The author is a feminist activist from Boston who has written about women's soccer in the past. She found an article questioning why female soccer players do not receive equal pay. The article was written by Zach Zill and published in Jacobin magazine, which takes a socialist perspective. Zill's viewpoint is similar to the author's in that he criticizes FIFA over the economic aspects of revenue generated from women players, but not paid to them. It is unclear whether Zill is more interested in increasing women's pay or attacking FIFA.

1. Scenario
I found a site that is
questioning why female
soccer players do not get
equal pay?

2. Who is the author and what is her
motivation for sharing this
information?

3.  Clicking on the author’s name tells me that
she is a feminist activist, abortion funder,
runner, and beer geek in Boston, MA.
 There are many hits of stories that she
wrote about women and soccer when I
Google her.
 I am going to hypothesize that she has
played soccer before, enjoyed it, and
wants the women players to make equal
pay.

4. Verses
 Zach Zill’s article was published Jacobin magazine, which
states that it “offers a socialist perspective on politics,
economics, and culture”. The site has a subscription tab
as well as a donation tab. There is an advertising tab for
those that want to advertise in the magazine.
 Zach Zill’s point of view may be similar to Alicia Lorene
Johnson’s viewpoint, but where she is reporting on the
player and the pay injustice, Hill seems to make the
discrepancy more political and has attacked FIFA over the
economic aspects of where the money is because the
revenues show that FIFA is making money off of the
women players.

5. Is this author really interested in
increasing women’s pay in soccer, or is
he more interested in going after FIFA?

6. What I know…
 Point of View: Give women soccer players equal pay to men soccer players
 Main Idea: Equal pay for equal work
 Audience: Address women, athletes, sports enthusiasts, advertisers
 Validity and Reliability: the information provided is valid and reliable because the article is filled with statistics and links
to several places that have verified their data such as the MLS Roster Rules and Regulations and The Women’s
Sports Foundation
 Jerome Valcke, secretary general of FIFA, was asked in 2014 if his organization had any plans to equalize pay. He
stated "That's not even a question I will answer because it is nonsense! We played 30th (men's) World Cup in 2014
and we are playing the seventh women's World Cup, so things can grow step-by-step. We are still another 23 World
Cups before potentially women should receive the same amount as men," Valcke said. (So, women will start to get
equal pay in 2106!)

7. Further research…
Is there enough data that shows that
women can generate enough in sales to
get higher pay?

8. Works Cited
Johnson, A. (2015, June 15). Why Don't Female Soccer Players Get Equal Pay?
Inside The Economics Of Professional Women's Soccer. Retrieved October 1,
2015, from http://www.bustle.com/articles/89485-why-dont-female-soccer-players-
get-equal-pay-inside-the-economics-of-professional-womens-soccer
Zill, Z. (2015, July 16). Soccer's Sexist Political Economy. Retrieved October 1,
2015, from https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/07/womens-world-cup-fifa-hope-
solo-wages/