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JohnDoe_2408 t1_iu1qa4q wrote

Reply to comment by bertiebasit in India’s Female Cricketers Will Be Paid the Same as Male Players by throwaway1215123

Still a big deal given how badly they've been paid so far. Haven't read the article yet, but I think it's a 500% increase.

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qaizr t1_iu22dlu wrote

The thing is they only get the fee when they have a match and they have much fewer matches then the men do

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JohnDoe_2408 t1_iu23cbj wrote

If you're going to shift the goalpost like that, completely ignoring the substantial equalization, I can also bring up the fact that women's cricket generates substantially less ticket sales, sponsorships, TV ad revenue, etc. I'm not saying that those things shouldn't change, and hopefully the new league will change that, but don't negate something that people have worked so hard to get to.

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KodylHamster t1_iu535nx wrote

All that is a matter of popularity. If Indian feminists want the pay to increase, they need to start watching female sports, buy the merch and get drunk in the bar while bitching about the referees.

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qaizr t1_iu25h9c wrote

just repeating what I heard on NPR this morning. I don't really care about this story tbh

edit: typo

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A_random_zy t1_iu3rv6q wrote

Because less people watch women's cricket then men's cricket.

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