Gender Pay Gap In Sports

It is considered to be one of the most competitive tournaments in soccer. It is similar to the Olympics and comes around every four years. The USWNT was the first team to win three times. Their compensation for the hard earned win was $2 million. That seems like a pretty fair amount but when you compare it to the amount the men’s team won, it doesn’t make sense at all.

Also daily herald.com said “Our president earns a yearly salary of $400,000, and he runs our country, while the athletes just provide amusement. Don 't get me wrong, but paying an athlete $13.5 million for a single year is just overpriced.”( Patel, page 1) This means that the people are starting to notice why are athletes are getting paid millions for just for themselves like when they work hard for that title for their city it’s mostly good for themselves because they have a healthy body and they can buy anything they like to choose. Furthermore, Gene Callahan stated that “The bartender defended Rodriguez’s salary, asking, “If someone offered you $25 million, would you turn them down“( Callahan, page 1)? Therefore, this explains how any regular pro sports athlete would never turn down an offer unless they are very strict about

These athletes are far from amateurs they can compete with world class athletes. At the end of the year a few college athletes get invited to the Olympics’ for their sport so if they're the best in the world there is no way they are amateurs. Amateur’s also don't put in up to 40 hours a week. Most students who have jobs don't put that many hours into their job and they're getting paid (college athletes deserve). Calling college athletes amateur's is just a way the NCAA can get by without compensating their student

No other women has been selected to play for the USWNT (United States Women 's National Team) at the youngest age of fifteen while just beginning her first year of high school. Mariel Margaret Hamm was born on March 17, 1972 in Selma , Alabama. She was the fourth of six children and played professional soccer for the USWNT from 1987 to 2004. Mia Hamm is a role model for all athletes because of her hardworking motivation and determination as she strived for winning the World Cup. In 2007 Mia was inducted into the soccer hall of fame which lead her to becoming the best women 's soccer player throughout the world.

Especially when one realizes the major gap that already exists. The Women’s Sports Foundation recorded that “Male athletes receive $133 million, or 36 percent more, than female athletes in college athletic scholarships each year at NCAA member institutions” ( "Title IX Is Necessary to Reduce Sexual Discrimination in Sports"). Over 100 million dollars more is reserved for men’s athletics rather than splitting up that huge amount of money to offer to female athletes. Scholarships are an opportunity to attend college and get an education for little to no cost. This is a life changing chance that should be made more available to female athletes.

At the age of ten, she was ranked number one in the ten and under division in the United States. At the age of fourteen, Williams became a professional tennis player and started traveling the country playing in tournaments with her father as her coach. Williams was ranked three hundred and fourth in the world in 1995 until she defeated two top ten players. That bumped her to ninety-ninth in the world rankings. In 2003 she defeated Venus in the finals of the US Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon to earn her very first Grand Slam title (Prince).

A woman who works full-time and year-round earn less money than men make because they are discriminated against in labor markets. Even though this is just a myth, it does have a claim to it. By adding up the income of men and women and dividing each by the total population of each gender, one will find that men earn an average of twenty percent more than women do. The truth behind the pay gap is how men and women make choices, choices about investing in their knowledge and skills that will lead to their education and overall job experience. However, the job experience of women is lessened by the reality of unequal pay.

Can you imagine making $88 million a year? The three-time FIFA player of the year, Cristiano Ronaldo, was the highest paid pro athlete in 2016. Many professional athletes get paid millions of dollars, and some people think that these athletes get paid too much, but others believe that athletes deserve the deluge of money they receive. I believe athletes get paid way too much, but they should make a great deal of money, just not as much. The whole system that allows professional athletes to just swim around in money is simply ridiculous, and it needs to stop.

It’s 2017 and yet women still don’t get paid the same amount as men. The gender wage gap is a blatant act of sexism in which women get payed 80 cents to a man’s dollar. So why is it that work done by women is still valued less in modern day society? The answer when asked is women put in less hours in the office or the gender wage gap is just a myth. The gender pay gap is a very real thing happening in majority of the workforce.

Most believe that the millions they get are earned and well deserved, but not everyone agrees with that also. Some say that it is rare for people to be professional athletes, but honestly we could say that about fireman or policeman to. Athletes also get money from merchandise and commercials they do. Athletes should not be paid so much, because they are not doing an actual job that will better our community. They are being paid this amount of money as if their is nothing else the money can go to.