Bay Area-based brand Title Nine has donated $1 million in direct payment to Olympic players to help level the pay gap.
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s 22 Olympic players will be receiving a bonus pay check totaling a cumulative $1 million this week.
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team — including stars like Kelley O’Hara, Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe — is currently battling for a gold medal at the Olympics in Tokyo. On Tuesday, their match with Australia ended with a scoreless draw, and they will next face the Netherlands in Friday’s quarterfinal.
Park said that three weeks ago, she watched the documentary “LFG,” which explores pay discrepancies and sexual discrimination incurred by U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team players. She quickly decided to spring to action. “There are many figures highlighted but the biggest was that there is a $64 million difference between what the women would have made if they had been under the men’s contract over five years. I proceeded to get as ticked off as I have been in a long time.
While Park was adamant that her company’s donation is less about press and more about creating a stir around equal pay, she does hope that it initiates a watershed effect that could help implement broader change.
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