General Article The FA Cup must close its gender pay gap, a prize pot 70 times less than the men is shameful

Topic Selected: Sport Book Volume: 411

The FA spending more on prize money would be so much more valuable for society, as a message of equality, than any ‘gameplan for growth’.

By Tom Garry, women’s football reporter

Of course the pledge to address the gender pay gap is a welcome move from the governing body - after mounting pressure and widespread protests from fans - but the women’s game as a whole should be reserving judgement until some hard numbers are made public.

This is not about equal pay. I have never heard anybody in wo...

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