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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This topic had to be started given all the media coverage on this item. Should the players in the USWNT be paid the same as the players on the USMNT?

First let’s break down the arguments.

1) The question is separate from men’s pro club salaries v. women’s pro club salaries. The disparity here is market driven.  More people watch men’s pro soccer live and on tv/streaming, buy their jerseys, sponsor their matches, etc. Hence the higher men’s salary. No argument there.

2) The question is also separate from non-soccer earnings from endorsements and other promotions. There it is much more about looks, personality, and popularity. For instance Alex M. makes a lot more in this arena than the vast majority of US pro men.  No one will argue that she should give up her higher earnings in this area to others to be “equal,” and vice versa.

3) So that leaves us with USNT compensation. I believe that for participating on the USNT all players, men or women should be paid equal compensation per game and training session with expenses covered. The base pay should be nominal and should not depend upon results. All bonus money paid to USSF and all other revenues generated by USSF for USNT team games above and beyond that to cover their base pay and expenses should go into a youth development fund to help promote and pay for soccer for under privileged kids and areas. This will help reduce the pay-to-play barriers in the US for poor youths and will drive a more altruistic motive for playing on and succeeding as a USNT. The better the teams perform the more money there is for our nation’s youth. If some pro players don’t won’t to play for the NT because the comp is not high enough, that is fine, we don’t want your self-interested attitude anyhow. USSF would also pressure clubs to not restrict their best pros to play for USNT due to fear of injury or schedule conflicts. Most wouldn’t anyhow as they enjoy the free marketing. Why do I believe in this approach? Because playing for your country is not about you or about making a cushy salary, it is about representing and sacrificing for your country and providing something back to the younger generation. [/quote]

So #3 will not happen. The USNT is more like the Olympics. The vast majority of viewers are not soccer fans but fans of event. So this allows an opportunity to get endorsements deal. The players make $250k if they win and estimated endorsement deals in the range of a million. The NWSL divides $315k between all players on their team(20 min to max of 22 players). There are a few non-allocated players(national team members like Rapinio, etc) and these players get a salary from the USNT. It seems they do not publish these numbers. You can get an idea of the money paid out. If you refuse the national team you do not get the money.

[quote]U.S. national team players, as well as the league’s small front office. U.S. Soccer public records list NWSL expenses at $2,390,703 for fiscal year 2017.[/quote]
https://equalizersoccer.com/2018/07/13/non-allocated-players-at-center-of-growing-nwsl-uswnt-tension/

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