Over at Mike Moffett’s post, Sports “Equity”, he talks about the recent decision by the US Soccer Federation to pay women players the same as the men even though the womens’ version of the game brings in FAR less money than the men.
The biggest reason is attendance – the female version just isn’t as exciting as the male version. They aren’t as good as the men as I’ve posted that female national teams get beat by high school boys teams on a regular basis here at GraniteGrok. Mike writes (reformatted, emphasis mine):
Further, consider the differing followings for men’s and women’s World Cup tournaments. The 2018 men’s World Cup soccer tournament was watched by a record-breaking 3.57 BILLION people. In contrast, the 2019 Women’s World Cup was viewed by “only” 1.12 billion, according to FIFA. Men’s World Cup soccer generates much more revenue than does Women’s World Cup soccer. Should that fact influence the compensation levels for our respective national teams? Some think so. But would that be “equitable?”
To pay the females the same rate as the much higher quality male players is not “equitable”, IMHO. Go ahead, convince me in the comments that I’m wrong. And that I’m wrong in stating that the US Soccer Federation is now engaging, not in “equal opportunity” but in “equal outcome”. And you know what that latter phrase is leading to, don’t you?
Anyways, NHnative left this there:
Step back from this for a second and understand that the goal here is to destroy all that unites us.
What is more uniting than a stadium full of fans?What is more uniting than the entire nation rooting for a team during the world series?
Look at the economy built around Super Bowl Sunday..
The goal is the destruction of America, one layer at a time.. one thread of the fabric of our society at a time.All this “Equity” stuff is but a means, a tool, for that destruction.
Think of it like a massive wind farm, they destroy the planet to “Save It”. It’s the same mentality, once you see it, you see it everywhere.
Destroying things to “Save Them”.
Equal Outcome is Socialism, boosting people to levels that they have not earned and bringing down excellence to a more common level. Do you really think that the US Women’s National Team could beat the US Men’s National Team? Of course not.
But paying the women the same dollars that the men get is demoting the men – their speed, their strength, their better “soccer IQ”, and their endurance. Better quality but “lesser pay” simply for political reasons.
Why work hard to be excellent when you see fewer people getting the same for less quality of work?
When no one is better than anyone else in any type of endeavor, it is a destruction of the human spirit for those well able to do far better.
