adminAMSTERDAM. – Neymar may be poised for a record-breaking move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, but a new survey has cast light on football’s gender pay gap with half of all female players paid nothing by their clubs. Carried out in collaboration with Manchester University, the global players’ association FIFPro interviewed some 3 300 female players in 33 countries – including powerhouses such as the United States, Germany, England and France – for its first ever global survey of conditions in women’s football.
According to preliminary results released on Wednesday, 87 percent of women players said they may quit the game early to pursue “a more sustainable career” or start a family.
The survey found 50 percent of the women players were not paid by their clubs, and 35 percent of national team players received no remuneration for representing their countries.
In a staggering comparison, the total prize money received by the 24 teams who competed in the 2016 Euro championships amounted to 301 million euros ($356m). The 16 teams taking part in the women’s Euro 2017 championships in the Netherlands are likely only to share a pot of some eight million euros, according to UEFA figures. – AFP.
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