In recent years, the issue of gender differences in salary has been making headlines. While in many areas the gaps still exist but are narrowing (the IDF, hi-tech, etc.), in Israeli football the gaps are only growing.
In the world, and especially in the US, they have already begun to act on the issue, this is to reach an equal footing not only professionally, but mainly economically. Last year, a historic revision of the American women’s team in terms of salary conditions was decided, compared to the men’s team.
The American Federation reached a compromise with the players of the national team in which the Federation will pay compensation in the total amount of 24 million dollars and not only that – it was promised to compare the salary conditions for the junior and senior national teams as well as for the participation fee in the Women’s World Cup.
In the US, they continued and transferred this to other sports. They passed legislation that led to huge news – not only money, it brought into American sports in general hundreds of thousands of new female athletes who want to succeed and were able to increase their professional achievements as well. This legislation led the bodies that receive funding from the state to create control Petition of the female players of the USA soccer team in the world arena. And not only that, it gave birth to gender equality. Great, isn’t it?
How much money does a professional soccer player get in Israel? Photo: Hadera talents
But what is happening in Israel? According to the data received by Bizsport, the budgets are light years away. The budgets of the Women’s Premier League reach 1.3 to 2.5 million shekels. Just for comparison, the lowest budget in the Men’s Premier League, of the Bnei Rayna team, is NIS 12 million. But leave it at that, many actresses make no money and play for free, while others barely earn minimum wage. A top Israeli footballer can reach a salary of 30-50 thousand euros a month, and even double if your name is Eran Zahavi.
The budget of the women’s group in Israel is divided according to the number of incomes. The Toto allocates between NIS 450-600 thousand to the groups, with groups from the periphery receiving a higher percentage. The groups also receive a budget from Atena that ranges from NIS 50-60 thousand. It is accepted according to rating points and includes achievements and the inclusion of Israeli actresses.
In addition, they receive NIS 36,000 from club licensing, a local authorities budget ranging from NIS 20,000 to a million NIS. Income from youth departments reaches NIS 600,000 and budgeting from sponsors reaches NIS 800,000 in senior groups. On the other hand, there are also expenses for women. Unlike the men’s football, where they get refunds from the teams, the women are disadvantaged in this matter as well.
For example, the foreign players in soccer are paid in Euros (converted to shekels, of course) and receive tax relief (for a foreign player, they pay half the tax than for an Israeli player), while among foreign players, the average cost of a foreign player is about 80 thousand shekels, including salary, plane ticket, Ministry of Interior fees, agent and residence fees. The total salary of the players in the teams reaches 600 thousand NIS and up to 1.2 million NIS. This is a group that is at the top. Player salaries in the Premier League range from NIS 5-6 million for a bottom team to tens of millions of NIS for a top team.
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