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Atlanta United Manager Calls Pursuit of Equal Pay in Soccer ‘Ridiculous’

Atlanta United Manager Frank de Boer, a Dutch football legend, told The Guardian that equal pay for men’s and women’s national teams is not a worthwhile idea.

“I think for me, it’s ridiculous,” de Boer said in an article published Tuesday. “It’s the same like tennis. If there are watching, for the World Cup final, 500 million people or something like that, and 100 million for a women’s final, that’s a difference. So it’s not the same.

“And of course they have to be paid what they deserve to (earn) and not less, just what they really deserve.