Originally published at: US Soccer adopts equal pay | Boing Boing
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I mean, USWNT is objectively a vastly better team, not sure why they should settle for equal pay.
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Wonder if equal pay will occur with the WNBA, as far as i know their average pay compared to NBA players is atrocious. Looking it up online the average pay for women is 120k, while the average pay for men is 7.5mil
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I guessed that from the quality of the rest of your post.
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Well, that’s why they both need to be part of the same union.
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According to the explanation I heard yesterday professional soccer players actually make most of their income through their contracts with a club team, so while this agreement is a huge win for equality it still doesn’t change the fact that most of the men who agreed to it will still be making more money than their counterparts.
Of course the top players in the NBA often make more money from endorsement deals than from their salaries too, so even if salaries were equalized (a tricky proposition since salary varies from player to player) the men would probably still make a lot more than the women.
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