This is like Chevy Chase saying he wasn’t getting paid enough hosting a talk show compared to the casts of Friends. People watched Friends and the commercials. Nobody watch Chevy Chase.
Women soccer, even the World Cup Champs, do NOT generate enough money to get paid more. Not enough people watched. Get over women.
Women Sports just doesn’t do it.
Re: your #12. Uhh, no. It is true that men’s soccer is huge internationally, while women’s club soccer is in the early stages of building strong leagues and a fan base. But the WWC is a marquee event. This year’s WWC drew well over a billion viewers, as compared to over three billion for the last men’s World Cup. The question is why a three to one differential in viewership translates into a more than ten to one differential in payouts to teams. FIFA has some ‘splainin’ to do.