Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
Maybe the men's squad volunteered to take a cut, and when asked they all agreed. I don't know.
I don't know either if the men donate their fee to charity or not? I know the England players do, but that charity is the FA Foundation, so the money all stays in the game anyway. The England players i believe get £1500 per international btw, plus £500 for a draw or £1k for a win, so it's about £1/2m a year in total to the charity which helps develop the game.
Increasing the women's pay will also help develop the game won't it?
Maybe you're right, but if they did volunteer it then it shouldn't have been taken surely. The FAW should be stumping up the money, that's all. I'm not sure that increasing women's pay will help develop the game, but either way any gain for either sex shouldn't be at the detriment of the other imo.