Soccer is so bad it'll make you stand up and cheer WSL CEO Paul Speaker's strange creation!
Aren’t you glad surfing isn’t a sport? Oh the World Surf League can dress it up in strange jerseys, rip the fun out of each and every seam, reward mediocrity with arbitrary points, put headsets on monotone voices, drug test (j/k) and still it remains a strange ballet.
But let’s talk about real sports for a minute, while we’re here. Which do you think is the worst? Soccer? You’re right! Of course you know about Sepp Blatter and the massive corruption that guts international play, the cheating, the rolling around and crying, the And today something even worse. The United States women’s soccer team filed a federal complaint because they are paid a fraction of what the men get.
Now, in some sports it could be argued that the men bring in more money, eyeballs etc. In the United States, though, the women’s side is a rare bright light. Let’s read from the New York Times:
U.S. Soccer, the governing body for the sport in America, pays the members of the men’s and women’s national team who represent the United States in international competitions. The men’s team has historically been mediocre. The women’s team has been a quadrennial phenomenon, winning world and Olympic championships and bringing much of the country to a standstill in the process.
Citing this disparity, as well as rising revenue numbers, five players on the women’s team filed a federal complaint Wednesday, accusing U.S. Soccer of wage discrimination because, they said, they earned as little as 40 percent of what players on the United States men’s national team earned even as they marched to the team’s third world championship last year. The five players, some of the most prominent women’s athletes in sports, said they were shortchanged on everything from bonuses to appearance fees to per diems.
In a statement released Thursday afternoon, U.S. Soccer recounted the leading role the federation has played in the growth of women’s soccer, including its introduction to the Olympic Games and in providing full-time salaries for top players. And it said it was willing to discuss compensation as part of continuing talks with the women’s team over a new collective bargaining agreement.
“Our efforts to be advocates for women’s soccer are unwavering,” it said. Sunil Gulati, the president of U.S. Soccer, made no public comment.
And really it is almost unbelievable. What a giant piece of shit. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy about this.
FIFA is for losers
Futbol is estupid, is for estupid people who like engage in the sodomite ritual of hidey pouch smashing!!!
Nice typos, btw. A sure sign of BG’s mortality.
The US men’s team brings in roughly 33% more revenue than the women’s. They are spending that revenue on the men’s salaries to try to attract quality players and make the men competitive on the world stage. That said, the women did have a 5 mil surplus so why not spend that on salaries? Not sure.
75 mil revenue for the men’s and 54 mil revenue for the women’s. And that was in a year when the women won their WC and the men didn’t do s#!t. Personally I like watching the USWNT, (probably because they win) but I understand why people don’t. The quality is definitely a little lacking.
When subjects like these are raised, by decent men like Chas!, why the fuck do people always go on and on about “the men are better than the women”? I truly cannot think of a more retarded argument. Which men? Which women? Oh, those ones over there? Right! What about these ones? Jesus wept. I know sports tend to dull the IQ but soccer is surely the most IQ-dulling of them all.
BG prefer to manufacture this shit. BG lacks imagination. same tired tropes over and over now. Chas is spent, bored, and so very lazy now.
Oh and AFL is all that shit? Talk about a retarded male only low IQ game…
The only Americans I know who dislike soccer also happen to be voting Trump. What’s that tell ya?
Ofcourse the US mens team will be shit when they compete against the European teams
I always wonder why the women don’t make their own deals, why do they always seem to be an add on to mens sport? Not trying to be a dick but the only way they will get true market value is if they control their whole market, unfortunately I personally think their market value may be less than what they had thought in many cases but I’m happy to be proven wrong.
Generally you are probably right but re. soccer the US women own it. The ultra crazy misogynistic corruption of that stupid game is uniquely amazing.
Bullshit chas, Ive had a few drinks so I can see very clearly, yeah the lady yanks are great but “owning” half of nothing is still nothing, nobody gives a shit about women’s soccer, apart from the players, and let’s remember that soccer is the worlds favourite sport, so let’s give up the ghost on this bullshit, they don’t deserve equal pay because they are shit at soccer, it’s unwatchable and nobody’s watching- I am drunk so maybe I missed your point…. Whatever! What about this blood feud with the people versus the people’s champion- Jalian Johnson and the palos verdes lunada bay massive! Wasn’t he some sort of hero of the fashion conscious surf fan mid noughties, he sewed board shorts and shit…. It’s all on the erbb, get digging!
one year i scalped Olympics tickets and the only women’s tix we made money on were gymnastics. take these ladies out of skintight gear and its hard to even get other girls to watch.
Seen the latest North Shore vid from Body Glove? http://bodyglove.com/hawaii…
I reckon it’s a pretty accurate representation of what it means to be a female athlete. Soccer, tennis, MMA – if you want people to pay attention you need to get your arse out. Just be thankful JOB didn’t have to do the same.
welll, that wasn’t subtle at all.
Hey Chas, have you heard what NFL cheerleaders get paid? Pennies on the dollar vs the players..
Also, what are women surfers paid vs men surfers?
Sponsorship a lot less but prize money equal!
Who makes more from sponsors, Steph or Nat?
The fucking cheerleaders shouldn’t even be paid. What a bunch of subservient, male worshiping bitches! Thats whats wrong with women in the US, they consider cheerleading a sport!!!
I genuinely, unironically enjoy watching soccer (Ladies included!) than almost any surf contest.
Ahhh an oldie but a goodie… If surfing wants to become the sport if equal opportunity we should do away with women’s and men’s tours and just do one tour, men and women competing together with a gender equal pannel… Eurh I really do sound like I come from inertia
I agree but in relation to soccer the women’s game, in the US, crushes the men’s. More eyeballs, way way way better results. That’s what I find absurd. They are actually better and getting paid a shit ton less.
No they are not better, they are shit in comparison, put your European reject male players (Landon Donovan et al.) versus the finest women soccer players and watch the blood bath, ha I’ll join you with a six pack of Stella!
Watching women be beaten whilst drinking Stella. Gold
you drink wife-beater Jimmy?
I can be a classy guy at times!
its because they have no pro option. with men, you have to keep them from going to Europe or maybe doing MLS (although some dudes are doing that too). with girls this shit is like figure skating, no pro tour.
Lulz. You think American men have the option to go to Europe and play for real teams. That’s funny.
it has happened. roughly same number of Brazil golfers on the PGA too.
Yeah. At the time of the world cup, I got assigned to write about this and I looked up the viewer numbers. They were legit for the women’s games. People totally turned up to watch their games. It’s bullshit the women didn’t get equal pay-out. And that’s not even talking about the dumbass fake turf thing.
You’re still talking apples to oranges.. Yeah the women do better amongst their competition, but they are not better than the men. They do better in the Women’s world cup, but there’s a lot less teams, and the competition is nowhere near the level of mens soccer.
Last thing, what about the KIDS? Kids need to get paid too! What about high school teams, and college? Colleges make so much money off their sports programs, and the players get nothing!
Counterpoint: “I’m Mick Fanning.”