In Canada, they recieve mostly public funds. When I was in high school, the Canadian women's football team was quite high ranking, because we funded both equally teams from tax dollars, which meant our men's team was pitifully underfunded compared to most countries' men's teams, and our women's team was quite competitive.
I think there's an argument that a national team, even if there's a lot of private capital involved, is a national good. It's not quite the equivalent of a train company, but I think it's on the way. And if customers preferred male ticket takers, even if they were more likely to buy tickets from men and thus men brought in more revenue, I don't think it would be appropriate to pay women less.
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Date: 2019-08-21 07:24 am (UTC)I think there's an argument that a national team, even if there's a lot of private capital involved, is a national good. It's not quite the equivalent of a train company, but I think it's on the way. And if customers preferred male ticket takers, even if they were more likely to buy tickets from men and thus men brought in more revenue, I don't think it would be appropriate to pay women less.