NCAA Revenue Sharing

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In 2019, CNBC reported:

According to The Wall Street Journal, U.S. women’s soccer games have generated more revenue for the USSF than U.S. men’s games over the past three years, and according to Nike, the 2019 women’s stadium home jersey is the top-selling soccer jersey, men’s or women’s, ever sold on Nike.com in one season.

[I have no idea if this is still true, but it's an interesting fact.]

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/us-...world-cup-final-was-higher-than-the-mens.html

They cherry picked dates including a women’s World Cup. Which obviously draws more eyes than a friendly

 

[WhoRU?]

The US soccer issue was not as you described.

The men make their living from the club they play for, with decent salaries and the club handling any injuries, so the USSF paid them like contractors. They got a set fee when they made the squad for a USMNT game, and that was it. There are no guarantees.

Yes. And the broader point is that the courts have been OK with paying individuals differently based on the revenue they earn for their organizations. Golf is another example. Make football and basketball players employees and you can pay them based on what they earn. They may unionize, but so what, universities deal with all kinds of unions already.