes so that the players will recieve equal pay.
I think the pay between genders is real, and it is an issue that we are going to have to fix soon. Women are payed under the dollar in which men get the entire pay. This pay can be seen in the military or labor jobs. "Comparing Williams’s prize money to that of the top player on the ATP Tour, Novak Djokovic ($21 million), warrants a closer look than the bottom line. Both players won three grand slams, but Williams finished 53-3 on the year while Djokovic was 82-6. Dividing their prize money by their respective tour wins, Djokovic earned approximately $256,000 per victory and Williams $219,000." So this is proof that certain athletes are making less because they are girls.
I feel that you should be payed as much as your success. For example "The women have won three World Cups since the event was launched in 1992, while the men have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals." (article) this shows how the women's team has performed so much better than the men's. But they are making less money. It is not fair
When we look at this topic, there are a lot of things that we have to think about. And I am taking the position that some of then women that play sports should be paid the same or sometimes even more than men. One thing that we all have to consider is the role the player plays on the team. Like if you are someone that plays a lot and has a great value towards the team, you are going to get paid more than some of your team mates. But then when we look at comparing the pay gap between men and women. Some pf the sports that men play have a lot more viewer appeal than the women side. Men dominate most of the sports in the world. But I would say that soccer and tennis have a way bigger fan appeal for women than men. I say this because women's soccer is played with a lot more aggregation than men's soccer. And tennis, you have one of the greatest players in the world on the women's side in Serena Williams. She could kill some of the men in a tennis match. I would say that women should be paid the same and in some cases more than men.
I feel that both men and women's sports should be payed for how well they perform. For example "Germany earned $35 million for winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil; the U.S. earned $2 million for winning the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada." this is not right because both men and women's team won the World Cup and the men got payed so much more.
I disagree that men and women are not getting paid equal amounts. But as it states in this quote from the article "they are demanding equal pay for equal work". I think that quote is trying to tell us that which ever team is bringing in more revenue and fans should get paid more which i think most of us can agree is right to do. One more thing to bring up though is that the girls have a limit of pay they get when they play additional matches unlike the boys they still get paid which is still not ok. "The women receive no extra pay for playing additional matches above twenty" (Reuters). Why are they paying the men extra and not the women? Are the men doing more work? Karly Hagen Period.4
I do not agree at all the with the wage gap between men and women professional sports. I do agree with everyone when they say that you should be paid based on how good you are: "The women have won three World Cups since the event was launched in 1992, while the men have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals"(Reuters). Why should a team that has never made past the quarterfinals get paid more than the women's team who has one 3 World Cups just because they are males? Doesn't quite seem fair. However, I do believe that if a male sport gets more views and audiences, then it is fair for the wage gap to be a little different. But, the USWNT got over 16 million views in the last World Cup and the wage gap is still huge. I strongly agree that the wage gap between men's sports and women's sports needs to be changed.
I believe that there is a sports wage gap because of how many viewers you can get and the main reason for sports is entertainment for example according sidelines app.com people watch the NBA far more than the WNBA with the NBA raking in 1.4 million per game and the WNBA 413,000. If viewership rose in the WNBA I wouldn't see why they are not getting paid more because they would be ringing in a lot more revenue. -Anthony Cosentino period 5
Women do deserve to get paid more when it comes to sports. It does not make sense that women get paid less than men. "Even though Williams finished 53-3 on the year while Djokovic was 82-6. Dividing their prize money by their respective tour wins, Djokovic earned approximately $256,000 per victory and Williams $219,000." I think that the amount of money one per match should be the same for both men and women.
There is definitely a wage gap between men and women sports. Everyone should be paid equally if they are good at what they do. Yes, men's sports are traditionally more popular, that does not mean women should be paid any less just because people don't watch. What really counts is the way they perform in their sport. Hopefully, society can grow and learn that all genders deserve to be equal. In the article it states, “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships.” (Reuters). This quote illustrates that women can be just as good as men, and be just as successful but still not have the same equality. The world needs to realize that gender biased pay is out dated. We are ready to give women what they deserve, because they work just as hard as men do.
There is definitely a wage gap between men and women sports. Everyone should be paid equally if they are good at what they do. Yes, men's sports are traditionally more popular, that does not mean women should be paid any less just because people don't watch. What really counts is the way they perform in their sport. Hopefully, society can grow and learn that all genders deserve to be equal. In the article it states, “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships.” (Reuters). This quote illustrates that women can be just as good as men, and be just as successful but still not have the same equality. The world needs to realize that gender biased pay is out dated. We are ready to give women what they deserve, because they work just as hard as men do.
In this day in age, our country has come to believe that paying men more then women is something normal and there is nothing wrong with it. Personally i think women should have the same kind of pay because what makes the women not as important or special as the guys job. “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships.” (Reuters). This quote just kind of talks about how women are just as important and that the money between jobs should be equal. -Nico Gardey
There is definetly a gap between the wage of men and women's sports. Today, men get paid more than women because men's sports is more popular than women's. But that shouldn't matter because they should equally get paid if they are good at the sport they play. “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships” (Reuters). This quote means that women are just as important and that the money between jobs should be equal. So women should get paid as much as men because I don't think that is fair. Even if the women's sports don't get as much views by society and people, it doesn't mean that you pay them less than men's sports. -Jake Vasquez per. 1
I believe that there definetely is a wage gap between men and women sports. Everyone should be payed equally no matter what. Although sports that are played by men are more popular, doesn't mean that women shouldn't get that equal pay as they do. "The women receive no extra pay for playing additional matches above 20, while the men earn anywhere between $5,000 and $17,625 for each match beyond 20"(Reuters). per 4
I believe that "demanding equal pay for equal work" is absolutely justified. The US women's soccer team is making big strides toward that goal. In fact, I watch more US women's soccer than I do men's soccer. Sure, Alex Morgan is very attractive, but I watch them also because they can, just as men, play soccer at a high level. This is true all across the work spectrum. I support this movement.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article, I believe that the sports teams should have equal pay. Every team is doing what they are supposed to, they are doing their job, it is the same sport. The only difference is the sex. "The women receive no extra pay for playing additional matches above 20, while the men earn anywhere between $5,000 and $17,625 for each match beyond 20"(Reuters). I truly do not understand why they do not pay the women extra money, they each do they same thing, but the men are the only ones that get the bonus.
ReplyDeleteAlayna Texley
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I think the wage gap between men and women in sports, and in any business, is ridiculous. Men and women should be paid the same for doing the same job. There is no difference between the two groups, they people or teams should be paid based on their success and not based on if they are a men or a women. To illustrate, in the U.S. Women’s National Team each player, "earns $99,000 per year provided the team wins 20 “friendlies” (exhibition matches), the minimum number of matches they would play...each men’s player would earn $263,320 for the same feat and would still earn $100,000 if the team lost all 20 games"(Reuters). This is ridiculous because the women's team have won Three World Cups, and Four Olympic Championships, but the men haven't been past the quarterfinals in the last several years. This shows that even when the women are performing better than men, they are still paid less than men. This is very unfair, and needs to be stopped.
ReplyDeleteRenee Gibson, period 2
The fact that women do not get equal pay irritates me. I cannot believe that the USWNT, even with more success that the USMNT, are not getting paid nearly as much. I agree with the quote from Solo, "We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships." (Hope Solo) I cannot believe that this discrimination is still a problem. After everything this country has been through, with equality and rights, you'd think that we would be past this.
ReplyDeleteWhat people do not realize is that these athletes are getting paid based off of popularity of the team/sport. Yes I agree that the USWNT should have been paid more than the men's team but the reason why the men's team is being paid more is because the sport itself is bringing in more revenue than the women's sport. One example of this is,"The problem is that the USMNT is tethered to the World Cup, the largest global sporting event outside the Olympics, which brought in $4.8 billion in revenue in 2014. The 2015 Women’s World Cup’s numbers are not available, but it likely brought in a small fraction of that sum." This is the reason why the men's team is making more is because the men's sport is making more money than the women's. Pay is based off of popularity and money made and men are bringing in more money than the women in the majority of sports in today's society. I get people want "equal pay" but in reality it's not possible.
ReplyDeleteI believe the women should get equal pay because they are working for it. Also, I don't think that the men's teams should still be paid for losing a game. The USWNT did phenomenal at the World Cup in 2015 and even won, whereas the men haven't won and are still getting payed more. "The women have won three World Cups since the event was launched in 1992, while the men have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals" (Reuter). This is a form of discrimination against women and something needs to be done about it. The women have truly worked harder and deserve a bonus more than the men do because if they lose they still get paid.
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ReplyDeleteOkay, first, @Nate wyd? It's "not possible"? Lol okay, yea. I honestly cannot wrap my head around the fact that this sounds okay to you. It's impossible for people to be paid the same amount of money for doing the same exact thing, but better? It says in the article that "The women have won three World Cups since the event was launched in 1992, while the men have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals.", (Walter) so obviously the girls are working extremely hard, arguably harder than the men. I'm definitely not saying that they should be paid more, but it's so (censored) stupid that women are getting paid less in the first place. Sure, they're not as popular maybe, but the quality of their work is so much better than the men's at this point. Three World Cups. THREE. I definitely don't blame the men for this at all or anything because it's not like they asked to be paid more, but what the hell (pardon my french but, its a place not a bad word)? There is literally nothing about this that sounds right to me. It's not just because I'm a girl, but this isn't right. I'd be saying the same thing if the roles were reversed. Equal pay is important. People would (understandably) be freaking out and protesting if girls were getting paid more. So why isn't anyone doing anything about this?
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DeleteI agree with Nate Kettering on this one. Are you saying that the Sacramento Sirens should be paid as much as the Oakland Raiders? No definitely not because they are not near as popular as them, simple as that.
DeleteI agree that the USWNT should definitely be paid more because of the quality of their play. However, the men's team shouldn't have their pay docked; they are bringing in money, so why not keep it? In one of the previous comments, it was said that the women's team shouldn't get paid less because they are better than the men. The men are the ones bringing in more money, though. They are simply more entertaining to watch--therefore, more revenue is created. It's unfortunate that the women don't bring in as much money, but that's just the way it is.
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DeleteI agree with John Charles, People find that men are more entertaining to watch because they are more rough and the men sports are more dangerous. Like in Lacrosse, Men wear a lot more gear than women because the men are in more danger of getting hurt or injured because we are rougher. So it makes sense that men would be payed more than women. The only sport I can think of that women are tougher is soccer. In soccer the Men are always laying on the ground, where the women are getting scratched and bloody and not even caring. I don't think Mens soccer should be a sport.
DeleteI never said that the men should be paid less, if you read what I said you'd see that I said women shouldn't be paid more, I just think that they should all be paid the same amount. There's no reason why men should have to be paid less for there to be equality, especially if statistics are showing women are doing better anyways. But for Luke I really don't agree with you there. Yea I think that people enjoy watching people be rough in sports, but girls are rough too. In all the sports teams I've been on there have been injuries. In the fifth grade I played basketball and a girl on my team got a bloody eye from a girl on the other team. And I still have a scar on my knee from playing softball in the sixth grade. For some women sports (taking your example lacrosse) we have to run around in skirts which is more dangerous than running around in shorts with pads. Not to say that all women sports are more dangerous/rough than men's because I know they're not and my point here isn't to try putting women above men, but women do get rough when playing sports. Even Mrs. Arthur has told me that she used play rugby and they got rough a lot. Also your Hydra icon kinda throws me off for the reliability of your statement. (that was mostly a joke i took you a little bit more seriously because of it i love marvel)
DeleteThe First paragraph states that 5 of the most well known women soccer players issued a complaint "demanding equal pay for equal work". I totally agree with them. Before this I was not aware of the issue. Not only are women doing equal work as men but they are also performing better in the world cup. Hopefully now since the issue is being made more aware, the United States Soccer Federation will make some changes so that the players will recieve equal pay.
ReplyDeleteI think that men and women are not payed the same in sports because of the popularity difference between them. Most of the men's sports are more popular then the women's plainly in the public's favor. It is not some kind of sexist thing that's going on just the fact that some men's sports are more wanted then some women's sports. But there is also the fact that some women play sports that are popular and still don't get equal pay as men who play that same sport so, I do agree with them to want more pay for play.
ReplyDeleteJosh Leifker, period 1
The fact how the women don't get paid equally as men is just ridiculous. However, I do agree that the USWNT should have been paid more than the men's team, but the reason why the men's team is being paid more is because the sport itself is bringing in more revenue than the women's sport. Overall I do think that all the athletes should be paid the same by their skills.
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I agree that the USWNT should be payed more than the men's, but athletes should be paid by the amount of revenue they bring in. Usually, men's sports have more fans which brings in more revenue. If the men are bringing in more revenue, then they should be getting paid more.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what everyone is saying and the USWNT should be paid more than the men. But here's the thing it is based off of popularity and the amount of revenue brought in. The men are more popularity and have more people coming the the matches with brings in more revenue, therefore the are being more. You could say they should be paid the same because they put in the same amount of work, but its just comes down to the revenue and how popularity the team is. So I believe the pay gap should be changed and they should be paid the same.
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The USWNT should definitely be paid more than what they are being paid now. Men and Women are never going to be paid exactly the same. Who ever brings in more revenue and success should be paid more than the other and at this time it is the Womens team. "The women have won three World Cups since the event was launched in 1992, while the men have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals.", (Walter) Clearly the Women are more successful than the men but they should be paid the same. P.2
ReplyDeleteI do believe men and women should be paid equal amounts in the same line of work. In the article above, it states "they are demanding equal pay for equal work". Although the wage gap in this case can be justified. In this practical line of work, professional soccer, they should be paid according to their revenue. In this case the men's team is more popular therefor increasing their pay. I do not believe the wage gap should not be as large as it is, but who ever bring the most money in deserves the higher pay.
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The wage gap between men and women in sports is ridiculous. The fact that one sex gets paid more or less than the other for the same amount of work is horrible. "Demanding equal pay for equal work" is justified. "The women receive no extra pay for playing additional matches above 20, while the men earn anywhere between $5,000 and $17,625 for each match beyond 20" (Reuters). Why do they not pay women extra but they pay men extra? It is the same amount of work.
ReplyDeleteThe wage gap between men and women sports should be eradicated. The women are doing the same type of work but getting below half of what the men are making, "Each player on the USWNT earns $99,000 per year provided the team wins 20 “friendlies” (exhibition matches), the minimum number of matches they would play. By contrast, each men’s player would earn $263,320 for the same feat and would still earn $100,000 if the team lost all 20 games." There is no reason for women to be paid for the same job anything less. Equality in wages needs to be present in sports. Gabi LaBeaux p.6
ReplyDeleteI was not aware of the huge wage gap in pay between men and women sports. I am astonished after reading the article titled "Taking a Closer Look at the Gender Pay Gap in Sports," John Walters discusses the differences in pay that women receive compared to men for the same sport. Walters states, "The disparity in pay is alarming: Each player on the USWNT earns $99,000 per year provided the team wins 20 “friendlies” (exhibition matches), the minimum number of matches they would play. By contrast, each men’s player would earn $263,320 for the same feat and would still earn $100,000 if the team lost all 20 games," (Walters Li. 12). I do not understand why men are being payed more than women when they are doing the same exact sport. This just shows that sexism is still very current in our world today and that men are still shown as superior compared to women. Something should definitely be changed about this.
ReplyDeleteFaith Rosenberry
Period 6
I can't believe that we are in 2016 and men and women still aren't being payed the same amount for doing the same job. It's aggravating to know that the USWNT only makes $99,000 when "By contrast, each men’s player would earn $263,320 for the same feat and would still earn $100,000 if the team lost all 20 games."(Reuters). This is just one fact that shows how deep sexism is in our society and in our everyday lives and it needs to end. There is no reason that a man and a woman doing the same job should get payed differently. I believe that more people need to know about this because this is a big social problem that needs to be fixed.
ReplyDeleteAlena Romero
Period 5
I believe that whoever is more entertaining to watch and brings in more revenue should be payed more, plain and simple. It doesn't matter at all which gender it is, it is all from a business standpoint and should not be biased. For example, Danica Patrick "has never won an Indycar or NASCAR event on U.S soil in more than 200 starts"(USA Today), but she is living the high-life and got paid more than 13 million dollars last year. It is all from a business standpoint and whoever is more entertaining,popular,exciting, or brings in the most revenue gets the big bucks.
ReplyDeleteI Believe it is right that men get paied more. i believe this because if you think about it mens sports get way more fans than womens do. mens sports are just more entertaining than womens because it is more violent. girls sports can be really boring.
ReplyDeleteI disagree that the pay gap should be in existence. Yes, if one gender brings in more revenue, then there is more money to go around. But, take the women's world cup for example, the U.S. team won the entire thing. It brought it way more revenue that the men's world cup for the U.S., but the players were still payed way less than that of the men's team. That is not just not fair.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Men's sports in some (not all) have the right to get paid more. The fact of the matter is that Men's sports mostly by statistics bring in more revanue to their country than women's sports. Yes in this case the Women's team is better than the Men's team, but people enjoy watching men's sport more, thus bringing in higher revanue. If paying them the same would be "fair" it would be like a local team (Sacramento Sirens) getting paid as much as the Oakland Raiders, a professional football team may I add. In the text it says," we are demanding equal pay for work" which yes is understandable, but the fact is if your bringing in more revanue you deserve to get a bigger paycheck.
ReplyDeleteThe First paragraph states that 5 of the most well known women soccer players issued a complaint "demanding equal pay for equal work".I agree completely with this. Before this I was not aware of the issue, but now i feel like its a serious topic everyone should know about. Women can do just as much, if not more than men can. Hopefully now since the issue is being made more aware, the United States Soccer Federation will make some changes so that the players will recieve equal pay.
ReplyDeleteI think the pay between genders is real, and it is an issue that we are going to have to fix soon. Women are payed under the dollar in which men get the entire pay. This pay can be seen in the military or labor jobs. "Comparing Williams’s prize money to that of the top player on the ATP Tour, Novak Djokovic ($21 million), warrants a closer look than the bottom line. Both players won three grand slams, but Williams finished 53-3 on the year while Djokovic was 82-6. Dividing their prize money by their respective tour wins, Djokovic earned approximately $256,000 per victory and Williams $219,000." So this is proof that certain athletes are making less because they are girls.
ReplyDeleteI feel that you should be payed as much as your success. For example "The women have won three World Cups since the event was launched in 1992, while the men have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals." (article) this shows how the women's team has performed so much better than the men's. But they are making less money. It is not fair
ReplyDeleteWhen we look at this topic, there are a lot of things that we have to think about. And I am taking the position that some of then women that play sports should be paid the same or sometimes even more than men. One thing that we all have to consider is the role the player plays on the team. Like if you are someone that plays a lot and has a great value towards the team, you are going to get paid more than some of your team mates. But then when we look at comparing the pay gap between men and women. Some pf the sports that men play have a lot more viewer appeal than the women side. Men dominate most of the sports in the world. But I would say that soccer and tennis have a way bigger fan appeal for women than men. I say this because women's soccer is played with a lot more aggregation than men's soccer. And tennis, you have one of the greatest players in the world on the women's side in Serena Williams. She could kill some of the men in a tennis match. I would say that women should be paid the same and in some cases more than men.
ReplyDeleteI feel that both men and women's sports should be payed for how well they perform. For example "Germany earned $35 million for winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil; the U.S. earned $2 million for winning the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada." this is not right because both men and women's team won the World Cup and the men got payed so much more.
ReplyDeleteI disagree that men and women are not getting paid equal amounts. But as it states in this quote from the article "they are demanding equal pay for equal work". I think that quote is trying to tell us that which ever team is bringing in more revenue and fans should get paid more which i think most of us can agree is right to do. One more thing to bring up though is that the girls have a limit of pay they get when they play additional matches unlike the boys they still get paid which is still not ok. "The women receive no extra pay for playing additional matches above twenty" (Reuters). Why are they paying the men extra and not the women? Are the men doing more work?
ReplyDeleteKarly Hagen Period.4
I do not agree at all the with the wage gap between men and women professional sports. I do agree with everyone when they say that you should be paid based on how good you are: "The women have won three World Cups since the event was launched in 1992, while the men have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals"(Reuters). Why should a team that has never made past the quarterfinals get paid more than the women's team who has one 3 World Cups just because they are males? Doesn't quite seem fair. However, I do believe that if a male sport gets more views and audiences, then it is fair for the wage gap to be a little different. But, the USWNT got over 16 million views in the last World Cup and the wage gap is still huge. I strongly agree that the wage gap between men's sports and women's sports needs to be changed.
ReplyDeleteI believe that there is a sports wage gap because of how many viewers you can get and the main reason for sports is entertainment for example according sidelines app.com people watch the NBA far more than the WNBA with the NBA raking in 1.4 million per game and the WNBA 413,000. If viewership rose in the WNBA I wouldn't see why they are not getting paid more because they would be ringing in a lot more revenue. -Anthony Cosentino period 5
ReplyDeleteWomen do deserve to get paid more when it comes to sports. It does not make sense that women get paid less than men. "Even though Williams finished 53-3 on the year while Djokovic was 82-6. Dividing their prize money by their respective tour wins, Djokovic earned approximately $256,000 per victory and Williams $219,000." I think that the amount of money one per match should be the same for both men and women.
ReplyDeleteThere is definitely a wage gap between men and women sports. Everyone should be paid equally if they are good at what they do. Yes, men's sports are traditionally more popular, that does not mean women should be paid any less just because people don't watch. What really counts is the way they perform in their sport. Hopefully, society can grow and learn that all genders deserve to be equal. In the article it states, “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships.” (Reuters). This quote illustrates that women can be just as good as men, and be just as successful but still not have the same equality. The world needs to realize that gender biased pay is out dated. We are ready to give women what they deserve, because they work just as hard as men do.
ReplyDeleteThere is definitely a wage gap between men and women sports. Everyone should be paid equally if they are good at what they do. Yes, men's sports are traditionally more popular, that does not mean women should be paid any less just because people don't watch. What really counts is the way they perform in their sport. Hopefully, society can grow and learn that all genders deserve to be equal. In the article it states, “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships.” (Reuters). This quote illustrates that women can be just as good as men, and be just as successful but still not have the same equality. The world needs to realize that gender biased pay is out dated. We are ready to give women what they deserve, because they work just as hard as men do.
ReplyDeleteIn this day in age, our country has come to believe that paying men more then women is something normal and there is nothing wrong with it. Personally i think women should have the same kind of pay because what makes the women not as important or special as the guys job. “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships.” (Reuters). This quote just kind of talks about how women are just as important and that the money between jobs should be equal.
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There is definetly a gap between the wage of men and women's sports. Today, men get paid more than women because men's sports is more popular than women's. But that shouldn't matter because they should equally get paid if they are good at the sport they play. “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships” (Reuters). This quote means that women are just as important and that the money between jobs should be equal. So women should get paid as much as men because I don't think that is fair. Even if the women's sports don't get as much views by society and people, it doesn't mean that you pay them less than men's sports.
ReplyDelete-Jake Vasquez per. 1
I believe that there definetely is a wage gap between men and women sports. Everyone should be payed equally no matter what. Although sports that are played by men are more popular, doesn't mean that women shouldn't get that equal pay as they do. "The women receive no extra pay for playing additional matches above 20, while the men earn anywhere between $5,000 and $17,625 for each match beyond 20"(Reuters).
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