Women in a (Mens) Sporting World

Reading the newspaper the other day I came across an article about the Matildas captain Melissa Barbieri. In the article it talks about how she plays in the australian womens soccer team but also works as a school nurse as her main source of income. A school nurse earns more than an female australian soccer player!!! I don't know if it's just me but something doesn't seem right here. And it's across many other sports too. They compared male and female counterparts for many different sports and basketball was the only one that was close!

I'm not sure what it is but i think it comes from the past expectations of the man providing and the lady looking after the children. These days are gone and I believe it is about time men and women were payed equally, all across the board. Sports players, nurses, teachers..... everyone should be payed equally but the fact of the matter is that while Ricky Ponting (mens cricket captain) makes over a million dollars a year while his female counterpart, Karen Rolton, wouldn't even earn half that amount.

A dumb quote from a male sports person:

"I want to kick 70 or 80 goals this season, whichever comes first" Barry Hall (AFL player)

I will now leave you to ponder and muse over what I have just said/written....

TTFN

Emma xxxxx