The Brazil football governing body has announced that it is adopting an equal pay policy for male footballers and female footballers. Brazil becomes the first of some big countries to take the step. The announcement was made on Wednesday.
The CBF has equaled the prize money and allowances between men and women football. Which means the women players will earn as the male players, the federation president said.
There are no more gender differences because CBF is treating men and women equally, he added.
In other words, Brazil’s female player Marta will receive the same payment as Neymar, Gabriel Jesus, and other Brazilian players.
Australia, Norway New Zealand, and now brazil are part of the countries that pay an equal amount of money to both female and male players. The trend will apply to teams who will be playing in the Olympic next year as well as the next World Cup tournaments.
The discrimination of gender in football payment has been trending since the women world cup winners, the united states sued the federation for discrimination over pay and condition. The team made an appeal earlier this year after a judge dismissed their case.
The Australian football governing body said they have reached an agreement with the players union. The agreement consists of a new collective Bargaining that closes the pay gap between the men and women teams. New Zeland and Norway have also taken the step to equal the pay gap between the genders in their football.
The united states women soccer team has had a long run on the issue of pay with the US soccer governing body. The issue has been a bitter and public battle and players are seeking compensation in damages under the Equal Pay Act.
The action of equal pay will boost female football and will make it one of the best in the world.
FA head of professional football, Kelly Simmons said. An influx in big-name transfers will make the women’s super league the biggest in the world.
WSL clubs have been a talk in the transfer market this summer attracting World Cup winners and European stars to England top division.
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