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Hannah Bevis has a great thread of articles you should read about what’s going down w/ the USWNT. You should definitely give her a follow and read those articles:
Here’s the timeline on USWNT’s decision to sit out IIHF World Championships
Elite athlete funding in the U.S. and Canada: How national team players get paid
While the U.S. men’s hockey team sat in business class, the women sat in coach
It’s time for USA Hockey to wake up and support the women’s team
Who Do You Pay For: USA Hockey and the Undervaluing of Women Athletes
USA Hockey turned down potential USA/Canada rematch after the 2014 Olympics
Saying no to USAH: Q & A with University of Minnesota’s Cara Piazza
Women’s Hockey Notebook: Meghan Duggan Q&A; USWNT news; Men’s team boycott?
Women have already beaten USA Hockey at bargaining table
Auston Matthews vs. Makenna Newkirk: The case against USA Hockey
USA Hockey is trying to ice a team of scabs for the women’s world championship
U.S. Women’s Hockey Team Is Fighting For Your Daughter
Olympic Medalist Hockey Player Monique Lamoreux On The Julie DiCaro & Brian Hedger Show
USA Hockey, women’s team had a deal last week before it was voted down
Again, I’ve read all of these and they really are all great and give a lot of info and background on what’s going on. Also, follow Hannah Bevis on twitter, she’s great!
I don’t even think it’s feasible to get a team together in time, but this is still terrifying and infuriating. And these kids most likely not have insurance if this goes ahead.
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The national team members have already stated that they’ve contacted all of the U-18/U-22 players and have their full support. This is USA Hockey grasping at straws and making idiots out of themselves in the process. They’re digging their hole deeper and deeper.
Ok, re: the hockey boycott, I wanna explain some of the key points you soccer fans who may not know the full importance of this. I know it may not be a sport you follow, but it’s a step for all of women’s sports
- Like in soccer, Team USA is one of the dominant NTs in woho, a very top-teir NT. Obviously any NT standing up for what they deserve is a big deal, but havng a “big” team like this strike really sends echos through the hockey world and the sports world in general.
- Worlds is one of the major hockey tourneys, so boycotting this is a massive statement. Theyre not boycotting some small, less importnat tournament.
- The US is hosting Worlds this year. We’re boycotting a tourney that our own country is hosting. Which makes this boycott harder to ignore and really helps things hit home (and also dude it’s just hella gutsy)
- The team isn’t even striking for equal pay, they just want living wages. Like enough-money-to-eat type wages.
- The players get paid $1000 a month during the Olympic period, which lasts 6 months
- Outside of the Olympic months they get paid basically nothing and many players have second jobs as a means to survive
Additionally, they players are lobbying for stronger development opportunities for youth players. The MNT already has this, per an ESPN quote they spend $3.5M on programs for younger boys and none for young girls.
The US Hockey org put out a statement that pretty much talks around every issue the WNT raised. So it’s really important that instead of asking what have they done for women’s hockey? It’s to ask – what do they regularly do for the men’s team and the growth of men’s hockey in the US that they aren’t for women?
$1000 a MONTH! Olympians getting paid $1000 a month to play at the highest level. Unacceptable. #BeBoldForChange
The team representing the League of Women’s Hockey, Russia’s top amateur women’s hockey circuit, takes the ice earlier this month in Red Square for an exhibition game against a squad from the Office of the Kremlin Commandant. The women’s team emerged victorious in the end, 5-4! (Image Source)
Like Hayley Wickenheiser and many other unsung female hockey stars, CWHL athletes play for the love of the game. While NHL players are getting annual paycheques in the millions, top-notch women hockey players are not being paid a cent — not even those who have earned five Olympic medals, a feat unmatched by any male hockey player.
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