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Gender pay equality in sport: a market distortion under the guise of equity : Comments
By Brendan O'Reilly, published 24/6/2016One possible solution to issues of gender equity in sport would be to make all sports competitions unisex, with prize money and other conditions totally based on audience demand and competition on the sports field.
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Even so, we have no mechanism to force their participation or indeed, get them to open the pocket book to support, view mixed competition or gender specific sport or just junior sport! Simply put, the pay outcomes are only ever as good as the reliant and ultra critical audience participation! Half of which are arguably female!
None of which are assisted by high profile drug cheats or bookie involvement, match fixing or patently massaged results courtesy of some very controversial referee decisions or howler umpiring?
As for the pay gap, those earning their income playing professional sports need to understand certain realities and make their own decisions based on marshalled facts, which by the way has produced some multi million dollar incomes for some professional female athletes!
Alan B.