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Offline HalfSmokes

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Re: Soccer 2020-21 (A/K/A Futbol)
« Reply #175: August 14, 2021, 11:41:38 AM »
Yea here hockey players don’t make as much as other major sports. Football players don’t make as much as baseball and basketball and don’t have no cut contracts. So it’s economics. I suppose you can make an argument to pay the national teams the same but there seems more interest and attendance and viewership at the men’s championships. 

The women get better ratings

https://www.wsj.com/articles/womens-world-cup-final-drew-higher-u-s-ratings-than-mens-final-11562628017

Also more jersey sales

https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/uswnt-nike-soccer-jersey-sales