In the debate about equal pay for women and men in football, national player Alexandra Popp referred to the higher income of men.
“For us, the most important thing is that we have professional conditions and good seats,” said the 31-year-old from “Bild”. “It has to be said that we don’t earn the same amount as the men. But when I see how our ratings are developing, it’s going in a very good direction.”
During the current European Championship, in which the German soccer players secured their place in the quarter-finals early, they are not concerned with the issue of equal pay.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) called for equal pay for women and men in sports on Twitter on Tuesday – especially in national teams. DFB director Oliver Bierhoff then suggested a conversation with the SPD politician and said he wanted to explain the chancellor “a little better about the numbers”. Scholz is ready for a conversation.
Marketing proceeds “extremely far apart”
National coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg made a similar statement to Popp. “It is also part of the truth that the marketing revenues of men and women, which also result in the tournament premiums, are extremely far apart. Unfortunately, that is still a fact,” she told the “Bild”. For example, the turnover from TV rights, sponsorship and tickets at a men’s European Championship is significantly higher and so are the bonuses paid out to the associations.