Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Then get yourself a better marketing contract.
Isn’t that a big part of what happened? That soccer United marketing (SUM) was basically bundling USWNT marketing revenues to grow MLS? That the $6B total you talked about with FIFA doesn’t unbundle womens soccer? There’s a lot of shady shit and the leaderships prioritizing mls over us men’s soccer is always going to feel unforgivable. Fuck those guys.
There’s plenty of shady shit here. They had a good case to fight for more money as with any CBA. Unlike the wnba they age a good case because they are actually worth a lot. They shot for the moon and used every angle to get it. I don’t agree with the outcome but I get why they were upset. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rams Fan:
Did you completely ignore what I said?
I never said men shouldn’t have been paid more. Just that women’s national team was underpaid based on the standards used for compensating men.
Not remotely the same discussion as WNBA.
Are they getting an equal percentage of their respective revenue pots? What I mean is that if the men get say 10% of the revenue generated by the men's team, then the women's team should get the same percentage of the revenue they generated. That is equal and fair. [Reply]
Nick overstates the case, but he's right that it's an old tale. I can't help but think of Ali as the original brash black athlete who was despised by most of America in the 1960s. Not only for later calling Cassius Clay a slave name and adopting an Islamic one and refusing to serve in what he saw as an unjust war, but from the beginning after his 1960 return from the Rome Olympics for being the "uppity negro" who challenged the social order and taunted his opponents before, during and after bouts. What this woman did is nothing compared to his antics.
It says so much for the country that he is now nearly universally revered. How far we've come in 60 years. Man he was awesome. Funny as hell too. I promise it's worth four minutes to watch this interview of him talking about whiteness back in 1971.
