Their attendance averages around 3000 per game.
If they can equal the attendance and TV ratings of the mens teams, then I’d agree, they deserve equal pay.
Attendance? How about ticket prices, can the men charge more and get it? How about advertisers, can women’s soccer rake in as much as men’s? There are and will be differences. The economic reality is there. They cannot “make it equal”. This world is hardly equal or fair. That is life.
Wonder what proportion of the TV audience for women’s soccer comes from these two categories:
1. illegal immigrants who weren’t raised on (real) football
2. horndog guys hoping to catch a glimpse of some jiggle
That 3000 average attendance is actually much less on game day. That number is based on per-season ticket sales (much of it made by corporate sponsors which give the tickets away for free). Many of those paid seats are empty on the day of the game. The true average attendance based on gate ticket sales is less than 1000.