Should Female Athletes Get Paid?

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Do women's athletics deserve equal pay in our global society? Sports have been enjoyed for thousands of years, serving as a means of both exercise and social interaction. In the modern age, sports have evolved from their traditional roles, to become professional careers for athletes around the globe. While the athletic arenas showcase the skills of both male and female athletes, they also highlight the significant pay disparity that exists. This controversy has sparked heated debates, leading to the emergence of two perspectives. Some proponents advocate that the salaries of women athletes should mirror those of male athletes. Others opposing this view suggest that female athletes are currently receiving adequate and just compensation. To commence, …show more content…

The national team as well as the top women's league in Colombia were at risk of losing all their funding after the three-year contract was set to expire with CONMEBOL, DIMAYOR, and FIFA. In addition, the winning team for the Copa Libertadores Femenina, an annual international women's association football club competition in South America, failed to receive the $55,000 reward. This problem greatly impacts the female athletes who are expected to put the same amount of training, effort, and dedication into their sport and job, which often goes unrewarded, making it difficult to support their household and loved ones. Countries such as Norway and Australia have taken steps towards changing female athlete equality. “Tennis Australia is not the only professional sports league in Australia to have gender neutral contracts. Cricket Australia., Golf Australia., and Australian women soccer players share commercial revenues equally with the men’s teams, and receive coaching and operational support to the same standard as the men’s team.” Since it has been possible for these countries to take initiative towards supporting women, it displays that it is possible for many other countries …show more content…

The article uses extensive credible evidence and is written from an informative perspective without including subjective biases. Sports are inherently competitive and reward the best athletes, which is why there is competition. This plays an influential role in the debate of whether female athletes deserve to be paid equally to men. Female athletes have an unfair genetic disadvantage. “[Sports] were designed to fit the physical abilities of men. Ancient Greece introduced formal sport, with the first Olympic Games in 776 BC, that included sports such as human and chariot races, wrestling, jumping, disk and javelin throwing, and more.” Sports have been around since the beginning of time however women were not always accepted in the competitions. In the early 1900’s, many team sports were not considered to be adequate for women as they appeared to be “unladylike” or “too rough”. Leagues were at times formed to actively ban women from being able to participate. An example of this is in England, where women's soccer was banned for 50 years. If you look at it from this perspective, women have a genetic disadvantage to men, making them unable to compete against

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