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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They lost me when they started rambling on with their feminist rhetoric. They want to be paid as much as the men, which is a joke because women are inferior athletes. And then they blame their inferior athleticism on lack of investment in womens soccer :lol: [/quote]

I am a guy, but these girls are getting raw deal from the USSF and have a legitimate gripe.  They made more money for the USSF than the men did, but are paid significantly less.  And, unlike the USMNT, they made the WC and are getting criticized for scoring too much and celebrating too much.   I will take it over getting beat by mediocre teams, like Jamaica, Venezuela and Trinidad. [/quote]

While I disagree with the original poster, what makes you believe these girls made more money for the USSF than men?

Unfortunately, the US treats soccer like the NFL or NBA IMO.  The Men's games, for whatever reason, fills up stadiums.  The women simply don't. I wish they would.

Butts in seats = $$$$.  The exact reason MLB, NFL, NBA players make a crap ton of money.  Owners and the league can afford it.

PP was referring to WNT making more for USSF than MNT (which is accurate), not NWSL making more than MLS. MLS has greater revenue but it is my understanding that that is offset by greater costs. For example DCU plays at Audi field while WS plays at the soccerplex. Ranting Soccer Dad writes a lot on this issue so maybe he can summarize, but I think the bottom line is that direct comparisons are difficult due to different payment schemes. However, there were a number of clear discrepancies ( some of which have been corrected). 
Until teams other than Portland put more than 2-3k in the stands for a major game, won't happen.  It is unfortunate.  But it has nothing to do with the players being women and everything to do with economics.

The OP in this ridiculous.  The women's players are not inferior athletes.  They are some of the best female athletes in the world. If you are serious, get help. If not, stop trolling the feminists.[/quote][/quote]

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