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Opinion: Women's World Cup soccer still gets second-class treatment from FIFA

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It’s time FIFA puts its money where its mouth is. The global soccer leader says it cares about the development of the women’s game, that…
It’s time FIFA puts its money where its mouth is.
The global soccer leader says it cares about the development of the women’s game, that robust, international competition is critical for soccer’s future. And yet…
The champion of this summer’s World Cup will get $4 million, double what the U. S. women got in 2015 but a fraction of the $38 million France got for winning the men’s tournament last year. The World Cup will have to battle for attention with the men’s continental championships in Africa, South America and the North and Central American and Caribbean region, with the Gold Cup and Copa America finals being staged the very same day as the World Cup final.
The tickets for the World Cup are a chaotic mess, with seats that were purchased together randomly separated at multiple matches. World Cup souvenirs are scarce; FIFA’s online store wasn’t even in operation Friday, two weeks before the tournament begins, stunning given FIFA never passes up an opportunity to make money.
At least this summer’s tournament is on grass. Four years ago, the women were forced to play on turf, an outrage FIFA never would have considered with the men.

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