( Reuters) – The U.S. females’s soccer team have actually filed to appeal a district court decision bied far recently that dismissed their claims for equivalent pay, a representative for the team said on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Women’s World Cup Final – United States v Netherlands – Groupama Arena, Lyon, France – July 7, 2019 Megan Rapinoe of the U.S. scores their first objective from the penalty area REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
The team suffered an unexpected blow to their high-profile case versus their federation when the court threw out the gamers’ claims that they were under paid in comparison with the men’s national group.
District Court Judge R. Gary Klausner said the World Cup champions were paid more on both a cumulative and a typical per-game