The World Cup Pay Gap

The World Cup pay gap

After reading the Harvard Business Case Study on gender inequality, I decided to tackle gender inequality from a different angle. There is no shock that male athlete make a momentous amount compared to female athletes. The question here is why and is it ethical to underpay a female athlete who does the same job as a male athlete. Total prize money for the PGA tour, more than $250 million, is more than five times that of the LPGA tour. In the WNBA, the minimum salary for 2013 was $37,950 and the team salary cap was $913,000. For NBA players during the same season, the minimum salary was $490,180 and the team salary cap was $58.7 million. The total payout for the Women’s World Cup this year will be $15 million, compared with the total for the men’s World Cup last year of $576 million, nearly 40 times as much. Will there ever be equal pay?

Pilon, Mary. The World Cup pay gap http://www.politico.eu/article/world-cup-women-pay-gap-gender-equality/