BBC Pidgin of Friday, 21 July 2023
Source: BBC
Only two days until di first whistle go blow on di 202 FIFA Women World Cup wey dey hosted both by New Zealand and Australia.
Dis year waka for women football see ogbonge leap in terms of benefits wey players dey get according to FIFPRO di FIFA joinbodi wey dey in charge of players welfare.
One of di tins wey don dey burst pipo head well-well, mostly di players na di customization wey dem make for dia accommodations for di duration of di games.
Dis include putting dia pictures above dia bed frames wey also bin carry dia names, tori be say di same tin happun during di Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Wia some players bin show dia rooms as dem use poster of demselves take welcome dem inside with some additional touches.
Even for di 2018 Russia World Cup, Nigerians bin even get customization for dia locker room.
Fifa bin also promise say dem go sama every payer individually money for every stage of di competition wey dem reach, with di world cup winner players wey go gbab $270,000.
Di full list of financial allocation for players include:
Group stage 30,000
Round of 16 60,000
Quarter Final 90,000
4th place 165,000
3rd place 180,000
2nd Place 195,000
Champions 270,000
Howeva even with dat, debate still dey ova di pay gap wey still dey betwenn men and women for football and even oda sports still be topic of plenti conversation for di sport community.
Recently, di global football joinbodi FIFA bin put out di payment pool wey dem go carry dey pay kontris as dem qualify across di games.
We carry am compare with wetin FIFA give kontris for di 2023 completion.
E show major discrepancies even though for di same statement wey FIFA bin drop for March.
FIFA World Cup Kontris pay difference
FIFA for June drop statement wey dem bin announce new financial allocations say dem wan make sure say women make at least $30,000 for dis competition sake of say di average money wey dem dey pay female footballers per year na $14,000.
So dis na di breakdown of di pay wey dem arrange for di Womens World Cup side by side with wetin dem give men for di 2022 World Cup.
Category 2022 Men World Cup 2023 Women World Cup
Group stage $9 million $1.56 million
Round of 16 $13 million $1.87 million
Quarter Final $17 million $2.18 million
4th Place $25 million $2.45 million
3rd Place $27 million $2.61 million
2nd Place $30 million $3.01 million
Champions $42 million $4.29 million
Kasala wey lack of equal pay don cause
For di beginning of dis month, kasala burst as di South African women team, Bayana Bayana no gree comot to play warm up games against Motswana.
Di mata long sotay, di South African Football Association bin delay di match for an hour and bin hustle to arrange team of players wey bin include a 13 year old girl. And to nobodi surprise, Botswana wipe dem 5-0.
One of di majot mata wey cause di kasala na money because afta South Africa win di Women's Africa Cup of Nations last year di goment bin promise say dem go match dia salary to wetin Bafana Bafana dey make.
But di South African Football Players Union bin reveal say di plans wey dem bin actually get na to reduce di money wy Bafana Bafana dey make so e go line up instead of to raise di earnings of Bayana Bayana players.
SAFTU SUPPORTS THE DEMANDS BY BANYANA BANYANA SENIOR TEAM
BRING AN END TO UNEQUAL TREATMENT@SAFPU_Official pic.twitter.com/irWMab6rD0
— SAFTU (@SAFTU_media) July 4, 2023
Nobody at club level is asking for equal pay. It happens at national level because football associations are not for profit organisations, they’re not businesses. Same with FIFA. FIFA is officially a registered charity.
— Tim Stillman (@Stillmanator) July 17, 2023