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Megan Rapinoe is wrong

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by AroundTheWorld, Aug 20, 2023.

  1. AroundTheWorld

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    Is that supposed to be Tom Brady in the image?
     
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    TL;DW summary? Not into just watching random videos to learn someone's opinion.

    Of all the things uttered by Megan Rapinoe, what is the OP saying she's wrong about?
    Price of milk? Gender identity? Penalty kicks? Restoring classic mustang convertibles? All of the above?
     
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    I scrolled down a bit on the Instagram page of motivationhouse0, and there's a video of a drunk girl who couldn't get a stranger to kiss her and then it shows images of Patrick Bateman. And they were like images and clips that I think were meant to glorify him. As a reminder, that character was a psycho murderer. I don't understand why he has become this idyllic symbol to some.

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwHHXhFJfdA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
     
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    There is an addiction to incel 15-25 year old males online to be very concerned about the pay scale of women vs men in sports. Like a couple of women say they want more pay and it creates an army of incels conversing about how little revenue they generate.

    It's sad because they sound like active shareholders who are trying to maxamize their own profit where they have personal stakes in this pat debate.

    But no... they are just that insecure that anytime women sports come up they b**** about a couple of women asking for more pay. It's kinda pathetic.

    Those same incels turn into small little concern trolling **** heads when they see a trans swimmer in a female swim meet as if that's going to ruin the pay and life opportunities of women athletes...
     
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  7. AroundTheWorld

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    Demanding equal pay as men.
    TL;DR summary: Women get about 20% of total revenue from women's soccer, men about 7 % of total revenue from men's soccer.
    So, relative to how strong demand for the product is (as expressed in direct or indirect willingness to pay for it), women are actually making more money in soccer.
     
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    Are you a shareholder of women's FIFA or something?
     
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    In actuality, she was right as women now get an equal share of WC money as the men do.

    The total share of the USA men's and women's winnings are added together and split evenly between the teams. This went into effect this year.
     
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    She is wrong. It's amazing how little leftists understand about the most basic economic principles.

    But to be fair, the US women's team sucks less relative to the US men's team, so whatever lol.
     
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    There are two schools of thought when it comes to the "value of a worker". The first school of thought is our current system where the value of a worker is determined by the value seen by the owner/shareholder. The other school of thought is that the value or worth of a worker is based on the time and dedication personally spent on their craft.

    A woman athlete might see themselves working as hard and dedicating as much sweat and hours as men do in their craft and believe they should be paid the same.

    I get it from the standpoint of both the owner and the worker.
     
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    Interesting -- thanks for explaining.
    [deleted ramblings]
     
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    I wish I had seen this. It's a much better encapsulation than my rambling post.
     
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    Wow…. The obsessed transgender poster also feels strongly about this….

    Shocking.
     
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    Equal pay means people failed economics
    Sports ain’t getting a job at Starbucks

    So called Rockets fans should know that Sengun should get paid more than Dashon Nix
    @Os Trigonum @ROXRAN

    and yes no wnba player should get as much as an nba player cause the wnba doesn’t make any money
     
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    Lionel Messi > Megan Repone
    @Salvy
     
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    The women's soccer team managed to get the even split. That's Porter's Five Forces in action.
     
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    Didn’t they lose ? Spain won the whole thing
    They should get paid more than Megan repone
     
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    Hakeem should get paid more than Cynthia cooper
    @rocketsjudoka @Os Trigonum
     
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    I agree with what the guy in the video said. When it's comes to sports and entertainment, your pay should parallel what kind of revenue you generate.

    Someone that works as hard at disc golf as Rapinoe does at soccer is not going to get paid the same.

    Just like a male swimsuit model likely won't get paid what a female swimsuit model will.


    Not trying to be sexist here, it's just the facts.
     

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