The next step for US Womens National Team is equal pay

The next step for US Womens National Team is equal payThe next step for US Womens National Team is equal payThe US Womens National Team got past the small test in winning the World Cup. Now comes the hard parte getting equal pay.Equal pay has been a talking point thats surrounded the womens team for years and continued to circulate throughout the tournament. The US, which won the title Sunday after a 2-0 win against the Netherlands, was serenaded with a loud and powerful equal pay chant shortly after winning their fourth World Cup title, the most in the sport.I think everyone is ready for this conversation to move to the next step, US captain Megan Rapinoe said after Sundays win, according to The Guardian. I think were done with Are we worth it, should we have equal pay, is the market the same? Yada yada.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreEveryones done with that fans are done with that, players are done with that. In a lot of ways, I think sponsors are done with that. Lets get to the next point. Whats next? How do we beistand womens federations and womens programs around the world? What can Fifa do to do that? What can we do to support the leagues around the world? she said, having rocked into the press conference late, exclaiming I just killed doping Before the tournament, the members of the US womens team sued the US Soccer Federation for gender discrimination. They cited wages and working conditions that were not equal to the mens national team, which has won zero World Cups and comes off missing the World Cup in 2018 and a Gold Cup finals loss against Mexico Sunday.At this moment of tremendous pride for America, the sad equation remains all too clear, and Americans wont stand for it anymore. These athletes generate more revenue and garner higher TV ratings but get paid less simply because they are women, Molly Levinson, a spokeswoman for the USWNT player s in their equal pay lawsuit, told CNN. It is time for the Federation to correct this disparity once and for all.On a global scale, there are immeasurable differences between the mens and womens game that expands to different countries. While some like Norway have made strides for equality, the prize money between mens and womens World Cups vary drastically. The mens prize money topped at $400 million in 2018, but for the womens installment this month in France, the players pot was significantly smaller at just $30 million this year.FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who was booed by fans during Sundays final, said last week that FIFA was looking at doubling the womens tournament prize money for 2023.It certainly is not fair, said Rapinoe before the final. We should double it now and use that number to double it or quadruple it for the next time. Thats what I mean when we talk about, Do we feel respected?Rapinoe, who won the Golden Boot award as the tournaments leading scoring, questi oned whether FIFA actually cared enough.If you really care, are you letting the gap grow? Are you scheduling three finals on the same day? No, youre not, Rapinoe said, referring to the Concacaf Gold Cup and Copa America final, all held on Sunday. Are you letting federations have their teams play two games in the four years between each tournament? No, youre not, Rapinoe said. Thats what I mean about the level of care, you need attention and detail and the best minds that we have in the womens game, helping it grow every single day.