Don Lemon is exactly right (!) about pay disparity between US men's and women's nat'l soccer teams

Sarah D | 2:30 PM on December 01, 2022

We’d like to offer our heartiest congratulations to the United States Men’s National Team on all of their success at this year’s World Cup.

And we’d also like to congratulation the U.S. Women’s National Team, because they’re going to get rewarded for the men’s success without actually having to earn it themselves:

US Women's National Team will get half of money won by USMNT at World Cup https://t.co/eBRYfCHqOW pic.twitter.com/IKi18bDLiE

— New York Post (@nypost) November 30, 2022

More from the New York Post:

Under the equal-pay agreement signed this year, the teams will split the prize money for the World Cup. That means that both teams will get $6.5 million for the men’s team advancing to the Round of 16 and will continue to split the prize money down the middle.

The terms, agreed to in May and formally signed in September, put both teams on the same payment model through 2028.

Sounds like a pretty sweet deal. At least for the women.

Make it make sense https://t.co/Pmzddus8aB

— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) November 30, 2022

We can’t make it make sense. And, to his credit, neither can CNN’s Don Lemon, much to his “CNN This Morning” cohosts’ bafflement and chagrin:

Don Lemon leaves his CNN colleagues perplexed by stating the obvious about pay in US soccer:

“Everyone’s going to hate me … I’m not sexist…the men’s team makes more money, the men should get more money.” pic.twitter.com/iZiwSHVBhd

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) December 1, 2022

Lemon’s exactly right: The men consistently bring in more viewership (and more revenue) than the women … why shouldn’t they make more money, too?