The Matildas will likely be taking part in for his or her share of greater than $165m in prize cash at this 12 months’s FIFA Women‘s World Cup after a massive 300 per cent increase was confirmed.
With club benefits and “preparation money” also given a boost, the total rewards for this year’s 32-team match in Australia and New Zealand will surpass $226m.
FIFA has additionally backflipped on plans for Visit Saudi – the tourism arm of the Saudi Arabian authorities – to turn into a serious sponsor of the match after a public backlash.
After being re-elected as FIFA president, Gianni Infantino stated prize cash have to be devoted to paying gamers amid ongoing points in some international locations.
The FIFA boss additionally expressed his anger with broadcasters for providing too little for TV rights, declaring they’d not be offered on the costs being supplied.
“Women deserve much, much more than that and we are there to fight for them and with them,” he stated.
While the prize cash has been boosted, it stays will in need of the $662m shared by the 32 groups ultimately 12 months’s males’s World Cup in Qatar.
But Infantino set a goal of equal prize cash for women and men at their subsequent World Cups, in 2026 and 2027 respectively.
Female gamers world wide have been preventing for equal pay and equal respect with males’s nationwide groups, together with defending champions the US, Canada, France and Spain.
Speaking at FIFA’s Congress in Africa, Infantino, confirmed there was discussions with Saudi officers about their sponsorship however no contract had been signed.
“There were discussions with Visit Saudi but, in the end, these did not lead to a contract,” he stated.
“So it was a storm in a tea cup.
“But, having said that, FIFA is an organisation made up of 211 countries. There is nothing wrong with taking sponsorships from Saudi Arabia, China, United States of America, Brazil or India.”
Infantino even referred to as out a “double standard”, with Football Australia criticising the potential for a cope with Visit Saudi given commerce offers exist between the 2 international locations.
“When it comes to Australia, they have trade with Saudi Arabia (worth) $1.5bn per year. This doesn’t seem to be a problem?” he stated.
“There is a double standard, which I really do not understand. There is no issue, there is no contract, but of course we want to see how we can involve Saudi sponsors and those from Qatar, in women’s football generally.”
Originally revealed as More than $220m on provide at this 12 months’s FIFA Women’s World Cup
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
