As I posted the excerpt, men’s made 6 billion, women’s 131 mullion. The women got a higher percent, but the men made more money.
Those are worldwide numbers, which includes revenue from places where soccer is wildly popular, which is it not in the US. My question is what does the US federation make off the men’s team and the women’s team? The article doesn’t say.
So the question becomes why the men’s tournament earned six billion, vs. $131 million for the women’s tournament? Gate attendance doesn’t account for that difference. Neither does tv viewership; the men’s tournament had about three times the viewership, not 45x. Where is all that extra money for the men’s tournament coming from?