The Women’s World Cup pot is $110m while Qatar 2022 was $440m as Infantino said: ‘with men, with Fifa, you will find open doors’
Women’s World Cup pot is $110m, Qatar 2022 was $440mFifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, has urged women’s football to “pick the right battles” in the fight for equal pay while placing the onus on women to enforce the change.Speaking ahead of Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final in Sydney, Infantino said equal pay at the men’s and women’s tournaments could only be a “symbol” and would not “solve anything” if additional development targets are not achieved.
Infantino said: “And I say to all the women, and you know I have four daughters, so I have a few at home, I say to all the women that you have the power to change. Pick the right battles. Pick the right fights. You have the power to change. You have the power to convince us men what we have to do and what we don’t have to do. You do it. Just do it. With men, with Fifa, you will find open doors. Just push the doors. They are open.
On Sunday England will play Spain in the final for their share of an increased prize pot of $110m , more than three times than what was on offer for the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France but still significantly less than the $440m awarded at the 2022 men’s competition in Qatar. Infantino previously outlined ambitions for parity by the 2026 and 2027 World Cups but in Sydney challenged stakeholders to do more. “Let’s really go for a full equality, he said. “Not just equal pay in the World Cup, which is a slogan that comes up every now and then. Equal pay in the World Cup, we are going in that direction already.
“But that would not solve anything. It might be a symbol but it would not solve anything, because it’s one month every four years and it’s a few players out of the thousands and thousands of players. We need to keep the momentum. We need to push it. We need to go for equality but we have to do it for real.”
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