FIFA To Pay Players Directly

Players have been fighting different pay battles across the world. In the United States, the women’s football team played a key role in the creation and passing of the Equal Pay For Team USA Act at the end of 2022. The Act guarantees equal pay and benefits for athletes competing in women’s international tournaments and covers over 50 sports. Prior to that, in 2020, the UK Football Association announced that the England women’s team, the Lionesses, would be paid comparably with the men. Equal pay for equal play has been achieved at the international level in Norway, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Spain, and the Netherlands.