ANALYSIS: US Soccer's equal pay deal is just one battle in football's gender equality war
But unlike those nations, the USA has taken its newest collective bargaining agreement even further.
At the 2019 Women's World Cup, the total pot allocated by FIFA was just $U30 million, while the winners — the USA — collected $US4 million. "FIFA continues to be the source of clear gender discrimination in relation to pay with the Women's World Cup prize money representing less than 14 per cent of what is awarded at the men's World Cup," Gill told ABC.
It does this by making the overarching governing bodies of FIFA and its confederations responsible for investing in progress and equality instead of putting the burden on players themselves. "I'm really proud that we were the first country [to equalise prize money], but I would certainly hope we're not the last.
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