My Account
Sign up, and you can make all message times appear in your timezone.
Sign up
Report problem with this ad
Start a related thread
Start a related poll
Reply via Boardmail
Apr 2, 2020
9:32
:34
am
South_A
Starter
Even greater disparity in pros I'd bet.
Especially once revenue from merchandise++ is factored.
Start a related thread
Start a related poll
Reply via Boardmail
Report problem with this ad
South_A
New username
Gunga Galunga
Bio page
South_A
Joined
Jun 1, 2007
Last login
Mar 15, 2021
Total posts
0 (0 FO)
Report problem with this ad
Messages
Author
Time
Dear college athletes: You're welcome. Sincerely, football.
Ham
4/1/20 4:27pm
This is why the whole “equal pay” for male/female athletes is so ridiculous.
Samsonite
4/1/20 4:29pm
It's more nuanced than that, and this is for amateur sports not professional
jhingman
4/1/20 4:31pm
I know, but same principle applies to pro sports.
Samsonite
4/1/20 4:33pm
Even greater disparity in pros I'd bet.
South_A
4/2/20 9:32am
It’s why I sort of root for the WNT to lose
PortlandCoug
4/1/20 4:35pm
Except more people watch the women's team than the men's team.
Tortillero
4/1/20 7:06pm
It's the only sport where this is true but it is true.
jcase16byu
4/1/20 9:37pm
But it’s about money and US Soccer gets more money from FIFA for the men’s team.
califcougar
4/1/20 9:52pm
Didn't know that. Interesting
Resurgens
4/1/20 10:39pm
USMNT is like the Indiana and Vanderbilt of World Soccer.
StalwartBraveTrue
4/2/20 12:05am
They have different unions, different CBAs, and therefore different terms of
califcougar
4/2/20 7:58am
US Soccer has a pot of money. They get it from different sources but it is
StalwartBraveTrue
4/2/20 9:40am
This is exactly my point, the soccer money isn't coming from attendance
PortlandCoug
4/2/20 9:28am
Yeah, I think if we looked at the numbers more people are probably enthusiastic
Resurgens
4/1/20 10:39pm
RE: Except more people watch the women's team than the men's team.
gww687
4/1/20 10:46pm
Women's Beach Volleyball makes money. I try to support them by watching it.
TeeKaa
4/1/20 7:22pm
RE: Women's Beach Volleyball makes money. I try to support them by watching it.
8Bcougar
4/1/20 11:55pm
It’s more about how the pay scale is derived that is the problem.
StalwartBraveTrue
4/1/20 11:58pm
Thank you.
RdF3
4/1/20 8:57pm
This wouldn't be the same profile at every school of course. BYU's women's
ManicBlue
4/1/20 11:23pm
When I saw the numbers for BYU
AZ Coug
4/1/20 11:27pm
Women's soccer and volleyball both draw very well too. I'm sure they're not
ManicBlue
4/2/20 12:22am
All the students coming on the free pass from when they buy football tickets?
Fdnman
4/2/20 5:36am
Have you been to women's soccer? Lots of season ticket holders / paying customers at every game.
Yllage Vidiot
4/2/20 7:20am
The ROC passes is not for football with everything else free. They're for ALL
ManicBlue
4/2/20 8:36pm
Men's volleyball isn't profitable? That would surprise me a little bit.
Ham
4/2/20 10:18am
Most attending are students and they don’t pay.
StalwartBraveTrue
4/2/20 10:59am
I would bet most SEC schools baseball teams pull a profit. But it's also only
ordinary tri guy
4/2/20 8:48am
I'd like to see the numbers for connecticut
mrphotogenic
4/2/20 7:00am
Report problem with this ad
Posting on CougarBoard
In order to post, you will need to either
sign up
or
log in
.
Report problem with this ad