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Five members of the U.S. women's national soccer team -- including Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan -- have filed on behalf of the entire team a wage-discrimination action against the U.S. Soccer Federation with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The filing, citing figures from the USSF's 2015 financial report, says that despite the women's team generating nearly $20 million more revenue last year than the U.S. men's team, the women are paid almost four times less.

"Recently, it has become clear that the Federation has no intention of providing us equal pay for equal work," Megan Rapinoe said in a news release, after also attaching her name to the filing along with Becky Sauerbrunn.

The EEOC will conduct an investigation and determine if its findings warrant compensation to the U.S. women's team.

The action was filed by the law firm of Winston & Strawn and its co-chairman Jeffrey Kessler, who has represented numerous players' unions and athletes -- including Tom Brady and Ray Rice -- in disputes with professional leagues and organizations.

"In early January, the Women's National Team Players Association submitted a reasonable proposal for a new CBA that had equal pay for equal work as its guiding principle," Kessler said in the statement. "U.S. Soccer responded by suing the players in an effort to keep in place the discriminatory and unfair treatment they have endured for years."

The union representing the players is currently involved in a legal dispute with U.S. Soccer over the terms of their collective bargaining agreement. The federation filed a lawsuit this year seeking to clarify that its contract with the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Players Association runs through the Rio Olympics until Dec. 31. The union maintains the memorandum of understanding agreed to in March 2013 can be terminated at any time.

U.S. Soccer, after issuing a statement saying it was "disappointed" that the action was taken, issued a second statement Thursday afternoon saying it is "committed to and engaged" in negotiating a new CBA "that addresses compensation with the U.S. women's national team "when the current CBA expires at the end of this year."

Kessler claimed that the state of the negotiations over the CBA created the need for the women to act in hopes of ending what they say is the "discriminatory and unfair treatment" they have endured for years.

Solo, appearing with Lloyd on NBC's "Today" on Thursday, said "not much has changed" during her time on the team.

"I've been on this team for a decade and a half, and I've been through numerous CBA negotiations, and honestly, not much has changed," Solo said. "We continue to be told we should be grateful just to have the opportunity to play professional soccer, to get paid for doing it.

"In this day and age, it's about equality. It's about equal rights. It's about equal pay. We're pushing for that. We believe now the time is right because we believe it's our responsibility for women's sports and specifically for women's soccer to do whatever it takes to push for equal pay and equal rights. And to be treated with respect."

U.S.. Soccer, citing its investment in the National Women's Soccer League, said it remains committed to the women's game.

Skjellyfetti wrote:And, Hope Solo is a part of this suit.

89Hen wrote:

Skjellyfetti wrote:And, Hope Solo is a part of this suit.

Dumb question, but is she related to Han?

89Hen wrote:

Skjellyfetti wrote:And, Hope Solo is a part of this suit.

Dumb question, but is she related to Han?

93henfan wrote:I believe in equal pay.

When the revenue generated is equal.

Within a 96-page lawsuit filed on Thursday against U.S. Soccer, the sport’s governing body, by the USWNT, contain damning budget projections by U.S. Soccer showing that the USWNT are set to pull in more revenue than the USMNT for 2016 and 2017 — two crucial years of the men’s own World Cup cycle ahead of Russia 2018. In 2017 alone, the USWNT will generate $8 million more in revenue for U.S. Soccer than the USMNT.

Grizalltheway wrote:

93henfan wrote:I believe in equal pay.

When the revenue generated is equal.

Within a 96-page lawsuit filed on Thursday against U.S. Soccer, the sport’s governing body, by the USWNT, contain damning budget projections by U.S. Soccer showing that the USWNT are set to pull in more revenue than the USMNT for 2016 and 2017 — two crucial years of the men’s own World Cup cycle ahead of Russia 2018. In 2017 alone, the USWNT will generate $8 million more in revenue for U.S. Soccer than the USMNT.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uni ... f53aeee5d7

93henfan wrote:

Grizalltheway wrote:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uni ... f53aeee5d7

Show me the studies for Brasil, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Italy, France and England.

You picked possibly the only country beside Japan where the men's team sucks worse than the women.

Grizalltheway wrote:

93henfan wrote:
Show me the studies for Brasil, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Italy, France and England.

You picked possibly the only country beside Japan where the men's team sucks worse than the women.

Why? This lawsuit is about the US men's and women's teams.

Grizalltheway wrote:

93henfan wrote:I believe in equal pay.

When the revenue generated is equal.

Within a 96-page lawsuit filed on Thursday against U.S. Soccer, the sport’s governing body, by the USWNT, contain damning budget projections by U.S. Soccer showing that the USWNT are set to pull in more revenue than the USMNT for 2016 and 2017 — two crucial years of the men’s own World Cup cycle ahead of Russia 2018. In 2017 alone, the USWNT will generate $8 million more in revenue for U.S. Soccer than the USMNT.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uni ... f53aeee5d7

93henfan wrote:

Grizalltheway wrote:
Why? This lawsuit is about the US men's and women's teams.

I'm OK with the women's team getting equal pay as long as we give the Special Olympics team the same pay. Tards are people too you know.

Grizalltheway wrote:

93henfan wrote:
I'm OK with the women's team getting equal pay as long as we give the Special Olympics team the same pay. Tards are people too you know.

One time in high school tennis practice, I likened somebody beating a girl to beating a retard at chess. Now you see why I'm such a big hit with the ladies.

CAA Flagship wrote:

Grizalltheway wrote:

One time in high school tennis practice, I likened somebody beating a girl to beating a retard at chess. Now you see why I'm such a big hit with the ladies.

Hold up.

Wut?

Grizalltheway wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote: Hold up.

Wut?

After three years of doing distance in T&F, I said fuck this and played tennis instead. Problemo?

andy7171 wrote:

Grizalltheway wrote:
After three years of doing distance in T&F, I said fuck this and played tennis instead. Problemo?

Zzzzzzoooooomygod!

Grizalltheway wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote: Hold up.

Wut?

After three years of doing distance in T&F, I said fuck this and played tennis instead. Problemo?

CAA Flagship wrote:

Grizalltheway wrote:
After three years of doing distance in T&F, I said fuck this and played tennis instead. Problemo?

Dayum. I outed MaineJeff a few years back. I didn't think I could do it again.

Just kidding.

So how did you make the tennis team as a senior? Were you playing all along, just not in HS? Or was that the first time you played competitively?

Grizalltheway wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote: Dayum. I outed MaineJeff a few years back. I didn't think I could do it again.

Just kidding.

So how did you make the tennis team as a senior? Were you playing all along, just not in HS? Or was that the first time you played competitively?

Buddy and I started playing each other the summer before senior year, tried out that spring and made varsity doubles.

Yeah, in hindsight, it was kinda gay. But it was, and still is, a fun sport to play, and a great workout.

Grizalltheway wrote:

93henfan wrote:I believe in equal pay.

When the revenue generated is equal.

Within a 96-page lawsuit filed on Thursday against U.S. Soccer, the sport’s governing body, by the USWNT, contain damning budget projections by U.S. Soccer showing that the USWNT are set to pull in more revenue than the USMNT for 2016 and 2017 — two crucial years of the men’s own World Cup cycle ahead of Russia 2018. In 2017 alone, the USWNT will generate $8 million more in revenue for U.S. Soccer than the USMNT.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uni ... f53aeee5d7

Grizalltheway wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote: Dayum. I outed MaineJeff a few years back. I didn't think I could do it again.

Just kidding.

So how did you make the tennis team as a senior? Were you playing all along, just not in HS? Or was that the first time you played competitively?

Buddy and I started playing each other the summer before senior year, tried out that spring and made varsity doubles.

Yeah, in hindsight, it was kinda gay. But it was, and still is, a fun sport to play, and a great workout.

Ibanez wrote:

Grizalltheway wrote:
Buddy and I started playing each other the summer before senior year, tried out that spring and made varsity doubles.

Yeah, in hindsight, it was kinda gay. But it was, and still is, a fun sport to play, and a great workout.

Hey! Don't apologize.