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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good for them. Nothing is more demoralizing than explaining to my daughters and neices that their work is worth a fraction of a man's.
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Actually in many sports their worth absolutely is worth a fraction of men's.  Not many people pay to go see women's soccer compared to men's soccer. Additionally people aren't willing to pay as much in ticket prices. From the article:
One of the biggest differences in compensation is the multimillion-dollar bonuses the teams receive for participating in the World Cup, but those bonuses — a pool of $400 million for 32 men’s teams versus $30 million for 24 women’s teams — are determined by FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, not U.S. Soccer.

It is about supply and demand. There just isn't the demand for most women's sports so us soccer isn't earning the same amount for women's soccer and feels it shouldn't spend as much as they do on men. Just like basketball. However, women should be getting better perks in gymnastics than men. 
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+1.

It's so obvious it hurts.

Signed,

Dad of a DD who loves soccer.[/quote]

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