July 2017

[marathondan]

Indeed, I agree. Shameful that my cursory reading of the wikipedia page on the football pyramid was incorrect.

My point was that in the case of Lewes, the women play at a much higher level than the men, and therefore arguably should be paid more. That was probably clear, but I just wanted to spell it out.

And I think that, certainly as the level gets higher, arguments about crowd sizes or revenues are anything but spurious.

However, it does occur to me that as top flight ticket prices squeeze out many ordinary football fans, the expansion and improvement of the women's game effectively doubles the opportunity for fans to watch their favourite team. Which must be a good thing - and worth generously recompensing the players for.