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“We Are Doing a Job”: The 1971 Mexican Women’s Soccer Players and the Fight for Professionalism
The article discusses the struggle of Mexican women's soccer players for professional recognition during the 1971 World Cup held in Mexico. At this time, women playing soccer challenged existing social beliefs that confined women to the home and limited their participation in sports deemed only for men. The 1971 Mexican team performed very well, reaching the final, and the tournament itself attracted large crowds, showing the economic potential of women's soccer. Despite generating significant income for organizers and companies through ticket sales and advertising, the players themselves received little to no financial compensation for their efforts, time, and sacrifices.
Battle of the Sexes Over Fans—Is Men’s Soccer a Substitute for Women’s Soccer?
This research looked into what affects how many fans attend women's professional soccer games in Germany. Since women's soccer teams often don't get a lot of money from TV deals, they rely heavily on ticket sales to be successful. The researchers wanted to know if having men's professional soccer games at the same time as women's games takes away potential fans. They studied ten seasons of games in Germany's top women's league to see if there's a connection between when the men's and women's leagues play and how many people come to the women's games.