Equal pay in soccer???

Based on merit, the U.S. women should be paid more than the U.S. men. The U.S. women win world championships.

As far as quality of play, I think men's and women's soccer are equally good - if you mean based on entertainment value.

 

How much soccer have or do you watch, Salty?

In the World Cup they both play the best in the world. Soccer is not American football. Size is not an issue.

 

Do you believe in pay based on merit or results or accomplishments?

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if in a head-to-head competition, that the U.S. women would beat the U.S. men.

Maybe come November we will see much better results from the U.S. men in this years FIFA World Cup Tournament, but historically, on the world stage, the men's team has been mediocre at best - they didn't even qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Tournament. Remember, in the U.S. men are oriented toward American football - much more money and adulation available for them there.

 

Tell you what, @Salty, when the men equal the women in the U.S. and win 4 FIFA World Cups and 4 Olympic gold medals, then we can discuss if the men should get paid as much as the women.

 

To qualify for equal pay in any sport, women should compete against men, and then if they can win at all, they should be paid equally!

Why do women get the same pay at tennis, when they normally only play 3 sets, and men 5???

 

then your "men" are not really "MEN", as I very much doubt it is the British women can beat the MEN!

 

The men need a pay cut

 

Except for goalkeepers.
It's speed that would likely allow the men's team to prevail; the fastest men will outrun even the fastest women. (This said by one who was never the fastest anything, or why I played on the line in American football.)

 

They're all overpaid. Kicking a ball around for a living contributes nothing to society.

 

That could be said about all sports, all music, all paintings, all recreational activities.

 

Sure. I hate soccer. EQUAL PAY = Bankruptcy, and I won't have to see it popping up all over my guide.

 

Pay should be based on money generated by the one being paid. A guy here in town sounds 10x better than Luke Bryan. Luke Bryan puts enough folks in seats to make millions a year. Local guy puts enough folks in seats to pay for gas for his truck and camper.

 

Agreed. It amazes me that grown people will act like fools about sports. I live in Ga and grown people bark at each other because they UGA fans. Stupidity in it's purest form.

 

Like I said, if the men's soccer team ever gets to be as good as the women's soccer team, then we can talk about the men getting paid as much as the women. Frankly, at this point, the women's soccer team should be paid way more than the men's soccer team. Pay should be according to merit, not gender.

 

True. I love to watch professional wrestling, but I try to keep it in perspective.

 

FIFA and Olympic championships.

Do you care about performance?