Love soccer and are good enough at it to play in the World Cup? Go for it, but, if you’re a woman, don’t expect to be paid the bigger bucks the men get. Comparing women’s tournaments with men’s is “not worth debating” and “nonsense,” according to FIFA’s Secretary General Jerome Valcke. He doesn’t anticipate any pay equality in the near future, nor does he see a reason for it, even though women’s soccer is becoming more and more popular.
This is yet another area in which gender discrimination rears its ugly head when the same job is being performed by women as it is by men.
Read more about the situation with the World Cup in the Huffington Post article, “FIFA Has No Plans to Give Women Equal World Cup Pay Any Time Soon.”