Megan Rapinoe & The US Soccer Team

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USWNT Uses Gender Discrimination Lawsuit As Confetti During Victory Parade: ‘Pay Us Bitch’

The U.S. National Women’s National Team (USWNT) used paper from their gender discrimination lawsuit as confetti during their victory parade in New York on Wednesday. At one point, goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris said “pay us bitch” as her teammate Allie Long chewed on a piece of the confetti.

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Harris posted a message to social media claiming that she used crumpled up pages from the federal class-action lawsuit she joined to force the U.S. Soccer Federation to pay female players the same as male players.

The player took to her Instagram account to post a video of the crumpled pages with the caption, “Our lawsuit is in the f—ing trees, bitch.”
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In the video, midfielder Allie Long is also seen stuffing one of the pages into her mouth. While Long is chewing, Harris says, “Pay us bitch.”

The 28 players of the U.S. team filed a lawsuit against U.S. soccer in May. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and alleged gender-based discrimination by the U.S. Soccer Federation.

The U.S. Women’s team turned their World Cup appearance into a politics with constant broadsides against the president, and making numerous political proclamations such as protesting about “equal pay.” Team co-captain Megan Rapinoe also refused to place her hand over her heart and sing the American national anthem.

USWNT Uses Gender Discrimination Lawsuit As Confetti During Victory Parade: 'Pay Us Bitch'
 
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LouderVol said:
Just not a fan of obelisks. And at least when I was there you cant go up, so once I had seen one side it was all the same. No problem with it being dedicated to Washington. Best president we ever had because he didnt want the job.

Mt Rushmore doesnt make sense on any level but who they suggested. Where, why, how its laid out. No tie to any of them or anything at all except another reason to piss on the natives.
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Are you thinking that the concept behind an obelisk is a big "phallacy" ... mine is bigger than yours? It is a simple minded concept ... one that even cavemen could appreciate ... and likely the origin.
 
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utvolpj said:
So they didn't get anything yet that's being used in their favor? If they play like they've been playing they'll miss the next one too. The usmnt is currently a terrible squad
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Yes and sales have been dropping accordingly.

Should FCS schools make as much money as FBS schools from TV deals?
 
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0nelilreb said:
That doesn’t really matter , they ( men and women both ) have collective bargaining agreements with different bonus and pay systems . I get what she’s saying , we want more money , but she’s using the “I am woman hear me roar approach “ in the press I’m guessing to help put pressure on the ones that negotiate those contracts . I’ve never understood the male female angle with collective bargaining unions , athletes , actors get what they get because they have really good reps .

Edit : I should include coaches for sure in this .
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When I want a pay raise, I never thought to **** on my company and their clients as a way to get it.
 
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AM64 said:
Are you thinking that the concept behind an obelisk is a big "phallacy" ... mine is bigger than yours? It is a simple minded concept ... one that even cavemen could appreciate ... and likely the origin.
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Not bothered by their phallic nature. Just that there is nothing to them. And they are never as big as they say they are.
 
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n_huffhines said:
The white house has become a symbol of endless war, insurmountable debt, and usurpation of power from the legislative branch.
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Considering that congress controls spending and enacts laws, you have a strange perspective on things. Seems like Trump is still waiting for funds for a few home improvement projects, and congress is still denying him.
 
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AM64 said:
Considering that congress controls spending and enacts laws, you have a strange perspective on things. Seems like Trump is still waiting for funds for a few home improvement projects, and congress is still denying him.
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POTUS controls spending with the power of veto and legislates with XO's

Pay attention
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Works that way in sports literally all the time.
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Sports is meritocratic capitalism. You get paid for what you can do and how much it earns. The NFL's ratings just started coming back up from the losses it started taking over the politicization of Sundays. I don't think it's an accident that the ratings started coming back up after the NFL took steps to quell some of the politics.

If the US women's team want to take the chance of offending much of their US viewership, by all means. I just don't think it's a smart thing to alienate parts of your revenue stream in an effort to increase your earning. Again, it'd be like me ****ing on my corporation's client base in a bid for a pay raise.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Veto + XO

Pay attention
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Is that cryptographic or just from the crypt? Congress can override a veto the last I knew. And the courts at congressional bidding seem to have no problem overturning presidential decrees.
 
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AM64 said:
Is that cryptographic or just from the crypt? Congress can override a veto the last I knew. And the courts at congressional bidding seem to have no problem overturning presidential decrees.
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I'm having trouble seeing how the resident "we can't trust the government" anarchist can now be making the argument that checks and balances in gov't are bad.

"The White House is an evil symbol of out of control spending because it can veto the ones that submit budgets." lol
 
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AM64 said:
Is that cryptographic or just from the crypt? Congress can override a veto the last I knew. And the courts at congressional bidding seem to have no problem overturning presidential decrees.
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Yeah, and since this happens on like 1/20 vetoes and vetoes aren't used very often (I think Trump's just used it twice, Bush and Obama a combined 24), your point is irrelevant. Since the large majority of XO's aren't overturned, your point is irrelevant. POTUS is responsible for what he controls. Stop trying to absolve him of his culpability.

Pay attention
 
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As far as American symbolism, I think first place goes to Statue of Liberty. Went with my daughter to NYC a few years ago. Went to visit Lady Liberty. Awe inspiring is all I can say. Got a little choked up, tbh.
Wash DC, the buildings and monuments (even obelisks) are high on the list. Looking at those structures and taking a negative message of symbolism is just as easy as taking a positive, imo. I think it is a 'what you put into it is what you get out of it' type of thing.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Yeah, and since this happens on like 1/20 vetoes and vetoes aren't used very often (I think Trump's just used it twice, Bush and Obama a combined 24), your point is irrelevant. Since the large majority of XO's aren't overturned, your point is irrelevant. POTUS is responsible for what he controls. Stop trying to absolve him of his culpability.

Pay attention
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OK, I'll defer to your irrelevant point on an irrelevant observation. You irrelevantly win again.
 
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McDad said:
As far as American symbolism, I think first place goes to Statue of Liberty. Went with my daughter to NYC a few years ago. Went to visit Lady Liberty. Awe inspiring is all I can say. Got a little choked up, tbh. Wash DC, the buildings and monuments (even obelisks) are high on the list. Looking at those structures and taking a negative message of symbolism is just as easy as taking a positive, imo. I think it is a 'what you put into it is what you get out of it' type of thing.
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Half the country fundamentally opposes the message carved into the statue of liberty, LOL. I'm with you, though.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Half the country fundamentally opposes the message carved into the statue of liberty, LOL. I'm with you, though.
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i think that is a really poignant observation on symbolism in a general sense. Symbolism can be anything we want it to be. The message of Lady Liberty is about the concept of America welcoming the cast-offs from other societies. I think the majority still get warm fuzzies about that high minded concept. The percentages drop like a UF football player to the turf when the other team is moving the ball efficiently once the details of that concept are discussed.
 
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