Abby Wambach - “Wolfpack” and Demanding Gender Equality On and Off the Field | The Daily Show

[@midoriya8932]

The US Womens Soccer Team is by far THE best team that has EVER come out of America. The mens team is a joke they didn't even make it to the FIFA World Cup! Its about time we give not just the women of US team some respect and equal rights but every women athlete.

[@leopfaria]

the men's team had to play increeeedibly difficult teams such as Honduras, Panama and Trinidad & Tobago in order to get one of four spots. Assume one goes to Mexico, still three left. They have no excuse not to qualify with such an easy CONCACAF qualifying stage.

[@usfdave10]

Now the comment section is turning into more excuses. We know the women’s team makes more revenue and thus should get paid more. Business 101.

[@usfdave10]

Richard Onyeise we only reward winners. Losers need not apply.

[@midoriya8932]

@@ricky1000 in CONCACAF GET OUTTA HERE!!!

[@midoriya8932]

@@leopfaria THEIR biggest rival is Mexico and not EVEN BRAZIL CAN SCORE AGAINST THEM IN THE WORLD CUP #OCHOA!!! get outa here man with that HARDESET TEAMS!!! Admit it women have the BEST US TEAM EVER!!!

[@BuildingCenter]

One of the many, many, many wonderful things abt Trevor: I believe every utterance of "Thank you for being on the show," partially bcz I am grateful he has shown me smth wonderful, important, worthy of attention, via his magnificent guests. Smtms, I don't watch interviews bcz I'm not willing to be made better.

[@Ingah55]

Hey Trevor, its Inga Nkonzo from South Africa.. I want you to know that you are getting full support from me. I will always support you and you're one of the most smartest people I have ever known, including me. The saddest part is that I never got to watch any of your shows live but I am sure we'll meet one day

[@ThatBlackPiano]

Trevor NEEDS to have Rep. Katie Porter on AND Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on! PLEASE MAKE IT SO. 🥰🥰🥰

[@kosipova01]

She is amazing! What a legend!

[@MrCOPYPASTE]

She is great, my mother was treated as a second class person but I would choose her as my mentor and beacon all the way... bless you with all my heart

[@Ada-tv7zl]

thanks for the interview! found it very interesting :)

[@kevinescobar8562]

The BEST part of the USWNT is that their not just the best, their also showtime! They got it all, the big personalities, the razzel and dazzel on the field, the after goal dances and fan flare, their primetime entertainment! Money baby! And thats why they deserve to earn more, supply and demand, america seems to be absent allot in soccer but when the USWNT shows up EVERYONE in AMERICA is there! Mia Hamm! Abby Wambach! The lengendary 99ers! Morgan! Now this is entertainment!

[@francelewis8997]

Big exaggeration to say EVERYONE shows up, not even the NFL is that popular.

[@kevinescobar8562]

@@francelewis8997 a week ago the the uswnt had a game and the sold out a 30,000 seat stadium and it was only a friendly for no competition, just to play to practice and entertainment, celebrities like natalie portman and eva longoria and more showed up, it was all over tv and sports center, AND WAS ONLY A FRIENDLY, IT'S NOT EVEN A REGULAR COMPETITION MATCH LET ALONE THE WORLD CUP ! just saying

[@andrewkruzienski770]

I watch sports center daily and never heard a word about it.

[@kevinescobar8562]

@@andrewkruzienski770 i watch sports center daily and i see commercials and advertisment from SC and from the commercials for the world cup literally all the time, on fox and FS1 too, like allot

[@andrewkruzienski770]

@@kevinescobar8562 Paid ads are different from actual discussions on SportsCenter and the analyst shows which never disucss it unless FOX is trying to draw up interest.

[@lauriejean9306]

Abby gives me chills. 💗

[@rgwak]

This is why diversity and inclusion matter. Thank you Abby!

[@penguintaco9038]

😂

[@dlg5485]

Abby Wambach is so impressive. To have been taken advantage of for your entire career and still be this positive and focused on reform, it's an inspiration. I'd be mad at the world and showing it.

[@msteresa653]

i'm a simple woman; I see a butch, i click

[@amazongirl13]

People are so beautiful when they love and live who they are, enabling them to share enlightenment, uplifting and I hope resonating with others!

[@SacredGrooves4]

Love that the women's team made 3xs the amount of the men's team. Pay them more now!!!!

[@TheKirbyT]

Abby Wambach is a badass. The USWNT is the best women's team in the world, and has been for a long time, largely thanks to the leadership and exceptional play she contributed. Now fucking pay the Women's team.

[@weirdo4hgsa668]

The beautiful game is called Football not "Soccer" am a big football fan so it doesn't matter if u r a man or a woman the more a team accomplishes the more they should be paid keeping that in mind wtf did the Us Men team accomplished cuz am not an American but all over the world US WNT is known for being the best women National team so they should've been paid more not equally based on their achievements period

[@alessandroantolini2679]

wambach is a true leader a real inspiration to everyone a true role model absolute legend respect 💯

[@jamngaihching6979]

I hope Ivanka trump watch this. This is just too good.

[@NextStopThailand]

Thank you soo much for sharing this helpful info!!!

[@clausdnk5163]

Go girl! Bravo

[@admusic247]

this is so backwards. if they bring in more money, they should get paid more

[@ohf27]

The thing is they don’t. Also, the men do not get a salary from the USSF while the women do.

[@Smurfman3041]

They have way lower earning potential. It costs more to get men to play because they are more valuable on an international basis. They won the World Cup and got 6Mil? Men’s winners get 50-100. We would happily give up all the women’s wins for a single men’s win.

[@admusic247]

@@Smurfman3041 that’s bs earning potential is not actually earnings. I understand where you’re coming from. I do, but we ain’t talking potential we’re talking about numbers. Woman actually did bring in more profit then men those years they won, but got paid less. I get the cost maybe higher, but we’re talking about profit. So cost is irrelevant we already factored that in, it’s paid for, now we’re looking at GP

[@r.a.monigold9789]

Thank you Abby Wambach - Thank you so much...

[@im19ice3]

she served that conference dude hard

[@gdesouza6264]

I am someone of numbers: Woman's National team has won more games, won more World Cups and other Competitions, Score more goals.... Compare this to the Men...

[@Chystyle]

However, they are playing weaker teams in winning those Championships.

[@koningmaikell5799]

Yet they'd get bodied by the men.. Serena William is the number one tennisser and she got fucked by the number 100 male, they are just worse. You should search male tennissers vs females, it's one of the few sports where it's happened and they all get fucked.

[@gdesouza6264]

@@Chystyle Are they really though... Check the FIFA world rankings. Team USA Woman (Rank 1) will be challenged by 2 or 3 countries in top 10 countries every Comp... Meanwhile Team USA Men (rank 24) couldn't even win cruical matches against countries who aren't even in the Top 50. #Facts

[@phillytiger]

Do you want to bother comparing the level of competition?

[@gdesouza6264]

Remember: Genetics does not equal Competition. Image working your ass off to make your dream come true... Just to be discredited and paid less! This same mentality can be applied to Race, Religion, Sexuality, and Wealth...

[@thedoormouse3371]

Wow from hearing how eloquently and intelligently this woman speaks about an important problem, it's hard to believe that she hit her head against a ball too many times.

[@iiknowledgewealthii8859]

"When you write a joke, you don't know if people are going to laugh, although they are paid to laugh" - felt like a bomb was dropped

[@Buddy869-z9x]

Abby has turned out to be just as engaging and relevant off the field as on it. I love hearing what she has to say.

[@elizabethhoover4672]

Amen Abby!!

[@shaheemgordon7184]

HONESTLY I have more faith in USWNT than USMNT they should make more....they win more...A LOT MORE!!!!!!!

[@joefischer8585]

They dont bring in as much money. Women actually make 20% the revenue compared to men making 7%. The men are underpaid

[@TheFiremonkeyman]

I've said it before. The Women's National soccer team doesn't deserve equal pay to the men. The women's team deserves a lot more.

[@hasso0n]

Why do they deserve more?

[@TheFiremonkeyman]

@@hasso0n well for starters, they bring in more revenue. After that, they've had more world cup semi final appearances than the men's team has had world cup appearances. By any measure except the players' pay, they are a more successful team. They deserve better pay.

[@hasso0n]

@@TheFiremonkeyman ah sorry, I thought you were talking in general not just the US, since internationally women's football doesn't even compare to mens in terms of viewership and revenue.

[@AtrociousNightmare]

Hell yeah!

[@alonzabrown5345]

I'm all for equality, but the numbers she uses are misleading. Men's World Cup soccer brings in around 3.2 billion viewers. Women's soccer brings around 750-800 million. That's less than 1/3 the viewership, which means revenue is going to be significantly less. I'm not saying women's soccer isn't underpaid. I just think it's a better case to be made that they are underpaid than they should be paid the same as men's soccer that brings in significantly more money worldwide.

[@elvisishakmboni4333]

Mr Man what he said its true its simple supply and demand , this is sports theres no equality in paycheck. players are paid based on their performance and market (fame).

[@carlitaticconi6655]

I think someone is having some difficulties with facts. US men's soccer brought 0 viewers in the last world cup because they failed to qualify. You have to play in order to be viewed. The more games you play, the more viewers. Compare that to the women's team that not only qualified but won the last world cup.

[@elvisishakmboni4333]

Carlita Ticconi i think he was comparing number of viewers globally ,plus you dont use one competition to decide such things, Manchester United is a big team in recent years they've not won the premier league but they still have the numbers, the US men team has players playing for big teams in Europe , so they are known worldwide to both men and women who watch football(soccer) so people take interest in the mens team , the MLS is now attracting big names from Europe which means more money , the quality (supply) of women's football is collectively poor compared men's football , its slow , theres no good skills, so they wont get the viewers ,its that simple.

[@jenniferdow6145]

Powerful!!

[@magster6022]

Love you, Abby!

[@quietperson7155]

Now do one on "Wolf Pac" to take money out of politics

[@frostdearwinter4642]

Its football!

[@sophiemacklem]

I don't know why more people aren't into watching women's sports - Women are hot!! Especially soccer players lmao

[@sophiemacklem]

@Dewaldt so are you saying that women who play professional volleyball are being watched because they're hot while men who play professional sports are watched or admired only because of their skills and never ever based on how they look?

[@sophiemacklem]

@Dewaldt I bet you would be up on the court putting dollar bills in those women's swimsuits if they'd let you

[@greymyers4087]

Sophie Macklem-Johnson lol! you’re exactly right. I definitely only watch men’s gymnastics and diving for the “skill” 😂

[@sophiemacklem]

@Dewaldt lmao

[@sophiemacklem]

@@greymyers4087 hahahaha exactly!

[@jonunciate7018]

Something I've always wondered about, how much the media bombards us with adverts for sports featuring men, but you rarely see the same for women. The whole point of advertising is to generate interest, or demand, in something. I wonder what would happen if the same effort was given to women in sports. I wonder if soccer could be the sport that one day becomes women's "super bowl."

[@abdulazizyalahow3238]

Aye Abby Wambach (Wolfpack) Talk To Them aight lol 😂

[@SedatKPunkt]

Please, could you stop calling it "Soccer". No one in the world calls football soccer. It's called "football", because you play it with your feet. I don't know why Americans call a game that you don't play with your feet "football". So, why? Because there is one position who does the punt with his foot?

[@GreenOrchid9]

She wolf!

[@davenorth8922]

Please don't call her that. It's a euphemism for a prostitute.

[@HCBYRD]

Please don't degrade terms referring to female strength to weird porn search strings.

[@Handlegamer12360]

And this is child abuse kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqSzm2t-nceqftU

[@davenorth8922]

@@HCBYRD- Houses of prostitution have been referred to as The den of the she wolf since ancient Rome. Porn has nothing to do with it. Abby is too nice a person to be labeled that way.

[@HCBYRD]

@@davenorth8922 I'm not saying that the euphemism does not exist, just that it shouldn't. Derogatory terms can be reclaimed and repurposed as seen fit by those they were once used against (in this case women, not prostitutes). And I mentioned porn to point out how the problem lies in the underlying objectification of women in this terminology, not in it's descriptory value. There simply is no point in using "she wolf" as descriptive of prostitute today, except for making online searches easier, thus the search string remark. My point stands - language will keep evolving to accommodate concepts. /end of low key linguistics course.

[@jennyalmen81]

BeUtiful message

[@fgjhkgkful]

2015 was women's world cup. :D In Canada. :D

[@tamarpelkinson3518]

What a woman! 💪💪💪🧡💜

[@gael-b391]

Awesome 🤙🏽

[@phoebeye3733]

legend🔥

[@jamesc7894]

So, they bring up 2016. Can we assume the men made more in 2017 and 2018? They are not run by the same company. The book and the video doesn't address how the teams differ. Women want to play women's soccer. Men have to be paid a lot more just to lose. The men's team have to go all over the world to find players. Its basically supply and demand. If a company overpays women like the failing men, the team would go bankrupt. Is it fair, no. But its a reality no one wants to acknowledge. Now, when it comes to events like the Olympics or a sponsorship from the US, equal pay all the way.

[@jamesc7894]

Looking back, I think that maybe the women have to do a type of collective bargaining for better wages. Where their league guarantees 40 to 50 percent of earnings? It gives both sides a stake and room to grow. Maybe?

[@cityfan7658]

The USWNT is more successful because women’s football around the world is just terrible, you see women on teams from Mexico and Sweden and they can’t even kick the ball. Also, women’s national teams lose to u15 boys teams in one off games... think about that

[@mattschatz4864]

Sorry that's complete bullshit. I hate when women think they should earn more for doing less. But in this case they bring in more money and should get paid more.

[@cityfan7658]

Matt Schatz yeah I mean all for equal pay and stuff they deserve it but I think they need to factor in the amount of games played, skill level (locally and around the world) and viewership because they are fighting for equal pay but keeping same luxuries that the men don’t have. I believe that if your on the men’s national team and you don’t play then you don’t get paid, whereas if your on the USWNT you get paid regardless of play time so now I believe women have more benefits from not playing as much and they don’t even need to play to get paid which is kind of weird if you ask me

[@pattykittenguru8296]

yes yes yes yes

[@carlyhope]

Every time they say soccer I shudder. Other than that, very interesting interview.

[@Atkoag]

I say they all get 500,000 both men and women in any sport and not a dime more. sports players do not contribute to the advancement of society,

[@semi6544]

This statement shows an incredible lack of understanding of an economy. There is a demand for sports by society. The money society contributes to sports determines how much the players are compensated. If society doesn't demand sport, there would be no need to pay athletes. Finally if you put a limit on what an athlete could earn, all you would be doing is giving the billionaire even more money. Is that billionaire contributing to the advancement of society? What a disappointing statement.

[@Atkoag]

@@semi6544Semi the billionaires shouldn't get it either. I 100 percent get that the demand shown in society for sports exists. However, the distribution of wealth in the sporting industry as a whole should be changed as our civilization has advanced beyond the primitive age of such practices as showcasing physical feats. The scale in which these practices exist and how much players, managers, and owners get is broken. That's why I believe 500,000 is more than what is need by all athletes. This wage doesn't include things like paying other management and ancileroy payments.

[@semi6544]

@@Atkoag -- You are wrong. Civilization has not advanced beyond the primitive age of practices like showing physical feats. The Olympics still exist from a primitive era in our modern history and is a billion dollar industry. All the major sporting industries are billion dollar industries. I didn't decide this. Your fellow human beings decided this. I'm not sure if you are someone who leans towards philosophical debates and looks down on sports, but that is just your individual preference. Sports also have many other attributes outside of entertainment. Many have learned cooperation, leadership, team work, hard work, confidence, problem solving, and dealing with failure from playing sports. You can't put your preference on everyone. Human beings have decided the worth of athletes, actors, musicians, artists, and entertainers. You may believe the professions of doctors, lawyers, teachers, scientists, and engineers hold more value, but society hasn't reached that conclusion completely. Supply and demand is a fair system to decide the paychecks of these entertainers. If we have truly passed an era of paying to see primitive entertainment, then there wouldn't be enough revenue coming in to pay these entertainers.

[@semi6544]

@@Atkoag -- I would love to debate this, but you sound very bias or are being very naive. Do you know LeBron James receives more from Nike yearly than he does from the Lakers? Do you know that there are professional video game players that have 6 figure contracts? Do you know there are streamers on the internet that have made 7 figures? Tobacco is a primitive habit with very destructive consequences to the health of human beings, but they are a billion dollar industry with CEOs making millions yearly. With all these realities, it is hard to understand why you are so content on seeing athletes make less money. They aren't hurting anyone. They aren't taking money from you. They are receiving money from willing and paying customers.

[@Atkoag]

@@semi6544 you make compleling argrments but regardless there isn't a need or use for players to make that much.

[@JimFortune]

Men should make more because they generate more income. What? They don't? Well, sauce for the goose.....

[@Delboy0]

They don't these female soccer players are trying use American ignorance of soccer to get pay money they don't generate. Women won the World Cup and generated same as the men who didn't qualify. That doesn't suggest they generated more than men. They just compared their maximum revenue year with the lowest revenue year for the men. They fund the men better because they are more opportunity be rewarded with a turn on their investment. Let get real men's soccer is a trillion dollar global with over 200 competitive teams, female soccer is a 100 million sport where only 6 or 7 nations take female soccer seriously. In that context it is just business sense that the men get paid more.

[@JimFortune]

@@Delboy0 American men's teams are third class. American women's teams are first class. But fine. Give the players a percentage of the income. So when the men generate more income they get more, and when the women generate more, they get more. Men's soccer may be trillion dollar global, but in the US it comes after American football, Baseball, Basketball, and Hockey. It kicks ass against curling but that's about it.

[@Delboy0]

​@@JimFortune The men are second rate because they have to compete against 250 countries that have fully professional teams. The female US team only has to compete again 8 or 9 nations that are professional. The dirty little secret is the only reason the female team was successful because the other traditional soccer nations didn't fund or take female soccer seriously. The US women's filled a void and weren't any better than men. The US female are just as bad as the men, but just play a less competitive level of soccer. Men's soccer is actually 3rd sport of America now. The MLS is has the 3rd average attendance of the major sports leagues, has the highest participation rates of all the sports in America and is the number 2 sport for Americans under 35. The problem is the US media who have an agenda against soccer because all the networks have shares in the NBA, NHL, MLB and NFL. Soccer gets nowhere near mainstream coverage the other sports get because the older generation control the media and they don't get soccer because they never saw it on TV. That is why they give far bigger TV contracts to NHL and MLB even though soccer has past them in popularity.

[@FranciscoVilla1923]

@Delboy0 when this case goes to court, I hope someone talks about all these great points that you brought up... or at least calls you in as an expert witness. I’m not against equal pay in our world. But in sports you cannot justify higher pay if the money is not steadily coming in. Compared to men sports a very small percentage of people care and attend women sporting events. Its not attractive, its like watching Sunday league sports. If they want more money have them create their own soccer federation. Let’s see how long it takes them to go bankrupt with higher wages and only 1 major women soccer tournament every 4 years to bring in income. In comparison, the mens team usually has a competition every year or 3 out of 4 years at worst. Which means more income. Which means HIGHER pay!!! If you don’t know how sports work... i.e. leagues and tournaments... don’t bring arguments to the table with your entitled youtube degree. Get out of here!!!

[@JimFortune]

@@Delboy0 Therefore what? For years the argument has been that the men's teams make more money, so they deserve higher pay. If now the women make more money, they deserve higher pay.

[@smeyer9507]

Amen...

[@nilsloewen9977]

the whole "bring money in" argument is not about male football in America vs female football in America, u have to see it in a worldwide competition, because that is what it is...a worldwide competition...and then male football is rolling in faaaar more money then female football, so in other countries male football is better paid for a reason(more success...) and if u want the MLS and the American national football team to be competitive in some future u HAVE TO adjust the money not to other sports in your country, or by comparing to female football in your country, but by comparing to other more successful country...like Britain,Spain,Germany.... and in these countries male soccer is WAY better paid as female soccer...AND male football brings more money than female football so im not saying, the pay-gab is ok in general(I would not make the payment depending to the amount of success or whatever but by the amount of work u put in), but i just can't see, how her argument is working

[@OutsideLookingInSports]

2015 women won it all. Should have brought in more. This whole topic is flipping the facts. Women sports athletes get paid by their popularity just like the guys do. I'm sure Serena Williams feels underpaid for women. Why isn't this about getting women to support them in person. Rather than pushing agendas to increase their pay for the lack of women support in their sport. makes no sense. Equal pay for equal work in sports is... You bring the fans you get paid. equality that. F#&* women are just as dense as the dudes. Yet, they think they aren't.

[@Lupa_delight]

I don’t know why but I like her message a lot

[@pasdetrick]

wolfie if you need an explanation for your brain, where your all knowing heart has already understood. The balance of female and male energy is out of balance on this planet. The system/planet is suffering as a whole and as individuals. If woman are better of everybody is better of because it brings a beautiful balance where we can reach goals to problems much quicker. Much love 💖

[@avigutierrez8948]

Gotta a point everyone works hard and I mean Everyone women included too this here shows not everybody is open minded people gotta be better especially in handling in sports.

[@CptApplestrudl]

I don't know..."microaggression" does not seem like a good word to describe what's going on. Or a useful word period. It's like the word fights its own message. Someone has aggression towards me, but only micro ones. You know what I am saying? I feel like there needs to be a better word for this?

[@nikkimcdonald4562]

Microaggression..passive agression.. Being snarky .. left handed compliments.. Basically the person doing it is letting you know what a ASSHOLE they really are.

[@lulygb]

I think its a very fitting word. They are aggression, so small that you dont get room to respond. If you call microaggressions out you will be accused of being defensive or overly sensitive etc etc.

[@raziele92]

No one side of society will be its savior. Neither men nor women.

[@IlianaGuadalupe]

Futbol!! The beautiful game!! A ball kicked with feet, not a hand egg ball. FOOTBALL!!!

[@earlyj5889]

The US Women's team is Dynasty and can't get a check. This is sick but this is America

[@Malcadon]

Between Abby Wambach's *Wolfpark* and Clarissa Pinkola Estés' *Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype*, its nice to see woman calming the wolf as their own. _\\\

[@aaliyahdavis9341]

I love you trevor

[@sdfkjgh]

In profile, she kinds looks like Macklemore.

[@mlggamer5296]

I don't see why they can't and shouldn't pay women equal pay. They do a lot

[@jonabub]

The wolf comparison does not make much sense at all... Although I agree on the discriminatory issue I think this is making the wrong argument ... Men are also payed different and rarely justified amounts of money in soccer and any sports even though they sacrifice same lifetime and often health ... The basic problem -thinking on a free market positive base here - would be to let them play in the same league ... And then let the wolves restore the biotope ... But obviously I think this is a stupid logic, as no man or woman has ever done anything without building on what others did for them and thus any big result is always the result of a group work of society and of basic human cooperation. Thus the really sensible thing would be to reclaim fair pay altogether for all who have participated in this process ... Stop separating sports by gender, only by levels and pay more to the participating lower leagues who help develop the sport and the players. Reduce the ticket prices and pay everyone who makes it a profession an amount he or she or... That allows them to live a good life. And with all those huge amounts of money on the table ... Don't tell me that would cost too much ... that is just a mere question of political will.

[@GloogleGloigle]

The U.S. women’s team should get far more money from sponsorships and endorsements in the U.S. (from companies like Nike, etc), than the U.S. men’s team, because they can push a product, to the barely tapped market worldwide, of women’s soccer. Girls in Yemen, and other places, can have heroes to look up to, and aspire to a goal. No question there. It would, however, be operating from a basis of false equivalence, to expect that the top women’s soccer player in the world, should make as much money _from tournament prize money_ as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, or Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior. Worldwide, men’s soccer is far more competitive than women’s soccer. The U.S. men’s team has to face _those_ players on the field. The teams that the U.S. women’s team faces, are not as developed. Women’s athletics in the U.S. is far more advanced than women’s athletics in most other countries-if not all countries in the world. The U.S. has a lot of exceptional athletic talent, both male and female. If you want to attract the best U.S. _male_ athletic talent away from the NBA and other sports, the pay needs to be enticing. If you never want the U.S. men’s team to be able to contend with their Brazilian, Argentinian, and etc counterparts, keep their pay the same as the women’s team from small countries, who the U.S. Women’s team, beats handily.

[@ImJumps]

I’m just now learning there is a woman pro soccer league and somehow they bring in more money than the male soccer league what??? Sounds like bs...

[@carolrose]

I'm pretty sure she didn't lie

[@GreenOrchid9]

Billy Jean king did this for tennis and I hope she helps to move the needle!🕯🚗⛽ Trevor it's not only sports but women at the table including comedy? MicroAgression is consuming freedom everywhere!!😆 She Wolf!!😆😃

[@dbears1603]

I dont think shes a good example as far as I know she was in her prime and played a retired male pro who was like 15yrs older than her

[@rodelromero6151]

@@dbears1603 maybe Green orchid doesn't do the research

[@davedee6745]

You want the same salary as guys? How about we don't pay any of you (all of you get nothing) because playing a sport is USELESS.

[@grannybish6836]

Dave Dee sorry...must disagree there lol

[@MEME-xm9sb]

Your biggest fan Trevor Philip we love you........

[@rayza798]

GIRL POWER

[@steviesavagegs8791]

I'm proud to say all those lawsuits failed

[@seanthomas5833]

I totally agree that the women’s team has been doing better in competition but if you look at the stats men’s soccer is actually bringing in more money than women’s soccer. Even though the women’s team is winning more games more people watch and respect men’s soccer, which means the men’s team is making more money and means the men get paid more. Not trying to offend anyone that’s just the facts and logic behind it.

[@usfdave10]

At 0:53 she answered that women soccer brings in 3x more.

[@staceyclermont4968]

Sean Thomas in the interview she refuses that as false

[@usfdave10]

She refutes her own statement? Time stamp in video?

[@k-matsu]

@@usfdave10 The numbers she cites are cherry picked -- from the one and only year that the USWNT generated more money than the USMNT. That is a fact. While I totally agree that women should receive more ATTENTION, and be congratulated for their achievements, the money factor is silly. Nobody complains that the Toledo Mudhens players make less money than the New York Yankees players. "But it is the same sport! They do the same job! Why isnt the pay equal?" . . . . well, obviously because the Yankees generate more revenue. This is the same situation the USWNT faces. They are NOT generating as much money as the men. Again, this is a fact, which can be checked by anyone who cares to do so. If you want to change the dynamic, then for goodness sake, get out from behind your keyboard and go buy tickets to a Women's soccer game. THAT is the sort of thing that will change the pay levels for women. Complaining about it on KZbin, however . . . . . Nope . . . not gonna help.

[@phillytiger]

usfdave10 she picked that from a World Cup year, when the men didn’t play as much because their World Cup was the year before. Everyone knows the men dwarf them in income.

[@AlexOvTheAbyss]

While I agree that they should be paid equally, athletes are paid way too much. I still bet she is making more playing a game than I ever will writing software.

[@deancoleman8306]

IconoclastXVII if they bring in 6 million dollars, they deserve every penny they get, and writing software isn’t nearly as dangerous as ANY sport.

[@michaelbrooks241]

Athletes are paid based off of revenue generated. You writing software, if your program generates millions of dollars then you can ask for a higher salary or get paid a royalty based off of the sales generated. I bet software writers for EA sport or other time gaming software for example get paid alot.

[@jsystormkekkei572]

IconoclastXVII Football, Soccer, Basketball, Gymnastic, I hope this is a joke and it went over my head because seriously 😒.

[@AlexOvTheAbyss]

@@jsystormkekkei572 Are you saying those are dangerous? Gymnastics and football, sure. Soccer and basketball? Really? I've seen more people faking injuries in soccer than real injuries. I don't watch them much, but I don't see people getting carried off in stretchers all the time. I used to play baseball, basketball, tennis, and soccer. Didn't get injured in any of them. Martial arts? Got injured a bit (half or so were self inflicted from not wearing gloves, slipping, etc). Skateboarding? Countless scrapes and bruises, almost broke both my arms twice, and blacked out once.

[@AlexOvTheAbyss]

@@michaelbrooks241 Fair enough. Kinda doubt the part about EA Sports, though. Game design in general is notorious for being overworked and underpaid.

[@garricksaro1380]

She is in the entertainment business. I have been a studio musician for 48 years. When I started in the 70s I watched a guitarist much better than me. Nothing became of him because of his personality. There is no equality in the entertainment field. People either like you or don’t. Those that are liked, make more money. In every other field, women are discriminated against.

[@techsucks]

When you get more revenue maybe you can get paid more. Like, if you want equality, get as many women to watch the sport as men? I know, dumb. Idk if you can understand that simple concept.

[@antonioflores4324]

L E G E N D

[@TheRealHaloLover]

its really that simple

[@mrabc5092]

Best solution will be to make women football association autonomous and free from men football, then they can earn as much as they want. Or maintain separate accounts for women and men and pay in percentage of respective revenue

[@learnwithsarine2386]

Wow, this is my first time learning about women playing soccer on high level.

[@ae6547]

What???

[@michaelpaciorek4068]

supply and demand...?

[@wickjohn8673]

@Zuma Zuma other factors also affect them getting paid not only the prize money

[@chezmoi42]

@@wickjohn8673 You mean like men holding the money bags?

[@wickjohn8673]

@@chezmoi42 some factors are the number of people buying tickets, sponsorship, number of viewers through any form of media example television.these all act as an advantage to men compare to woman's team...

[@andrewkruzienski770]

It's a total farce and she couldn't even hold a straight face when she said if.. If you looked at the men's and women's teams over a full world cup cycle the men would obliterate them in revenue. Here is a breakdown of the prize money form 2018 men's world cup. www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2019/03/07/world-cup-soccer-pay-disparity-between-men-and-women-is-justified/amp/

[@xv4569]

Nope that was mia hamm

[@shansg9978]

Wait they get paid to laugh??? 🤣🤣🤣 lemme be a part of that

[@aliyannahzimmerman9196]

Get Alex Morgan on the show

[@zero-cool23]

❤❤❤

[@MKTheGreat]

It's called football, not soccer. Don't be naive.

[@PodzPlanet]

Its soccer in America......I know, weird.....

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

Are you too dumb to remember synonyms? You max out at one word per concept? Idiot...

[@MKTheGreat]

@@Kirsten_is_cursed10 It's not a concept in that it's debatable. Football exists, and can be tested to be existing by everyone else. It's an axiomatic noun. And one word per concept? Yes, that's always preferred, in a single language. I don't recall gravity having another name, nor have i heard trees having another name. Wow, isn't that great? You are legally called Kirsten, why don't you have another name legally? Absolute synonyms doesn't exist. So don't try to belittle me with your ill conceived knowledge. . Oh, i forgot, the insult part. Dumbass. For now

[@tahiramehmet7163]

i believe in equal pay for equal work. however, this refers to workers within the same company. if I work for "A", my pay should be comparable to the men of "A", but I can't complain the men of " b" and "c" earn more - they are employed by a different company which might be wealthier and more profitable. I honestly don't believe the women's league draws as much money as men's sports. men's teams have been established longer and have larger followings, so pay will not be equal.

[@nativelatinosfooktrump5348]

⚽Football is the grandfather of American football basketball and baseball

[@twocents777]

It's been over a year since this video first came out. I wonder if either of these two now understands the basis for which the separate leagues are paid.

[@MrBreezeLI516]

Love Abby! Love the USA women team , don’t even watch the bums men’s team , sorry, not trying to be “ hip” but I enjoy winning 🤘🙏💙❤️

[@AtibaVV]

when she said on fire I thought of Notre dame 😂😭😭

[@theyappingvoyager]

That's messed up man.

[@phillytiger]

2015 was a World Cup year for the women, the men were coming off of a World Cup in 2014 and barely played. You need to quote a 4 year cycle to find that the men dwarf women in money they bring in. She has a deeply flawed argument.

[@luaaizamil]

People don't watch women's soccer anywhere near as much as men's soccer.

[@chilanya]

the point is, maybe they would if it were marketed and broadcasted as much

[@luaaizamil]

@@chilanya yes, and THEN increase the investments in women's soccer (and go higher than men's cause the women's team are doing much better now) Instead of just paying the women equally and make less profit of their own.

[@k-matsu]

I think Abby was an amazing player in her prime, and is a great example for women. But . . . . I know people are going to jump on this comment but please, keep an open mind and hear me out. If the USWNT are demanding the same pay as the USMNT for taking part in the World Cup, then they should enter the MEN'S tournament and see how well they perform. The fact that the women's game is not as high-paying as the men's game isnt sexism, it is pure and simple supply-demand economics and the sort of "gender-blind meritocracy" that Abby seems to be championing. While I am a big fan of the women's game (Nadeshiko Japan, in particular), and agree that it is exciting to watch and very competitive, the simple truth is that the USWNT at its finest would struggle to win a single game if they had to take part in the qualification round for the Men's tournament. It is NOT the same game, so of course, the pay scale is bound to differ. Sure, I can see the grounds for an argument that women should be paid MORE. Particularly if you can come up with data on the revenue stream from women's soccer and how much goes to the players, or if you can offer metrics showing the viewer base for the Women's World Cup, or something like that. I CERTAINLY am not disagreeing that women should receive the same pay as men for THE SAME WORK. If there is a woman who is good enough to play for Real Madrid or Man United, then they absolutely should be paid the same as the men who play for the same teams. But that is not what we are talking about here . . . is it? If you agree that the USWNT should be paid the same as the men, my question is - what next? Will you be supporting the demands of players on the Toledo MudHens and the Cedar Rapids Kernels to receive the same salaries as those who play for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox? That isnt gender equality. Abby, of all people, should know better.

[@eartherinfire]

K Matsu boys sports are promoted over girls from middle school on. Boys (basketball, soccer, and track & field) events are promoted, attended, and discussed over girls over and over again.

[@k-matsu]

@@eartherinfire I get that. If you want to change the dynamic, then get out from behind your keyboard and buy tickets to a women's soccer match! As I asaid, I am a huge fan of the Women's game. I can name every player on the Nadeshiko Japan (Japanese WNT) squad, and have attended MANY league matches. I would love to see it become even bigger. But the FACT is that it is NOT bigger (at least not yet). The sport is not as popular, and it does not generate anywhere near the same revenues. Where would you propose the money to pay the women players come from? If you dine at a Michelin five-star restaurant, rather than eating at McSDonalds, you pay a higher price, and tend to assume that the cooks and waitstaff are being paid more, accordingly. Why dont McDonalds employees make as much as the maitre'd at a five-star restaurant? I think you know the answer to that question.

[@connoman2345]

In 2015 the women’s team brought in more money than the men’s... hmmm. Gee, what about 2014? Was there something happening globally in 2015 that would have made the woman’s team make more money?

[@eveelsnosila]

how is she getting hotter?!

[@DocotrBayan]

They are paid to laugh? I NEED THIS JOB

[@seunolanrewaju9188]

I didn't know this was true. Or is it?

[@grandom926]

If Women are getting paid less. Why arent they hired if they get paid less for the same job then men ?

[@usfdave10]

That proves the point their making, that it’s not about making good business decisions but rather sexism.

[@grandom926]

@@usfdave10 I can't believe that. I mean how stupid is that for a company to pay more to a men just to discriminante women ?

[@natti4723]

If being honest i do not think the same amout of people go to watch women soccer as to men so unless you are forcing them to watch it nothing is going to happen