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Alejandro Bedoya and the myth of national team pay based on revenue

—Ed. Note: Parker Cleveland is a contributor for Dirty South Soccer. This is a guest post.

For months now the U.S. Women’s National team has been calling for equal pay and has received a mixed response. Some see their salary as a gender equality issue while others say the USWNT players do not make as much revenue as the men and do not deserve the same pay.

A prominent and perhaps unexpected voice dismissing the women’s claims comes from U.S. Men’s National Team and Philadelphia Union midfielder Alejandro Bedoya. Last week in an article in the New York Times, Bedoya said:

‘I think the equal pay for equal play argument is flawed, and it’s flawed because sports business is atypical,’ Bedoya said.