U.S.A National Team
Kobe Baltazar
At one point in life everyone who was into sports such Basketball, baseball, football, and soccer wanted to make it big, in other words wanted to become a professional athlete. But what if you were put in a position where you are knowing that the opposite gender is having preference despite on your accomplishments? Not to mention, the U.S women soccer team has faced a problem similar to it where’s they weren’t rewarded equal as the males who are in the U.S soccer team.
With that being said Soccer is more than a sport. In fact, it’s a job where people have to depend on to be able to provide for their family. Even though many may not see what’s going outside the pitch they should be able to get knowledge on what’s really happening. On the fact that people aren’t being treated equally. Many may complain that males seem to pull more streams which should led them to more money but in reality, the sport of soccer males and females both have the same objective in which is to get on the pitch to play and give the people an entertaining match.
In the U.S people seem have a dispute on the United States nation soccer team based on curtain circumstances of the wages that are given to the males compared to the wages that are given to the females. For example, in February 22,2022 Andrew Das writes a statement from the Goalkeeper of the female nation team. “The numbers speak for themselves,” Solo said, though U.S. Soccer immediately disputed them. Men’s players, Solo said, “get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships.” In other words, Andre Das is getting to hear out people point of view based on the debate. While many people have different point of view, what Solo means by “the number speak for themselves” is that it makes one wonder is it really fair that the females can accomplishes more tittles than the males but yet still get paid less than the males.
The U.S women National soccer team have won about 16 titles in total. Such as the Olympic, Concacaf, and the mostly known which is the World Cup. Out of those 16 titles 4 of them are wins from the World cup, where 32 nations around the world face one another to see who lifts the title. Where is for the males, they have only had 7 titles in total and all those tittles have only been won in the Concacaf tournament. So, there honestly shouldn’t a preference because both seem to bring eyes that just lead to help build up their team. If anything, the women deserve a raise where it’s to match the males’ wages because they have accomplished many things.
Its stunning just to know the difference between the way a male and female would earn averagely in soccer. Many female players from the U.S nation team have decided to speak out in an interview where they talk about the wage caps. In the interview with NBC its states that “28 members of the U.S women national team alleging they were paid less than 1/3 of the men’s team bonuses.”
According to The New York Times Magazine Lizzy Goodman published an article about the right of equal pay for U.S Women soccer team. For example, Goodman talks about the huge wage gaps between a male and female. In Goodman article it states that “If a male and a female national team player each played 20 exhibition games in a year, members of the men’s squad would have earned an average of $263,320, while members of the women’s squad would have earned a maximum of $99,000.” Basically, in the industry of soccer a male and female can both do the same thing, but there will be a little twist because the males are the one who to seem to be the favorite. In addition, the sport soccer is meant to bring people together not to leave people out. People shouldn’t have to feel that there less worthy based off their gender. Now it’s just worth questioning how would you feel if you were in their shoes?
Overall, this isn’t just a matter of women who love to play the sport but it’s for everyone all around the world. It is showcasing that you shouldn’t feel trapped and left out. But you should speak up and fight for what you think it’s right.
Photo Source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/07/football/womens-world-cup-final-uswnt-netherlands-spt-intl/index.html
Article Source: The Best Women’s Soccer Team in the World Fights for Equal Pay – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Article Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/u-s-women-s-soccer-team-equal-pay-settlement-sets-ncna1290309
Article Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/sports/soccer/us-womens-soccer-equal-pay.html
Hello Kobe,
I think the purpose of your article was to discuss the inequalities that women in sports encounter. This article addresses a wide range of people and honestly, this issue concerns everyone. That is because speaking up for what is right is all of our concerns. I like that you start vague but get more specific as you write. For example, you begin by stating soccer is more than a sport, and then you elaborate on the aspects that make soccer meaningful to players. I also appreciate the inclusion of statistics because it makes your debate stronger. For suggestions, I think you can add more to your conclusion to close off on an impactful end. Perhaps you can elaborate and magnify the importance of speaking up and what it can accomplish. Otherwise, I enjoyed reading this article and found it enlightening.
Sincerely,
Salomee Khawja
I see a major point from this article was to show and make a realization of how unequal sports are for men and female. I saw how you went from all the other sports mentioned to only soccer. I also saw that you were prepared from your article with proof and data in the article. I think there can be ways of providing ways and examples of solving this problem with potential reasons that can help stop this inequality that is going on.
Dear Kobe Baltazar,
I think the purpose of your article is to display the inequality towards women in sports, more specifically soccer. I think the audience is all people interested in sports, people who’re against this inequality, and even people who agree with this inequality (to change their perspectives). I liked how questioned you your readers in the opening paragraph, “But what if you were put in a position where you are knowing that the opposite gender is having preference despite your accomplishments?” Starting your article with a question makes the article more appealing. I also like the way you ended your article in a brief, yet affirmative way “But you should speak up and fight for what you think it’s right.” I would recommend adding a little information (like a paragraph) about inequality in other sports, it would be a nice inclusion. Your article included lots of details and the way you organized it was perfect.
Rouba Ali Al Saeedi