Women's World Cup

**Snake Plissken** · 07-07-2015, 07:04 AM

Obvious click-bait is obvious.

**Roger H. Sterling** · 07-07-2015, 08:33 AM

Pretty obvious, but folk, mostly women, will lap that up. EQUALITY.

**Roger H. Sterling** · 07-07-2015, 09:02 AM

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/07/carli-ll...mance-ever

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Really?

**Picards Forehead** · 07-07-2015, 09:03 AM

I'm more seething about "half field" Muggy

**Sterling Archer** · 07-07-2015, 09:10 AM

(07-07-2015, 09:02 AM)Roger H. Sterling Wrote: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/07/carli-ll...mance-ever

Really?

Are performances only about goals? While I can accept that she's in the discussion they seem to discount the performance of defenders / goalkeepers completely.

If she'd done it against Germany it would have more weight, there's not enough good women's teams for that to be considered remotely close to a men's final (where two pretty solid teams usually meet).

Who was the last really surprising WC final participant? I'm struggling...

**Sterling Archer** · 07-07-2015, 09:10 AM

(07-07-2015, 09:03 AM)Picards Forehead Wrote: I'm more seething about "half field"

Well yeah and this too...

**CritchSmile** · (Edited 07-07-2015, 09:12 AM by CritchSmile.)

It's written by an American that has no concept of how huge "soccer" is.

US women's soccer and Mens soccer is comparable in America in terms of participation and to an extent popularity. While it can seem to be reasonable in the states, i'm sure they would similarly laugh if some europeans said that the superbowl and the women's superbowl* should receive the same prize monies.

*not sure if the women's superbowl exists - probably doesn't.

**Roger H. Sterling** · 07-07-2015, 09:27 AM

It's the Lingerie bowl.

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**Picards Forehead** · 07-07-2015, 09:30 AM

(07-07-2015, 09:27 AM)Roger H. Sterling Wrote: It's the Lingerie bowl.

Lets focus on the Sunday league level women's world cup not getting paid the same as the men though. EQUALITY.

**Zizou** · 07-07-2015, 09:55 AM

They'll end up getting similar money through fear of offending.

Happened in tennis as well. They get the exact same money despite playing less sets with less quality.

**Roger H. Sterling** · 07-07-2015, 10:00 AM

(07-07-2015, 09:55 AM)Alan Partridge Wrote: They'll end up getting similar money through fear of offending.

Happened in tennis as well. They get the exact same money despite playing less sets with less quality.

Why don't the women kick off that they play less sets?

**CritchSmile** · 07-07-2015, 10:38 AM

(07-07-2015, 09:55 AM)Alan Partridge Wrote: They'll end up getting similar money through fear of offending.

No they won't.

Women's tennis probably the most high profile women's sport and is the anomaly regarding equal prize money - not the norm.