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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not an easy problem.  The problem is why do women earn less and generate less revenue.   Is it because for years institutions such as NCAA and FIFA channel funds into development marketing and tv to male side of sport ?   Think of it like a race: the male is given Nike flys custom fit, a nutritionist, elite coaching, and a 5 year head start.    Who do you think will be ahead ???   That’s the revenue issue.  
Fix it? [/quote]

No - it's because most people don't, and never will, care very much about, or spend much money on, women's sports.  That's because a good high school boy's teams can defeat the "world's best" women's team. People want to watch absolute performance in sports (Messi, Ronaldo, etc.), not just "the best of the humans that aren't really that good at the sport" (i.e., women).  There are a few niche markets where the masses enjoy watching female sports (figure skating, tennis, etc.) and other athletic endeavors dominated by women (e.g. ballet).  That's just reality.

I'm glad that U.S. soccer has offered identical contracts to the women; and I'm amused that their b*tching about it.[/quote]

What does Messi have to do with the USMNT? [/quote]

The point is that there is big money in men's sports (including the FIFA prize money, for which Messi competes with Argentina) because large numbers of people care about, and are willing to pay for, men's soccer.  Because there is interest in seeing the absolute best players (who are all men) performing and competing.  There is not, and never will be, the same interest in women's soccer. Thus women's soccer will never be as financially valuable, nor will women's soccer players ever be as financially valuable. [/quote]

Messi is relevant to the USMNT every 4 years. The other three, they are hoping that Mexican Americans boost the ratings for their big rivals games because Americans decidedly don't care. [/quote]

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