Players in the state’s Women’s National Premier League compete for less than a third of the prize money allocated to men
Players say it sends the message that ‘they’re not equal’When the Matildas captivated the nation andfor future World Cups, the football community backed Australia’s best female footballers in. But at the same time, women playing in the country’s National Premier Leagues – the feeder leagues for A-League Women and Men – say they are being treated unequally with their own “backwards” prize money pay gaps.
In South Australia, players in the Women’s National Premier League compete for less than a third of the prize money that the men play for in the state’s National Premier League .2023 competition operating regulations show the association offers $18,000 in prize money to the men’s NPL team that wins the grand final, while the women’s equivalent receives just $5,000. The total prize money allocated to men’s NPL teams in SA is $53,000 compared with $12,500 for WNPL teams.
“They talk about equality and about this Women’s World Cup and how great women’s football is, and then, they openly give the men more prize money than us,” she said. The operating regulations of other state associations including Football Western Australia and Football New South Wales show prize money is equal between men’s and women’s NPL teams. Football Queensland said
it does not offer prize money for WNPL and NPL teams. Football Northern NSW – a smaller association which governs northern regions of the state not covered by Football NSW – also appears to have a pay gap, with first grade premiers in the
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