Snoop Dogg demands equal pay for Women’s US Soccer Team

Posted on by Ariyanna Smith, DI

Snoop Dogg took to Instagram to demand equal pay for players on the US Women’s National Soccer team.

What We Know:

  • Snoop Dogg posted a video on his Instagram congratulating the UWNST after they won the FIFA World Cup. In the video, he also referenced a report that found the women’s team is drastically underpaid compared to their male counterparts.
  • He stated, “They only get $90,000 per player but the men, if they win, they get $500,000 per player. The sorry a** men from the US soccer team ain’t never won sh*t, ain’t going to ever win sh*t, can’t even get out the f*cking first round.” He continued, “Pay them girls what they are worth. The women should be getting $500,000 per athlete, Snoop Dogg says so.”

  • He was referencing a report published by The Guardian that revealed the women’s players received $90,000 in bonuses for qualifying for the quarter-final of the World Cup. If the men’s team would have made the same accomplishment, they would have earned $550,000, over six times the amount the women received.
  • The women’s team continue to outperform the men’s team, but they do not earn equal amounts. The men’s team has never won a World Cup, the women have done it four times. CNBC reported that from 2016-2018, women’s games generated $50.8 million in revenue, beating out the $49.9 million generated by the men’s matches.
  • The USWNST had already launched a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation for gender discrimination prior to their World Cup victory.
  • Both parties have agreed to mediation, but if an agreement isn’t reached, the suit could go to trial.

Glad Snoop Dogg spoke up.

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