The U.S. Soccer Federation finally broke its silence over the Women’s team unfair pay accusations. The team never missed an opportunity to blast the federation over what they considered unequal pay.
As it turns out, they may have not been entirely truthful on the subject. Liberal heroes tend to fall hard from grace, like Avenatti, so more is expected from this story soon.
Breitbart reported that an open letter from the president of the U.S. Soccer Federation reveals information that turns the “equal pay” debate on its head. As the report claimed, not only has the women’s team been paid more than the men, but they’ve been paid more while losing millions of dollars in the process.
On Monday, U.S. Soccer President Carlos Cordeiro released a letter stating his organization’s position that the U.S. Women’s National Team is not underpaid despite the cacophony from those braying for “equal pay” for the women.
“Over the past decade, U.S. Soccer paid our Women’s National Team more than our Men’s National Team,” Cordeiro wrote in his letter. “From 2010 through 2018, U.S. Soccer paid our women $34.1 million in salaries and game bonuses, and we paid our men $26.4 million — not counting the significant additional value of various benefits that our women’s players receive but which our men do not.”
“From 2009 through 2019 — a time-frame that includes two Women’s World Cup championships — the Women’s National Team has earned gross revenue of $101.3 million over 238 games, for an average of $425,446 per game,” the soccer chief added, “and the Men’s National Team has earned gross revenue of $185.7 million over 191 games, for an average of $972,147 per game.”
That was not all Cordeiro had to report to soccer fans in America. According to the federation’s accounting, the women’s team lost a lot of money even as the players were paid more than the men.
“More specifically, WNT games have generated a net profit (ticket revenues minus event expenses) in only two years (2016 and 2017). Across the entire 11-year period, WNT games generated a net loss of $27.5 million,” Cordeiro reported.
Cordeiro did not feel that the massive financial loss of women’s soccer was necessarily a bad thing, though. “U.S. Soccer does not view these as losses, but rather as an important investment in our Women’s National Team and in the long-term growth of women’s soccer,” he said.
