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Manchin Introduces Bill to Punish Men's World Cup Until Equal Pay Is Achieved
townhall.com ^ | 7/10/2019 | Cortney O'Brien

Posted on 07/10/2019 7:19:52 AM PDT by rktman

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To: lodi90

Again, the article I read was limited to US viewers. It was in an article on Hot Air.


61 posted on 07/10/2019 8:27:15 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Roccus

He’d fit in quite well.


62 posted on 07/10/2019 8:27:23 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

The government must stay out of all sports programs. Let them manage it - completely!!


63 posted on 07/10/2019 8:28:29 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: GreyFriar

Revenues. Men’s 6 billion. Women’s. 1 billion.

Take an average college men’s team. Will destroy these ladies. 50-0

Now there’s women’s gymnastics. Much more exciting

But in big boy sports. Football. Baseball hockey basketball. There’s no
Comparison and the fact there’s not ONE female who can make any team says it all. Not ONE. IN ANY SPORT

don’t get me wrong. I value my dear wife more than anyone on the planet

Sports are by their nature NOT fair. There’s RULES. but you win by SKILL AND EFFORT. not handicap.

Look women can’t even compete in GOLF ! Not ONE


64 posted on 07/10/2019 8:31:10 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Truthoverpower

But they can “make it” through Army Ranger School. Ahem!


65 posted on 07/10/2019 8:37:41 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

I hope he pulls it off. Nothing will propel trannies into women’s sports faster than the chance at a men’s-size payout.


66 posted on 07/10/2019 8:37:43 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going no than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: circlecity

Hmmm, not sure that is true. The men’s World Cup gets huge worldwide audiences.

In terms of revenue it’s not even close.

What is missed here is treating the men’s & women’s WC’s as equal in terms of competitiveness. They’re not. I’m happy for the women and their success but seriously, many of the teams they play against are terrible. Women’s soccer is nowhere near as competitive globally. There’s a reason they had a 13-0 score against Thailand.

So comparing “wins” vs. the men’s team, as some basis to claim they’re “better” and “more deserving”, is just silly. Outside of the World Cup, who watches women’s soccer? The numbers don’t even show up on a scale against any men’s league anywhere in the world.

I wouldn’t expect a men’s team in some third rate league to make the same as men playing in a first rate league - regardless of respective wins & losses between them.

Apples and oranges.


67 posted on 07/10/2019 8:38:15 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: circlecity

Wait until the men’s money is cut. That is if the World Cup changes their rules and puts all the money into one big pot.


68 posted on 07/10/2019 8:41:23 AM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: fuzzylogic
"The men’s World Cup gets huge worldwide audiences."

And as I said in my follow up, the article I was referencing limited the statement to US audiences.

69 posted on 07/10/2019 8:50:57 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: fuzzylogic

I agree with everything you said.


70 posted on 07/10/2019 8:53:41 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: DAC21

Well I guess you have a point. It’s just my reflexive reaction to the vile dykes that are the face of the team. They threw the flag on the ground and stomped on it so NY held a parade for them


71 posted on 07/10/2019 8:54:02 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: rktman

The 2026 World Cup is expected to be hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States as part of a joint bid and will need federal funding. That’s not going to happen until the female players’ demands are met, said Manchin

Here is an idea. NO FEDERAL FUNDING period! For the men or the women!


72 posted on 07/10/2019 8:55:49 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: rktman

Is there even a “Men’s” World Cup? Isn’t that just The World Cup?


73 posted on 07/10/2019 8:56:20 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Fact: Dogs can extract more info from smelling a pile of $h!t than humans can from viewing CNN)
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To: rktman

Wow. Joe is just desperately clinging to his toehold in the Democrat Party, isn’t he?


74 posted on 07/10/2019 9:03:25 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: rktman
Sadly, logic and reason have NO place in this argument.

That won't stop the Left from applying it to all of society should they gain power again.


75 posted on 07/10/2019 9:04:16 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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Idiot. Communist.


76 posted on 07/10/2019 9:05:35 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: rktman

I suppose FIFA could respond by not permitting the United States to participate in the World Cup and international soccer.


77 posted on 07/10/2019 9:05:46 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: rktman

Meanwhile, the women refuse to put their money where their mouths are and strike.

Pull up your big girl panties and hit the picket line, ladies.


78 posted on 07/10/2019 9:07:30 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: rktman

AND......

Men: 9% of revenue
Women: 13% of revenue

Equal pay for men!


79 posted on 07/10/2019 9:07:35 AM PDT by ALASKA (Watching an attempted coup by a thousand cuts....)
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To: circlecity

Again, the article I read was limited to US viewers. It was in an article on Hot Air.


Again, you are wrong. I’m very familiar with this subject. The link I provided related to US viewers. 24 million Americans watched US-Portugal men in 2014. Around 8-10 million Americans watched US-Holland women last weekend.


80 posted on 07/10/2019 9:08:38 AM PDT by lodi90
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