FIFA head Gianni Infantino says Women’s World Cup breaks even however performs down requires equal prize cash

FIFA president Gianni Infantino mentioned Friday that the Women’s World Cup has “broken even” after producing greater than $570 million in income however dismissed recommendations for equal prize cash with the boys’s World Cup.

The present World Cup prize swimming pools sit at $110 million for ladies and $440 million for males. Infantino has persistently performed down requires equal funds.

On Friday, he instructed calls for for equal prize cash have been a “slogan” that “would not solve anything.”

“Some voices were raised, where it cost too much, we don’t make enough revenues, we will have to subsidize,” Infantino mentioned on the FIFA Women’s Football Convention.

“And our opinion was, Well, if we have to subsidize, we will subsidize’, because we have to do that. But actually, this World Cup generated over $570 million in revenues, and so we broke even.”

Infantino said FIFA didn’t lose money “and we generated the second-highest income of any sport, besides of course the men’s World Cup, at a global stage.”

“More than half a billion. There are not many competitions, even in men’s football, who generate more than half a billion.”

Infantino urged broadcasters and sponsors to “pay a fair price” for women’s soccer — “to women’s football in general in all the countries, in all the leagues, in all the competitions.”