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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought this was a parody the first time I saw it. But no, she really is an angry, self-obsessed little jerk.

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1147366667313405952

Normal, rational, polite people: "Good luck in the Gold Cup final, guys. We're rooting for you!"

Megan Rapinoe:  "F**k you for stealing our limelight."

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Give it a break. Her criticism is directed at FIFA for scheduling the WWC Final on the same day as two (meaningless) men’s tournaments. At best, this scheduling decision is a poor decision by FIFA (after all, the World Cup is supposed to be THE biggest game in soccer).  At worst, this scheduling decision shows that FIFA views the women’s game as less important than the men’s game.

This all came up because FIFA announced yesterday that they’d double the prize money at the next WWC. Someone asked Rapinoe about it at a press conference for the Final today, and she answered by basically saying that it’s not enough and pointed out ways in which FIFA was not doing enough to support the women’s game. Regardless of whether one personally likes Rapinoe, she is correct on this point. FIFA should be doing a lot more to support the women’s game. The men’s game did not become a multi-billion money making machine overnight and required significant investments in money, time, etc over the years. The women are correct in asking for the same opportunity and investment. [/quote]

Gold Cup may not mean much, but Copa America matters.[/quote]

I do find it interesting that FIFA did not influence better timing of Gold Cup, Copa America, and WWC. These three on at the same time is not smart. I am sure there were some scheduling challenges but this could have been done better. Having all three finals on one day is silly.

Anyhow, as far as women asking for more investment ... there is nothing wrong with that ask, but until they have greater viewership outside of an every four year tourney asking won’t matter. People either watch more or they don’t. It is not up to FIFA to make this happen, it is up to the investors, players, clubs, and leagues. Getting in a huff about it publically doesn’t really help, in fact it will turn some viewers away. [/quote]

Greater viewership does not happen on its own. It requires many things, including a solid product that people want to see, players that they have grown to love or hate, and significant money and time spent promoting the game and the players. By way of a single example of promotion, there have been many articles written comparing FIFA’s efforts to promote the MWC when it was last played in France vs FIFA’s promotion efforts with this WWC in France. The lack of promotion of the women’s games by FIFA is pathetic, and includes, among other things, virtually no signage that the WWC was even going on in France. I don’t fault the US women for trying to draw attention to this disparity at the WWC. As others have said, this is the biggest platform for these women and the best chance for people to hear about these disparities is if they are raised now, while people are paying attention. [/quote]

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