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anyway, the solution is simple. Women could form their own governing body and negotiate their own contracts and be free of FIFA altogether.
To be honest I'm not sure if you are just trolling now or are just being ignorant. Either way, you are clearly ignoring valid arguments/facts that contradict your argument as well as completely missing the point regarding FiFA's mission and purpose. If you can't be bothered to read my (or others) posts properly then I'm not going to waste anymore time explaining something you obviously don't want to hear.forget sponsorship, its the TV contracts that matter. Merging the sponsorship deals is actually a concession to the women. Do you honestly believe FIFA is giving women a smaller cut of their revenue than the men? I dont understand your argument.
if there's money to be made they'd be all over it. if something sells people will sell it whatever it is.
Why should they have to? It’s the governing body of world football for fucks sake!anyway, the solution is simple. Women could form their own governing body and negotiate their own contracts and be free of FIFA altogether.
I am of the view that women in sports should get similar or even equal pay to men when the product is of a reasonably similar standard. Just like in business women should paid same in business as men for delivering same job.
In sport Tennis, Athletics, Swimming and even golf (on shorter courses), Women should be able to earn close to what men are able to earn (Golf has same issue though, it is just not marketable enough and they earn a fraction of the prize money).
However sports such as Cricket, Rugby, Football the standard between mens and womens football is nowhere comparable.
Just take a few recentish results to show the disparity.
Germany Womens Team 0 - 8 Village mens team from Germany
Sweden Women 0 - 3 AIK U17 (despite AIK being asked to take off a player after 2 minutes to even things up a bit)
USA Womens 2 - 8 USA U17
Canadian Womens team played in a Toronto based midget league (15 to 17 year olds). They finished bottom without a point.
Based on this the ladies football is at roughy an Under 14 mens standard, which is nowhere near good enough to consider equal prize money to a mens game.
What FIFA and the national associations need to be doing is ploughing money into the development of the game to improve it, not reward a sub-standard currently unmarketable product.
The US Womens team is an outlier in the audience figures it gets, but then the US does like a winner.
Nailsy, that is commendable.
How does that compute to the games being played out in quarter full stadiums though, which is devaluing the product. and would back FIFA's position that it isn't marketable yet, despite decent TV audiences for a few countries.
I am of the view that women in sports should get similar or even equal pay to men when the product is of a reasonably similar standard. Just like in business women should paid same in business as men for delivering same job.
In sport Tennis, Athletics, Swimming and even golf (on shorter courses), Women should be able to earn close to what men are able to earn (Golf has same issue though, it is just not marketable enough and they earn a fraction of the prize money).
However sports such as Cricket, Rugby, Football the standard between mens and womens football is nowhere comparable.
Just take a few recentish results to show the disparity.
Germany Womens Team 0 - 8 Village mens team from Germany
Sweden Women 0 - 3 AIK U17 (despite AIK being asked to take off a player after 2 minutes to even things up a bit)
USA Womens 2 - 8 USA U17
Canadian Womens team played in a Toronto based midget league (15 to 17 year olds). They finished bottom without a point.
Based on this the ladies football is at roughy an Under 14 mens standard, which is nowhere near good enough to consider equal prize money to a mens game.
What FIFA and the national associations need to be doing is ploughing money into the development of the game to improve it, not reward a sub-standard currently unmarketable product.
The US Womens team is an outlier in the audience figures it gets, but then the US does like a winner.
im not trolling. let me just ask where do you expect the extra money to come from?To be honest I'm not sure if you are just trolling now or are just being ignorant. Either way, you are clearly ignoring valid arguments/facts that contradict your argument as well as completely missing the point regarding FiFA's mission and purpose. If you can't be bothered to read my (or others) posts properly then I'm not going to waste anymore time explaining something you obviously don't want to hear.
because they apparently arent happy with how their money is being spent. if FIFA is gender biased why would you stay with them?Why should they have to? It’s the governing body of world football for fucks sake!
because they apparently arent happy with how their money is being spent. if FIFA is gender biased why would you stay with them?
its not quitting. they could still play the game. just with someone else in charge.So people should never look for reform, they should just quit?
im not trolling. let me just ask where do you expect the extra money to come from?
How about FIFA's 2.7B cash reserves?
Remember FIFA is a not for profit organisation that is dedicated to promoting and growing the sport for all.
its not quitting. they could still play the game. just with someone else in charge.
I meant quit the organisation. Do you honestly believe everytime people are not happy with something they should just quit?
In this instance, yes. I like this tough it out attitude but it's a free market and if FIFA members think they can get a better deal for their female sections outside of FiFA then taking the womans game out of FiFA must be on the table.I meant quit the organisation. Do you honestly believe everytime people are not happy with something they should just quit?
not for profit isnt the same as non-profit. look, if someone thinks the men should subsidize the women just say so. or do people really believe FIFA is syphoning off women's revenue for other purposes?