'You're not better because you're a
boy': Megan Rapinoe leads furious US
women’s soccer team in on-pitch protest
Independent (UK),
by
Oliver O'Connell
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
3/13/2020 11:26:21 AM
A dispute between the US Soccer Federation and the women’s national team escalated on Wednesday, leading to a player protest and a humiliating apology from the federation. Ahead of a 3-1 win over Japan in the final of the SheBelieves Cup in Frisco, Texas, the team turned their warm-up shirts inside out during the national anthems and team photo, hiding the national team logo, but not the four stars signifying their four World Cup wins.(Snip) The most recent development in the dispute arose from a court filing in which the federation argued that women had less physical ability than men and that this was “indisputable science”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
bossysooz 3/13/2020 11:39:39 AM (No. 345140)
Why is this woman so dedicated to anger? No-one said boys are "better" than girls. They said they have different physical abilities across the board. If this continues, I think we should make all teams co-ed and sit back and enjoy the fight to the death between team members.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 3/13/2020 11:40:51 AM (No. 345142)
As far as the pay issue - it is simply that relatively few viewers are attracted to watch women's sports. And as the women players show themselves to be obnoxious, anti-American, leftist harpies, that drives away viewers, so there is even LESS money available. And without the viewership, the simple economics are that there just isn't the money available for the equal pay. Reality.
As far as athletic performance in almost all sports, yes, a competitor is better "because you are a boy". It's a hard, inescapable fact that women are weaker than men, on the average.
Whining, screetching and lying about it won't change the performance issue, and this obnoxious behavior makes the economic issue worse. Forcing equal pay will force the shutdown of the league and there will be NO money, you fool.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
edgar 3/13/2020 11:41:20 AM (No. 345144)
The Men's National Team is not better than Ms Rapinoe because they are boys, they are better because by comparison, she just isn't good enough.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mizzmac 3/13/2020 11:48:44 AM (No. 345156)
It must be exhausting to be pi**ed off 24-7. Give it a rest, Megan!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
john56 3/13/2020 11:49:12 AM (No. 345157)
This is one team I'm hoping some trans-guys-to-gals decide to self identify as women and take over Megan and her pals' spots on the US National Team.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Howard Adams 3/13/2020 11:49:13 AM (No. 345158)
I am waiting for the first talented transgender soccer player to challenge for the Women's National Team. There are cans of worms we cannot imagine to be opened.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 3/13/2020 11:49:22 AM (No. 345159)
As some LDotter had pointed out months ago, the U.S. Women's Soccer Team, with their vocal radical, was beaten soundly by an amateur boys high school team. So much for girl vs. boy.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Namma 3/13/2020 11:49:23 AM (No. 345160)
Poor meg. Probably flunked biology. Big time. Men are built different because they have different roles to play out in life. They are stronger, thus better at sports. As hard as you try you sweetie will never beat a good player. But then men can’t do what a women can do. Birth a baby. Which is the greatest gift God has given to women. Sad that sports is your main reason for living.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Sandbar 3/13/2020 11:53:37 AM (No. 345170)
If I followed this correctly, the International federation answered the suit saying that the level of play is higher on the men's team. The U.S. federation defended to Women so the Women decided to hide the U.S. logo by reversing their jerseys?
If I comment on the logic level of the Women's team will I be called a misogynist?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
ho72 3/13/2020 12:00:12 PM (No. 345185)
This is our world—statements of obvious fact are called racist, misogynist and bigoted. Soon to follow: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength. Orwell was a prophet.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Avanti1 3/13/2020 12:04:29 PM (No. 345190)
Rapinoe is a petulant primadonna who appears to believe her job is to play soccer for money when, in reality, her job is to attract fans, advertisers and media outlets willing to pay money to watch.
Perhaps she should settle her pay dispute by agreeing that the women's soccer team deserves a fixed percentage of the net revenue they generate after all expenses are paid. Seems fair and equitable to me. How about to you, Megan?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Laotzu 3/13/2020 12:09:34 PM (No. 345194)
The solution is simple. Obliterate sex-based leagues. Let 'em all play on the same field . . . at the same time.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 3/13/2020 12:14:10 PM (No. 345199)
Such an angry young man, too bad.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 3/13/2020 12:20:42 PM (No. 345202)
Our local HS boy's soccer team has 5 state championships in the last 7 years. They would absolutely torch any women's soccer team on the planet. Just a fact and it has nothing to do with one sex being 'better' than another. I gather that this woman doesn't like men and prefers women (in more ways than one) but that's no excuse for denying scientific fact.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Sully 3/13/2020 12:20:56 PM (No. 345203)
I am boycotting wymens soccer until they have a trans team, which team will certainly break every record on the books.
Look up "inferiority complex" in the dictionary to see Megan's pic.
Does she want to pass a law that we all must be interested in her game?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
couchguy 3/13/2020 12:27:16 PM (No. 345213)
She's changing soccer from the sport nobody cares about to the sport people actively dislike.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 3/13/2020 12:46:11 PM (No. 345233)
Article should be deleted because it did not tie the conflict to either President Trump of the COVID-19. We can't have that! /s
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
PlayItAgain 3/13/2020 12:46:48 PM (No. 345235)
They are going to destroy women's soccer.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 3/13/2020 12:47:01 PM (No. 345237)
I've always thought that girls are much "better" than boys. With the exception of homely, militant fur traders.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 3/13/2020 12:49:26 PM (No. 345242)
I agree, level the field and let women compete against men. When they have been defeated and there are few women left playing because they simply cannot compete at that level, so be it. No handicaps.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Venturer 3/13/2020 12:49:48 PM (No. 345243)
Wouldn't it be great to place her on a male Soccer team and make her play the full time.?
She would soon change her mind about being as good as a man.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Newtsche 3/13/2020 12:57:01 PM (No. 345256)
It's evident why Megs has dedicated her life to kicking balls.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 3/13/2020 1:05:43 PM (No. 345263)
Throwing tantrums is a great way to boost interest in your sport ......not. Just ask Colin Kaepernick.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
marbles 3/13/2020 1:29:16 PM (No. 345283)
# 1 Because she has to compete with men for women?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
AltaD 3/13/2020 1:43:47 PM (No. 345292)
FTA: Players filed the gender discrimination lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles last year, claiming they are paid less than their counterparts on the men’s national team.
I propose they change the pay formula for men's and women's teams. Pay the players in both leagues the same base salary along with a percentage of the ticket sales and TV revenue from their team's games. Players on the teams who attract the most fans to the stadiums and have the highest TV ratings will make the most money.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Krause 3/13/2020 1:48:35 PM (No. 345294)
Ultimately, the fans decide the worth of the players.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
PESSIMIST 3/13/2020 1:54:52 PM (No. 345299)
I'm fishing something out of the Orwellian memory hole for Megan -- her girls team got their posteriors kicked by an all -star team of 15-17 yr.-old boys from Dallas.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
fourpmfox 3/13/2020 2:06:38 PM (No. 345307)
Why don't these women take up a sport which requires more skill than strength, and where women can compete on the same level as men ???
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
SALady 3/13/2020 3:18:21 PM (No. 345371)
I am a woman, but I can honestly say that there is a single women's sport that I enjoy watching. I'll say it, when it comes to sports the boys are better!!!!
I asked my husband, and he says the only one he enjoys is women's beach volleyball at the Olympics -- but more for the attractive women in bikinis than the sports aspect of it.
I can definitely say that we have never watched National Lesbian Soccer League, and we will never watch it. No interest at all!!!
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Foont 3/13/2020 3:26:03 PM (No. 345381)
Check this link:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4389760/USA-women-s-team-suffer-5-2-loss-FC-Dallas-U-15-boys.html
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
bad-hair 3/13/2020 3:39:14 PM (No. 345390)
And you're not an idiot because you're a girl. You're still an idiot, just a female one.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX 3/13/2020 4:00:24 PM (No. 345405)
But how much will people pay to see you play? That's what really matters in compensation, and why the men are paid so much better.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Blizzard 3/13/2020 4:47:04 PM (No. 345452)
I hope they lose every match until she's off the team.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 3/13/2020 5:27:01 PM (No. 345482)
Umm! In sports...yes we are that much better! You have tried the PGA tour...fail! A good college men’s player can beat any woman in tennis! Bigger, quicker, faster, stronger!
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
red1066 3/13/2020 5:44:42 PM (No. 345508)
Men's sports have more viewers, and generate more money. It's that simple.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
skacmar 3/13/2020 5:54:47 PM (No. 345520)
Megan, Megan, Megan.....Stop being so angry about your personal choices! Aren't the female players like yourself paid based on CONTRACTS negotiated and agreed to between your players union (if there is one) and / or your Sports Agent. DIDN'T YOU (and the other players) SIGN YOUR (and theirs) CONTRACT AGREEING TO WHAT YOU (and them) ARE CURRENTLY BEING PAID? You had the choice to reject or accept the money and benefits offered by the US Soccer Federation. You chose to accept the amounts offered in the contract. Do not complain about something that you willingly accepted! When your contract expires, negotiate for more money like the men did. If you can't reach an agreement, find another job, maybe try out for the men's team as a trans male.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
kono 3/13/2020 6:00:06 PM (No. 345522)
Ok, Megan, what are YOU? I mean, what ARE you?
And how's the weather there in Egypt? I'm supposing that's where you are, because you are clearly deep in de Nile.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
or gate 3/13/2020 7:22:09 PM (No. 345626)
Just like comparing apples to oranges.
When a girl beats up Hulk, I will listen.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
JackBurton 3/13/2020 7:25:33 PM (No. 345632)
The truth.
https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
watashiyo 3/13/2020 9:04:33 PM (No. 345689)
Not interested.
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Obnoxious Megan and corporate sponsors including Budweiser, Visa, and Coca Cola agree that women do not have less physical ability than men. So why are there separate sports leagues for women? Think forward a move or two and these gals would be working as dog walkers or fitness coaches or something like that, instead of as sports professionals whose teams would be blown away by high school boys' teams.