{"id":5318,"date":"2019-05-02T07:24:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T11:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=5318"},"modified":"2019-04-29T13:25:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:25:15","slug":"women-still-discriminated-in-athletics-through-unequal-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=5318","title":{"rendered":"Women Still Discriminated in Athletics through Unequal Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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United States women\u2019s national team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maggie LoSchiavo ’19
\nEE\u00a0<\/em>Contributor<\/p>\n

The interest in women\u2019s athletics has been on the rise for years. However, despite this expansion, there is a large wage gap in men and women\u2019s sports. This wage gap contradicts the message about equality that the media has been portraying while trying to empower young female athletes, as it make them feel less valued than men.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Adelphi University\u2019s <\/span>Master of Science in Sport Management program, \u201cThe top female soccer players earn $177,831 less, or only 14.4% of what the men earn. This comes despite America\u2019s women outshining the men on the field.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

These statistics convey that women are not viewed as equal in sports, despite their effort and competitiveness. The women\u2019s soccer team is actually the most successful team in the world, compared to the men who are only ranked 25th. Recently, the women\u2019s team filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about this issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

The women are not only more successful than the men, but they also get more views on games and have more social media followers. This means that their lesser pay is not related to lesser revenue from games or endorsements, but only their gender.<\/span><\/p>\n

This pay inequality is not just soccer, but in most women\u2019s sports,. These includinge sports such as basketball, golf, and tennis.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the Oscars this year, Nike released an empowering video for female called \u201cDream Crazier.\u201d It features many prominent athletes and teams, including the United States women\u2019s soccer team. The ad mentions negative stereotypes about women and then contradicts them with many strong and successful female athletes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nike\u2019s message at the end of the video was, \u201cIt\u2019s only crazy until you do it. Just do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This video, like many others, is trying to empower women. However, the pay inequality in sports is discouraging to many female athletes who work hard.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Middle School cross country coach, and Trumbull High Track Coach Carrie Hall, the gender pay discrepancy, \u201csends a negative message to those players, and all females, whether theyre are athletes or not. No matter how hard they work, they feel that they are not as good or entertaining.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As organizations like Nike try to empower women, the wage gap will continue to dishearten them. This inequality makes the dedication and \u00a0hard work put in by female athletes, seem inadequate compared to a man\u2019s dedication to a sport.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trumbull High Softball Player Alexa Adinolfi, believes that athletics \u201ctake a lot of heart and commitment because you have to continue to love the sport at the same while you are working so hard to be good at it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While the wage gap continues in sports, females will feel that their effort is of less valued less compared to men.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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