The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and associations of players of the American national teams arrived this Wednesday in a historic agreement for a new collective agreement that achieved equal pay in professional football in the country.
The USSF will guarantee “equal pay through equal economic terms”as reported in an official statement, and thus became the first federation to match prizes for participation in the World Cup for both men’s and women’s teams.
The collective agreements will be effective until 2028 and included “equal compensation for all competitions including the FIFA World Cup and the introduction of a similar mechanism to share all commercial profits of both teams. “
“The agreements will ensure that players United States national teams continues to be among the highest paid in the world, ”the USSF added.
The agreement also provides for “shares with an equal share of 50%” of revenue generated through broadcasting and sponsorships and the USSF also agrees to pay players a share of the revenue from the sale of tickets. for battles. local.
They added that child care support “during calls and against national teams” and a retirement assistance plan.
“The successes of this agreement are a testament to the incredible efforts of ‘WNT’ players (women’s team) on and off the field, “said the women’s team player and president of the American players association, Becky Sauerbrunn.
own Sauerbrunn He was part of a group of five football players, including Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd and Hope Solo, which advanced in 2016 and opened a dispute with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for wage discrimination.
On Feb. 22, after lengthy negotiations, this dispute was closed with an agreement under which players must receive 24 million dollars in compensation.
Sauerbrunn This historic agreement was dedicated to the generation of players who were “ahead of the current team” and expressed the hope that it will serve “as the foundation for the continued growth of women’s soccer in the United States and around the world.”
“They said equal pay for men and women was not possible, but that didn’t stop us and we went and did it,” he said. Walker Zimmermanna member of the American Players Association Leaders Group.
Ang United States women’s national soccer team is a great international power and has won four World Cups (1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019), victories that leave far behind a US men’s team that did not qualify for the final World Cup (Russia 2018). ) and will return to this showcase in Qatar 2022.
The United States Soccer Federation is based in Chicago and has been the governing body for soccer in the United States since 1913.
Source: La Verdad
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