Comments by "Guinness" (@GuinessOriginal) on "Megan Rapinoe, sports and social justice icon | Edge of Sports" video.
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It wasn’t even equal pay, they wanted the same potential Prize money the men would get for winning the World Cup (which they will never win) despite the men’s World Cup generating $7.5 billion in revenue compared to $7.5 million the women’s World Cup generates. However, they were unwilling to sign up to the play for pay contract the men have, and unwilling to give up their guaranteed annual salaries, sick pay and maternity pay, that, another other benefits, the men’s team didn’t get. So they basically wanted completely unjustified prize money that the men will never earn and wanted to keep their far more favourable guaranteed pay and conditions the men didn’t have. It’s also worth noting that when it was put to them that the men could subside an increase to their prize money if they were willing to agree to the same pay and conditions, not only did they not agree to it, but they did not advocate and fight for the right for the men to have the same conditions as them, instead arguing that as women they deserved different conditions to the men. “Equality” is picking what you want from an all you can eat buffet and leaving what’s left for the men as far as these women are concerned.
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