Women's Ballon d'Or Winner Ada Hegerberg

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  1. Con

    Conan Troutman Well-Known Member

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    Thinks there should be equality in men's and women's football and that one day the men in suits will understand. The men in suits do understand. That's why there will never be equality between the two sports.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48353915
     
    Conan Troutman, May 22, 2019
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    She's talking absolute rubbish if she expects equal pay when they don't deserve it.
     
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    Conan Troutman Well-Known Member

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    I'd like to know where she thinks the money is coming from.
     
    Conan Troutman, May 22, 2019
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    When the women’s game is capable of generating the money that the men’s game is then there absolutely should be equal pay. Ultimately it’s a business and the women’s game is a different, less successful product.

    Would it not be unfair to the men’s players in the lower leagues who are more capable footballers and attract more revenue if they were paid less than female players? That’s not equality, it’s discrimination.
     
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    Men are paid obscene money in football because fans fork out obscene money on men's football. They don't for women's football. That's just the reality unfortunately.
     
    Gravy Chips, May 22, 2019
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    There's no equal pay in men's football either. Pay is based on value to the team which is why Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar etc earn far more than their own team mates. She's zero chance of seeing women earn the same as men until the crowds soar to a miraculous level.
     
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    Is there a massive tv audience for women's football?

    What is the average attendance for games played in the women's super league?

    The standards are not the same and this also applies to womens cricket and womens rugby.

    In my opinion it is not racist but fact.

    Harsh but fair.
     
    Jack Tatty, May 22, 2019
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    I'm sure there are female footballers out there that would love to earn what she's earning...
     
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    Just looked into this, cos I'm curious and apparently she earns 0.3% of what Messi earns. So she's on roughly $2000 a week...
     
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    More than I'll ever make
     
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    Aye...
     
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    Apparently they're on about 11k in the WPL.
     
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    She never once mentioned money, apart from to say “this is not about money”

    They’re fighting for the women’s game to get more respect from within the sport, which I do think is a fair point. They want to make it easier for girls to aspire to be footballers.

    I saw something the other day where female squash players won a tournament and got given as a prize, a dildo, leg waxing strips and foot files, alongside their trophies. That’s the kind of thing that needs to stop in female sport. I know it’s not the norm, or even common, by the way. Link here, but in Spanish... https://elpais.com/sociedad/2019/05/20/actualidad/1558376473_024784.html
     
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    My heart bleeds.
     
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    "The more people give attention to equal pay the easier it gets".
     
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    I see that now, my apologies. I assumed the article was just a transcript of the video, but they’ve cut that part out of the video for some reason.

    That’s silly, there will never be equal pay. I do think she has a point with attitudes, however. She would get a lot more respect if she focused on that, rather than money. There isn’t enough money in the female game, so I’m not sure where they want the money to come from. In time, perhaps there will be, maybe more people will want to watch it, sky will offer millions for coverage, but not currently.
     
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    Conan Troutman Well-Known Member

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    From men paying for it by the looks of things.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...footballers-equal-pay-agreement-a8112016.html
     
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    Equal pay in sports, maybe start by making the women play best out of 5 sets then at Wimbledon, dont see or hear women screaming for that particular change
     
    portsmouth tyke, May 22, 2019
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