‘We’re used to scraps’: How $30,000 guarantees will change World Cup players’ lives
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Many elite women’s football players are effectively amateurs. Increased payments should help many of them reach their potential
  • BadLackey@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The World Cup makes literal billions of USD in revenue. There is documented hundreds of millions of USD in graft and corruption in FIFA. There is now oil money trying to “sports wash” their image. It is shameful how many little the people who actually play the game actually make.