# Factual Question about Women's Soccer Lawsuit **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 4, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-womens-soccer-lawsuit/982133 "2023-04-04T13:13:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-womens-soccer-lawsuit/982133/1 "2023-04-04T13:13:42Z")
Hey everyone. I can’t find this answer online and I’m looking for a factual answer. It’s based on an argument I had with someone. In essence: Women’s soccer players sued because they are paid less than men, and won a settlement. Argument from those opposed: Women’s soccer earns less revenues than men’s, so of course they make less money. What I heard somewhere but can’t seem to source: It’s true that the women’s soccer earns less revenue, but the lawsuit was seeking proportionally equal pay (that is, if pay for the men was 20% of revenues, the women wanted the same) I’d really like to confirm which is true, and find a cite that I can throw in this person’s face (well, assuming my understanding is correct). Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-womens-soccer-lawsuit/982133/2 "2023-04-04T13:25:20Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > Women’s soccer earns less revenues than men’s, so of course they make less money. This is true for every other sport _except_ soccer. Short answer is: Yes, the women have recently earned more gross revenue than the men, particularly from actual games. Long answer is: (still Yes, but it’s complicated) > **[PolitiFact - Does the U.S. women’s soccer team bring in more revenue but get...](https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/11/does-us-womens-soccer-team-bring-more-revenue-get-/)** > > The United States Women’s National Soccer Team recently won the Women’s World Cup for the fourth time. But t ---
**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-womens-soccer-lawsuit/982133/3 "2023-04-04T19:01:52Z")
Stephen Colbert joke - “The good news is Brittney Griner just signed with a WNBA basketball team; the bad news is it pays less than a Russian prison.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-womens-soccer-lawsuit/982133/4 "2023-04-04T22:53:11Z")
[Moderating] While jokes in FQ are fine, we do expect that responses that are nothing but jokes will wait until there’s been some serious discussion, please. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-womens-soccer-lawsuit/982133/5 "2023-04-04T23:48:00Z")
The PolitiFact article is from 2019 - has anything changed since then? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-womens-soccer-lawsuit/982133/6 "2023-04-04T23:51:52Z")
New CBA in 2022. > **[USWNT, U.S. Soccer officially sign equal pay CBA](https://prosoccerwire.usatoday.com/2022/09/06/uswnt-equal-pay-cba-signed/)** > > Equal pay is officially, finally, official