Posted on Nov 10, 2020
Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe On Equal Pay, And What The U.S. Flag Means To Her
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In the 2019 Women's World Cup finals, when the final whistle blew and the U.S. team stormed the field in celebration, thousands of fans chanted, "Equal pay! Equal Pay!"
The U.S. Women's National Team, co-captained by Megan Rapinoe, has been a symbol of gender equality ever since they filed a lawsuit in March 2019 against the U.S. Soccer Federation alleging pay discrimination.
Members of the women's soccer team earn significantly less than their male counterparts — despite the fact that their team has been more successful and more profitable. (The women's team has won four World Cup tournaments; the men's team has never won the World Cup.)
Rapinoe says that when it comes to pay equity, the U.S. is due for a "paradigm shift" in how we understand the value and potential of women.
"Men are so often paid and compensated on the potential that they show, not necessarily what they've done," Rapinoe says. "And women are so often paid on what they've actually done — which normally I would say, we outperform what our contract was."
The U.S. Women's National Team, co-captained by Megan Rapinoe, has been a symbol of gender equality ever since they filed a lawsuit in March 2019 against the U.S. Soccer Federation alleging pay discrimination.
Members of the women's soccer team earn significantly less than their male counterparts — despite the fact that their team has been more successful and more profitable. (The women's team has won four World Cup tournaments; the men's team has never won the World Cup.)
Rapinoe says that when it comes to pay equity, the U.S. is due for a "paradigm shift" in how we understand the value and potential of women.
"Men are so often paid and compensated on the potential that they show, not necessarily what they've done," Rapinoe says. "And women are so often paid on what they've actually done — which normally I would say, we outperform what our contract was."
Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe On Equal Pay, And What The U.S. Flag Means To Her
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Since the woman's teams are more profitable, it's not about the amount of money coming in. That leaves the other side of the equation of why people are paid less than others, they are in an inferior bargaining position for one reason or another. That's what 1SG Steven Imerman is touching on in his post when he compares it to the men's side.
If women want to be paid more they need to change their bargaining position and that means being as hard nosed as the men on accepting contracts and probably to get things started, strike.
If women want to be paid more they need to change their bargaining position and that means being as hard nosed as the men on accepting contracts and probably to get things started, strike.
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If they have been more profitable, they should make more. It is a business and it is about profit and loss.
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USMNT and USWNT have two different types of contracts so it is tough to do a apples and oranges comparison
Put them on the same contract and then do your comparisons
Put them on the same contract and then do your comparisons
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