Crankyhawk
Brownlow Medallist
i hear you, but look at the matilda's sponsors, all six are socceroo's sponsors, so a lot of their funding is directly related to the socceroos. i think they do deserve more money, at international level, and most definitely at club level, but i feel like this shouldn't have an impact on or have input from where the men are at, they've done nothing but improve the image and growth of the game, and the matilda's have benefitted from this (not to say they haven't helped either)....
id have much less of an issue with this topic if it was "matilidas grossly underpaid" instead of "matildas pay gap to socceroos is (insert damning word here)".
Yeah that's pretty much the way I'd interpreted this thread topic.
And the FFA has a giant pool of $ (the $ it wasted on the world cup bid etc) As well as sponsors directly supporting matildas/ socceroos, the FFA get $ which they could then redistribute and I think a bit more equitably to support those who represent our country. Pay those who need it more IMO.
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