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[quote=Anonymous]Go read the complaint: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/653-us-womens-soccer-complaint/f9367608e2eaf10873f4/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

44. Notwithstanding the unbridled on-field success and financial contributions of the WNT players, the USSF has and continues to have a policy and practice of discriminating against Plaintiffs based upon their gender by treating them substantially less favorably than members of the MNT with regard to pay and other terms and conditions of employment despite the USSF requiring Plaintiffs to perform the same job duties that require equal skill, effort and responsibilities performed under similar working conditions as MNT players.

45. As their common employer, the USSF, for example, has and continues to require that Plaintiffs and male players on the MNT be available for training and any games requested by the USSF; maintain a high level of competitive soccer skills and physical conditioning such that they can compete as elite soccer players; not use illegal or banned drugs or any other harmful substances; serve as a spokesperson for soccer and devote reasonable best efforts to promoting and developing the sport of soccer in the U.S.; grant all reasonable requests by the USSF to promote games and to participate in a reasonable number of media interviews and other media sessions; participate in autograph sessions; devote whatever time is reasonable and necessary to perform their duties as players and spokespeople; comport themselves, at all times, in a manner befitting their positions as members of the WNT and MNT and spokespersons and representatives of the USSF and the sport of soccer; and comply with the USSF’s reasonable rules and regulations.

46. As their common employer, the USSF also has and continues to require that Plaintiffs and male players on the MNT maintain competitive soccer skills, physical conditioning and overall health by undergoing rigorous training routines (endurance running, weight training, etc.) and by adhering to certain nutrition, physical therapy and other regimens. They must attend training camps and practices, participate in skills drills and play scrimmages and other practice events.

47. As their common employer, the USSF also has and continues to require Plaintiffs and male players on the MNT to travel nationally and internationally as necessary for competitive games, which are the same in length, physical and mental demand, and playing environment and conditions throughout the United States and globally. Plaintiffs and MNT players do not work in a single location, but are required to perform and work in games throughout the United States and globally, according to the playing schedule set by the USSF.

48. Plaintiffs and similarly situated male employees of the USSF must adhere to the same rules of the game of soccer as established by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”). They play on the same size field; use the same size ball; have the same duration of matches and play by the same rules regarding start and restart of play, offside, fouls and misconduct, free kicks, penalty kicks, throw-ins, goals kicks, corner kicks, etc.

49. In light of the WNT’s on-field success, Plaintiffs often spend more time practicing for and playing in matches, more time in training camps, more time traveling and more time participating in media sessions, among other duties and responsibilities, than similarly situated MNT players.

50. For example, from 2015 through 2018, the WNT played nineteen more games than the MNT played over that same period of time. As the MNT averaged approximately seventeen games per year in that time frame, the WNT played the equivalent of more than one additional MNT calendar year season from 2015 through 2018.

51. The USSF, nevertheless, has paid and continues to pay Plaintiffs less than similarly situated MNT players.
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