When addressing this sort of problem, your analysis should recognise symptoms over here have causes over there.
That's what's a fraction annoying about the gender pay disputes, they have their legitimacy but often fail to admit the Premier League is awash with money based on a century of hard graft by men's teams. Without commensurate revenue commensurate pay will remain distant.
The joined up thinking is omitted from the headline, but if you read the whole article, it's a decent bit of reporting. It acknowledges the issue is across women's football, it's a middle class sport, England's Euro 2022 first XI was all white, etcetera. The club's approach sounds carefully considered, based on equity of access at academy level.
Women's football is gonna grow fast and these sorts of things will continually crop up as it matures. My mind is still reeling at the shit that was going on in Spain prior to the Rubiales–Hermoso furore. The administration had been denying the women's game was, or should be professionalised …
