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Nov
While the 2023 women’s World Cup featured record prize money, many of the tournament’s players still lack adequate financial compensation and one in five supplement their income with a second job, according to a FIFPRO poll released on Wednesday. The Global Players Union found that one in three of those World Cup players earn less than $30,000 a year from soccer from their national team and clubs combined. That figure does not include the pre-tax $30,000 minimum World Cup prize money that players were guaranteed from FIFA. The total prize money at the women’s World Cup, the first where it…
