According to Forbes [1] men's world cup generated $6b in revenue and shared $400m between participants. [1] The women's world cup is expected to generate $131m and share $30m between participants. This means that as a share of the pie, women's are actually making more % wise, even though there is less demand. This is likely needed, in part, to encourage more woman to participate in the world cup so that it can grow in the future.<p>It is difficult to dole out blame in scenarios such as this, should you blame FIFA? The country's soccer organizations? The media? The customers?<p>[1] <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2019/03/07/world-cup-soccer-pay-disparity-between-men-and-women-is-justified/#302968246da4" rel="nofollow">https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2019/03/07/world-cu...</a>