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ex-NUFC youngun Jonny Godsmark broke his leg playing for Whitley Bay tonight.

 

 

Texted my mate who plays for them after seeing this and he said it wasn't a bad tackle but the break was horrific

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http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/03/31/usa-womens-soccer-equal-pay/

 

Five star U.S. women’s soccer players are filing a wage-discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seeking equal pay with their male counterparts.

 

U.S. Olympic champions Carli Lloyd, Hope Solo, Alex Morgan and Becky Sauerbrunn appeared on TODAY to discuss the move Thursday morning. Megan Rapinoe was also involved in the complaint.

 

U.S. women are paid between $3,600 and $4,950 per game, while men receive $6,250 to $17,625. Women receive 44 percent of what their male counterparts earn for making the World Cup team, according to TODAY, citing the complaint.

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

 

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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.

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