Jill Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Ugh, those are some of the least likeable USWNT players as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Kessler said that in 2015 the U.S. women’s national team made over $16 million for U.S. Soccer, while the men’s team caused a $2 million loss. Last year was a World Cup year for the women, but not for the men. If there's anywhere the case could be made for equal pay, it's the U.S. It'll be interesting to see how it pans out. Frankly, the "quality is lower" argument that we'll hear is irrelevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I'd like to know: total attendance drawn, cost of tickets for attendance, prize money won. I'm going to hazard a guess and say the USMNT make a lot more money going to a world cup than the women do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I'd like to know: total attendance drawn, cost of tickets for attendance, prize money won. I'm going to hazard a guess and say the USMNT make a lot more money going to a world cup than the women do. And U.S. Soccer is beginning to budget more for the women's team, roughly bringing them on par with the men's team over the next few years, without offering relative increases in pay. Personally, it's a non-profit organization that should be paying men and women equally, regardless of how much more lucrative the men's game is worldwide than the women's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/31/fc-united-manchester-broadhurst-park Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I'd like to know: total attendance drawn, cost of tickets for attendance, prize money won. I'm going to hazard a guess and say the USMNT make a lot more money going to a world cup than the women do. And U.S. Soccer is beginning to budget more for the women's team, roughly bringing them on par with the men's team over the next few years, without offering relative increases in pay. Personally, it's a non-profit organization that should be paying men and women equally, regardless of how much more lucrative the men's game is worldwide than the women's. Could probably do with a bit more context to that graph like Total money drawn? Attendance monies? And non-profit is not the same as just pay everyone the same regardless of what they actually provide to the organization. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 It's USSF's budgeting per FY, iirc. I'll try to find where I stole it off Twitter, think it was from Grant Wahl. If the women's team brings in less than the men's team, it's not by much (believe I read the women's team turned a substantial profit in 2015 while the men's turned a loss, though the men were budgeted quite a bit higher, for Gold Cup/Confed Cup playoff). Putting the numbers aside, I think USSF has only to gain from offering equal pay (besides the obvious of having to dish out more cash to the players). There's a lot of free PR (and goodwill) to be gained from setting the industry standard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Surprised Question of Sport is still on TV I always preferred They Think It's All Over Laughed so hard at this particular show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL_qYxTUdjQ Classic Wonder if they could still get away with the feel the sportsman round? I remember one where Rory Mcgrath was pretending to shag some young lass on a bobsleigh Weird to think that Nick Hancock and Lee Hurst pretty much disappeared from TV - always wonder what guys like that do. Do they just get 'normal' jobs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Nick Hancock did exactly that for a while, he was a mortgage broker about ten years ago. I always think that about soap actors, particularly those who show up every so often. Like what does Jim McDonald do with his time between his once-every-five-years cameo on Corrie? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 He owns/runs a farm shop just round the corner from Carlos Tevez's old gaff in Prestbury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Saw Lee Hurst do standup less than a year ago at the comedy venue he owns in London, which is the Backyard Comedy Club in Bethnal Green. He was really funny like, think he was seriously ill for a while though hence why he disappeared. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Did a bit of a wiki search on Hancock and Wullie is correct - looks like he had a break from it all and then went to work as a mortgage broker. Since then he appears to have done a few tv series, but nothing of any real significance. I wonder if he'd have taken a break if he'd known that his career would basically be over as a result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-green-producing-afc-wimbledon-879641 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big Geordie Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 57/80 for me on that quiz. Not bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 http://mobile.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/news/article/hartlepool-united-to-wear-fancy-dress-in-plymouth-argyle-game-3035601.aspx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Stoichkov pictured with dead wildlife: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3517573/Barcelona-Bulgaria-legend-Hristo-Stoichkov-sparks-fury-pictures-emerge-striker-posing-dead-safari-animals.html Aye its the Daily Mail, soz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 What a cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Shame it was Cruyff instead of him. What a prick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Stoichkov pictured with dead wildlife: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3517573/Barcelona-Bulgaria-legend-Hristo-Stoichkov-sparks-fury-pictures-emerge-striker-posing-dead-safari-animals.html Aye its the Daily Mail, soz Always used to love Stoichkov :'( what a prick. I always feel a bit hypocritical about getting on my high horse, when I see stuff like this. When the conditions we keep animals in and the way they are slaughtered, is far from ideal. But I just don't get hunting for 'sport'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Pity seeing Hristo doing that. I don't get the slaughter of animals for fun either. Regarding Cruyff's death, Stoichkov has been giving the best testimony/anecdotes of all the footballers that worked under him. They had a sparkling frenemy relationship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160401/9b5324ae3d15df7fdf29d1e2704466f4.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160401/9b5324ae3d15df7fdf29d1e2704466f4.jpg Does it seem this year that everyone's trying a little too hard with April fools jokes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160401/9b5324ae3d15df7fdf29d1e2704466f4.jpg Does it seem this year that everyone's trying a little too hard with April fools jokes? yep- god knows what would have happened when it was banned in the 70s if there had been internet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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