Will Men and Women Ever Be Paid the Same in Sport? | Good Morning Britain

what's your take on this should women

and men be paid the same for what they

do in sports very very simple to know

because there's the money do you get

paid in sport isn't Jessica the speed

you get for playing as you know it's all

in the sponsorship and that is down to

marketability who's watching how many

people are watching take Wimbledon

that's been the big the big Rao for

before this latest one it half as many

people watch the women's final at

Wimbledon then watch the men's fun

people are free to choose they're free

to watch it's on television at the same

time on two different days but at the

weekend and people choose not to watch

it if people don't want to watch it

you're not going to get the sponsors

you're not going to get the money

simplified is faster market so why is

that soon if it's as good as the men's

why are people not glued to it in the

same way

is it as good as the men see lots of

people will be arguing and I thoroughly

enjoy watching England rugby team

watching the England women's win the

Cricket World Cup at the end of football

team of being sensational so there's two

questions is it as good and why isn't

there as much coverage or why aren't

people watching what my people watching

point over 1 million people watch the

women's Cricket World Cup final that's

nearly three times as many than watch

the last day of the the men's Test match

so people do watch women's sport there

over 100 million daily movie we have

Test matches quite regularly of course

where we have Test match quite regular

for Yemen well yes and we very rarely

get to watch women's sport on the telly

so one of the reasons why people don't

watch women sport is it isn't there they

don't have the history of being able to

watch it and actually what we're

starting to see is when they do when

they are able to watch it they do want

to see it I love that's not the

comparison of Wimbledon there's the same

coverage for the women's finalizes and

men's file there's the same opportunity

to watch it and it's been going as long

it's going to remove in my life you've

been able to watch or as fun as much as

a man's so why don't any people watch

but that's one final on one day in one

competition I've just told you a cricket

stat that's exactly the opposite start

100 million people watch that Cricket

World Cup final across the globe and

women's sport generally simply isn't

promoted as much it's not a living on

that farm in winning sport is it's

coming to the fore Natick particular

it's because the women's scene certainly

this country did so much better than we

all love so fell in love

but the reality is that most sports in

this country is watched by men most men

prefer to watch men playing sport like

that that's a reality right now I hope

it changes I love the fact that you're

your newest news broadcaster leading

with a woman - you mean I'm right but

you look like you're ready to jump in on

what I'm saying a lot of men do prefers

to watch - book only because they've not

really had the challenge to watch the

women play and when they do get the

chance to actually play they'll see that

it's a brilliant sport to watch as

you'll see with the football or cricket

you know there's an argument we'll men's

sports better because they're faster and

stronger well actually in my sport in

rugby because women can't rely just on

brute strength we have to rely on skill

and so there's more exciting running

rugby the argument of soon the argument

made will men are better cricketers

gazania shrubs or balls at 70 miles an

hour and more of awkward balls at 90 or

shane warne balls it about 50 miles an

hour no one no one's arguing he's not

world-class appear as though a vascular

lesion it could be the spinner he's not

been bowling stats of that but my point

is it's a skill in his bowling they're

valuing and similarly if Manny Pacquiao

got in the boxing ring with Frank Bruno

Frank Bruno decking with one punch but

nobody's saying that Manny Pacquiao's

not a worker truly the sea very exciting

thing about for just one thing a lot of

talent I don't mean anything about it

someone like me to listen to that sort

of football whether the men are playing

or the women surely there's the skill of

sport and the excitement is watching

people go faster better higher harder

you know that's what the grip of it I

didn't ask and I think on the whole

thing is edgy we just say we accept

there were different classes in the

boxing and we don't sit and go well he's

you know I mean it cancer not not you

know not a fantastic boxer because he

couldn't be a heavyweight that's only

ten pounds of ham right now thank you so

anyway we should treatment women

sportsmen say I took my ten-year-old

daughter too I like my husband's took us

to the only women to FA Cup final at

Wembley that like absolutely brilliant

I'm not a football

vision are Dave it's a darn good match

it was really exciting I didn't think

you'd use anything out from that but I

think when women say more some women say

oh look a women sport is is just as good

as men thought the fastest human being

in the world is a man the wisest who's

John the mother's first news

the highest they're all men and I think

I think you have to accept that there is

a physical difference between men and

women that means that they are going to

have all those records there's a

difference and in some ways comparing

them is meaningless men support and

women support both equally exciting you

know we didn't not enjoy what watching

Jess Ennis because she wouldn't have

Greece in the men's the Catholics in a

sprint we we loved watching that sport

is about the stories it's about the

finality and in fact the tight finish is

like the women's Cricket World Cup final

one of the best Chris Cook attractive in

ages because it was an opportunity as

well I mean Lewis biblically was going

to soda for Kate rudely interrupt

gentlemen tada yes stronger bigger but

Lewis football club have become the

first professional semi-pro football

club to place women and men's teams the

same amount of money so they play an

essence league which is a few below the

national leagues but they're women and

the men are now being personally second

I think I'm you'd agree with that so

yeah but that's that's not like that's

great if they want to do that but again

it's the money in sport is commercial

it's all about how much the certain

players who could just command huge

figures not just as they're grateful for

them as women because people want to

watch and women have been do to

disadvantage because they haven't had

courage if you don't get coverage you

don't get sponsorship if you don't get

sponsorship you don't get investment and

so on and that's not just because people

don't want to watch in the 20s dick Kerr

ladies were playing in front of 50,000

people football matches the FA banned

them I don't know why maybe just because

of it was threatening over to Vanessa

but fact is you know even back then

people wanted to watch there's been so

many things holding back the growth of

coverage of undoubtedly needs address of

the women in the cricket in the rugby

which they are from couple of weeks and

of course tonight will hopefully start

sorts ways back thinking about joining a

studio thank you very much to you as

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