Quote Originally Posted by superfeathers View Post
I completely agree with rewarding the women, especially with their improved performances/attendances.
Why should the mens team be penalised? We all know how much they've improved performances and attendances in recent years.

Another poster mentioned that many of the men give their fee to charity. So charities get less money now.

All I'm saying is if the FAW want the applause then they should up the women's money not get the men to take a cut to fund it.
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?