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Message: [QUOTE="azfan, post: 3252315, member: 7748"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://amp.businessinsider.com/womens-small-soccer-salaries-are-fair-2015-7[/URL] The real question is not why female athletes are paid less. People should be asking why fans and sponsors are less interested in supporting women's sports - and this is what they should be outraged about. This excellent 2015 analysis goes on to make the point The lack of attendance and sponsorships contribute to a chicken-or-the-egg problem when it comes to getting women's sports up off the ground. "Absent deep-pocketed investors who can commit for several years, women's professional teams and leagues find themselves scrambling to survive almost from the moment they launch," Shira Springer [URL='https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2014/09/23/why-fans-ignore-women-pro-sports/A37CAUWxMv0cvF5xkkAe1J/story.html']writes in the Boston Globe [/URL]. [/QUOTE]