A new plan of FIFA to distribute the cash prizes to Women’s World Cup Going directly into the hands of the players will help level things up for the players, says the US striker Alex Morgan before his fourth appearance in the tournament.
Each player at the World Cup, which starts on July 20 in Australia and New Zealand, will be guaranteed a payout of at least $30,000, as FIFA decided to allocate part of the proceeds to the players rather than the federations.
All members of the winning team will take home $270,000, part of a total prize pool of $110 million, which is about 300% higher than in 2019. That total is still less than what was on offer at the men’s tournament in Qatar in last year. , where there is a $440 million prize pool available.
“FIFA has really done, it’s amazing coming out of my mouth, a good job of increasing the prize money,” Morgan told reporters. “We’ve still got a ways to go, but being able to pay the players directly is huge. I mean, it’s life-changing for some of them.”
The US men’s and women’s teams reached historic collective bargaining agreements (CBA) with the federation (US Soccer) last year, in which players receive equal pay and prize money, including at World Cups . “In US Soccer, we have in our contract the same prize money between men and women, which is a shared pot. And that’s the only federation in the world that does that,” Morgan said.
“We are very happy to have fought for that and managed to achieve it. Now it is up to FIFA and the other federations to do their part,” he urged.
Source: La Verdad
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