I am guessing that about 75% of you* who are reading this article play a sport. You put blood, sweat, and tears into your sport. Well, if you do, you have something in common with the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team. Now let me ask you something, “Would you find it defeating and unfair if your team took the title and won but another team got more praise for losing?” Take a second and think about that. According to Yes Magazine, “he men’s soccer team gets paid more for losing than the women’s team gets for winning.” The women got paid 2 million dollars for their 2015 cupt sin, but the men who have not made it past the quarterfinals in a very long time get paid 9 million, for their loss. Why? Why do the men get paid more for losing? I mean, the last time I checked, you are playing to try to win.
Additionally, according to Yes Magazine, “the women play on turf, which by the way isn’t standard for professional soccer, it is a cheaper alternative for grass, it also has a harder surface which makes it harder to control the ball therefore make the play more dangerous. But did you know that men haven’t played on turf in a while, but women play on it for almost 1/3 of their games? What are women not ‘good enough’ to play on real grass? These women put the same amount of hard work and practicing into the sport but still fall short in some people’s eyes. Back to equal pay, Yes Magazine says the winning team of the men’s cup got paid 35 million dollars, and what did the women get paid, again, 2 million. Now after all of that, is that fair? How would you feel that you are overlooked in everything? But the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team didn’t give up. If you are in a situation like that neither you should you. If you work hard at something, no matter what gender you are, you should not be overlooked or questioned or compared to anyone. Now remember I talked about soccer for the majority of the time but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen to other sports every day. Always remember don’t let people who can’t see your real talent no matter what gender you are, phrase you.
*addressed to her peers