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AmishDoinks420 posted...

Thought they already agreed to this and the womens team got pissed because it turned out equal meant less.

According to the article, the new contract lets them split the advertising and fifa payouts (something that wasn't previously being offered), which in practice means they're basically raiding the men's teams paychecks to boost their own pay. In exchange, they're back on a performance-based contract without the same base pay guarantees from their prior contract like the men's team has, but they get to keep all the added benefits like medical/dental/parental leave that the men don't get.

So whoever their negotiator is should get a medal. The women's team keeps all the extra benefits the men don't have, LUS they get a cut of the men's ad and FIFA payouts, and all they had to give up was going from their high base pay contract to the identical one they were first offered back before the lawsuit.