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This week, we saw some big developments in the united states women s national soccer team s quest to be paid the same as their male counterparts. on tuesday, the u.s. soccer federation announced they would be offering the men s and women s teams the same contract proposal, which they said would ensure that both teams are among the highest paid senior national team players in the world. in response, the players association for the women s team called the move a pr stunt and an attempt to bargain through the media. still, the offer could be a step in the right direction, though. star player alex morgan who has been one of the most vocal players on this issue said the public commitment to equal pay is a good one. morgan said in a press conference, quote, we need to look line by line at what they re actually providing because if you have equal pay but it s not even what we got before or to the value that we are, then we still consider that to be not good enough. joining us now is aj hess, ....
Said some stuff that sounds like good faith but then you have official communications saying another thing. so, you know. aj, i want to dig into what you wrote because one of the key issues is that the pay both men and women get from fifa world cups, you broke down the numbers for cnbc. let s walk through some of them. in 2018, men s world cup, there were 32 teams playing for $400 million in total prize money with france winning $38 million. that same 2019 women s world cup, 24 teams competed for only $30 million in total prize money. the american women s team won that tournament. they only took home $4 million. so obviously there is a huge disparity in pay. obviously it s not just on the u.s. soccer in this particular case because it has to do with the world cup and that s run by fifa. but how big a sticking point are these payouts from fifa? it s big. the recent statement from u.s. ....