A very subjective look into AWFC

That is the amount of money that our club is paying one of our players, and he’s one of many that are making around that amount. That is a lot of money and the contract and wages as a whole will give all of them generational wealth. That is the way modern football goes and I’m not criticizing it nor am I implying that male players should be making that money also because the reality is, in the big scheme of things, that just a handful of people are lucky enough to make it to a position where they earn that much, and I’m sure they deserve where they are.

To be fair I do criticize it and I criticize the money, the toxic masculinity of it all and how unfair the disparity is. And I’m not saying that equal pay is the solution or anything like that because I’m not smart enough to make a case for it without proper data or reasoning behind it other than “of course women deserve that much money” and so do trans athletes and disabled ones as well. There is soooooo much money out there and I think that’s my point, as clumsy as I’m sounding.

If our club has enough money to pay Saka 300k a week, you cannot tell me that they don’t have 100k PER YEAR to pay our players more. And let me be clear about a few things: as much as I’m applying it to AWFC it can be said across the board for every “major” club that doesn’t support their women’s team. Yes it would be an investment but it’s a worthy one. Another thing I want to make clear is that I’m not a finance expert nor do I claim to make sense, it’s more of a wishful thinking thing.

Take all the merch they sell us, so many ranges that you walk into the Armoury and get an anxiety attack. To make all of those items you need to spend a LOT and as much as I could say: “spend it on the women’s team” I’m not a fool and I understand part of that revenue does in fact go into them. What I mean is that we can allocate more money or give them exclusive ranges much more often and have them essentially split the earnings.

I know it doesn’t work like that. I’m naive and hopeful but I’m not delusional. You can stop laughing now.

My wish is that in the very short future at our club (and in other clubs but also ours we, the self appointed leader in women’s football – and for good reason and thanks to Vic Akers) we can see our girls make a lot more money that they are making now.

We need them safe and able to retire in a healthy, responsible and holistic way.

❤

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