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The Women\u2019s World Cup prize pool totals $110 million this year, compared to $30 million the last time the women played a World Cup in 2019. The pay increase is largely due to the efforts of the U.S. Women\u2019s team and their counterparts around the world to highlight the gender gap in the sport and to demand equal pay. Despite the considerable increase, the money allocated for the women\u2019s teams lags far behind the $440 million prize awarded to the Men\u2019s World Cup players last year.<\/p>\n

In the United States, the women\u2019s team will also receive a bonus from their deal to split total U.S. soccer earnings with the men\u2019s team. According to the negotiated agreement, the men\u2019s and women\u2019s soccer teams split their winnings evenly. Even though the U.S. men were eliminated in the round of 16 in the 2022 Men\u2019s World Cup, they still were awarded more money than this year\u2019s Women\u2019s World Cup champions will receive.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the split works. If the U.S. women\u2019s team wins the World Cup, they\u2019d be awarded a $4.29 million team prize in addition to $270,000 per player, totaling $10.5 million. The $10.5 million gets pooled with the $13 million the men took home for their finish in the 2022 Men\u2019s World Cup, totaling $23.5 million. The U.S. Soccer Federation would take their share, and then the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams would evenly split the remainder.<\/p>\n

For years, men\u2019s greater pay was rationalized because men had better skills that could attract larger audiences. However, women\u2019s soccer has been steadily growing in popularity. FIFA, soccer\u2019s governing body, says 1.12 billion viewers tuned in to watch the last women\u2019s World Cup, and organizers are aiming for 2 billion this year. If they meet these expectations, the women\u2019s viewership will exceed half of the men\u2019s audience, yet the women are only paid a quarter of the men\u2019s prize money.<\/p>\n

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As for whether the men\u2019s game is more skilled and fun to watch than the women\u2019s, a viral ad for the French women\u2019s national team definitively answers that question. When the ad begins, it appears to be a highlight reel from the French men\u2019s national team, Les Bleus. In reality, the male soccer players\u2019 faces have been superimposed onto the bodies of their female counterparts. Viewers believe they are watching Les Bleus, when they are instead viewing clips from Les Bleues, the women\u2019s team. The ad makes it clear that the women\u2019s game is every bit as exciting and skilled as the men\u2019s.<\/p>\n

In an effort to increase pay equity, FIFA had also taken steps to guarantee that every female World Cup player received at least $30,000. The direct payments from FIFA were deemed life-changing for the athletes, whose average annual take home is a mere $14,000. In addition to promising that each player would take home at least $30,000 in prize money, FIFA indicated that championship-winning players would receive a direct payment of $270,000.<\/p>\n

But earlier this week, FIFA backed down from its promise to ensure each World Cup player would be paid directly. Wednesday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said he could not guarantee that the member federations would distribute the payments promised to every player at the Women\u2019s World Cup. \u201cWhatever payments we do, we will go through the associations, and then the associations will, of course, make the relevant payments to their own players,\u201d Infantino told the Associated Press. He cited complications due to residency and taxation that he claims are best handled by individual federations.<\/p>\n

The good news is that FIFA is aiming for pay equity in the 2025\/26 World Cup cycle. If they come through, that would mean a 300% pay increase for the women. But more prize money doesn\u2019t just mean fuller pockets for the female players. It means countries will no longer prioritize the men\u2019s national team over the women\u2019s. And it means the women\u2019s team will garner the respect they deserve on the field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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