...You may do the same job, but you do not get the same results — and I am not talking about titles here, but the revenue. Otherwise, if this were solely about the trophies she could claim the same salary as the NFL Super Bowl champions. The payouts are determined by the generated returns from tickets purchased, ratings delivered, and sponsorships attracted. The women’s team is simply not the same draw. Yet Rapinoe is doing something else; she’s lying. The US Soccer Federation has shown that through various payment structures the women’s team received more payouts than the men. They also have health benefits and a retirement plan, things not afforded the men. So the mewling about fairness and equality is all rather daft.