
<p>The United States women’s national team was given a major monetary boost following the men’s victory against Iran on Tuesday. Because of a previous agreement, each USWNT player will now receive $380,000 following the massive men’s match.</p>



<p>Unions for both U.S. teams agreed a new collective bargaining deal back in May. Prior to the agreement, the two teams were essentially competing for resources from the United States Soccer Federation. Under the the new terms, however, the men’s and women’s teams are working together to benefit both unions.</p>



<h5>Players on both sides happy with deal</h5>



<p><a href="https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com/nations/usmnt-tv-schedule/">USMNT</a> and Nashville SC defender Walker Zimmerman previously spoke on the deal. “I’m really excited to start this partnership almost fresh, a clean slate. We’re working together,” <a href="https:\/\/www.espn.com/soccer/united-states-usaw/story/4668464/uswntusmnt-get-equal-split-of-world-cup-bonuses-in-new-cbas" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">stated</a> Zimmerman.</p>



<p>“We have accomplished so much together with this revolutionary CBA, and certainly we’re [going to] be cheering like crazy, because that’s exactly what this CBA is. It’s equal. We will be their biggest fans. I’m sure they will be our biggest fans, as well.”</p>



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<div class="ck-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Because of US Soccer&apos;s new equal pay agreement, men and women split World Cup prize money.<br><br>With the USMNT advancing today, the two teams will each receive $6.5 million minimum.<br><br>That&apos;s more than the USWNT got for winning both the 2015 and 2019 World Cups combined: $6 million. <a href="https:\/\/t.co/pGHS7XuGP8">pic.twitter.com/pGHS7XuGP8</a></p>— Front Office Sports (@FOS) <a href="https:\/\/twitter.com/FOS/status/1597717356922695680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></blockquote></div><script async="" src="https:\/\/platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>Midge Purce, USWNT forward and union committee member, was also thrilled with the deal. “I think what this CBA does is it finally creates that ‘One Nation. One Team.’ And I think that it’s really brought us together under that ideology that we’ve been chasing after for a really long time,” said Purce.</p>



<h2>USMNT, USWNT split World Cup prize money</h2>



<p>Under the new agreement, 90% of the <a href="https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com/category/world-cup-2022/">World Cup</a> prize money awarded to the USSF will be equally shared between the USMNT team and the 2023 USWNT World Cup squad.</p>



<p>If the size of the Women’s World Cup rosters is expanded to 26 players, like the men’s teams, each player would receive $380,769 in prize money. FIFA is reportedly awarding about $440 million to the 32 participating countries at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.</p>



<p>The world’s governing body of the sport previously shelled out $30 million to the 2019 Women’s World Cup nations.</p>



<p><em>PHOTO: IMAGO / Xinhua</em></p>



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USWNT players get $380,000 bonus as the USMNT beat Iran in the World Cup on Tuesday to advance to the knockout round.

USWNT players receive $380k each after USMNT beat Iran

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<p>Remember back in the scary days of March when this MLS season was on the brink due to the expired collective bargaining agreement?&nbsp; And at the almost last second the two sides <a href="http:\/\/www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com/mls-players-union-reach-deal-on-new-collective-bargaining-agreement/8465" target="_blank">agreed to a new CBA</a>, which would include more rights for the players and a re-entry draft for certain players?&nbsp; MLS has finally announced the procedures for these re-entry drafts and a detailed explanation of how players can change clubs.&nbsp; If you want the entire process from the source, <a href="http:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com/2010-re-entry-process" target="_blank">here is the link to the MLS website</a>.&nbsp; For the sake of everyone’s sanity, however, below is a summary of how the new kinda-free-agency process will work as soon as one team raises the MLS Cup in Toronto:</p>
<p>On November 30, the clubs will inform MLS which eligible player options they have picked up and which players they are being tendered a Bona Fide Offer.&nbsp; Players who are out of a contract and who are tendered neither of those options are eligible for the re-entry draft, provided they are at least:</p>
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<li>23 years old with 3 years MLS experience whose option was not exercised</li>
<li>25 years old with with at least 4 years MLS experience whose contract has expired and has not received a Bona Fide Offer.</li>
<li>30 years old with at least 8 years MLS experience whose contract has expired and has not received a Bona Fide Offer.</li>
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<p>If a player has their option declined but fall short of the 25/4 requirement, their current team still has right of first refusal.&nbsp; Between November 30 and December 3, teams may try and re-sign their re-entry draft players, or they can do sign-and-trades with these players, similar to the NBA.&nbsp; However, once December 3 arrives, the lists are locked in and released to the players’ union and clubs.</p>
<p>Still with me?&nbsp; Because here is gets fun.</p>
<p>On December 8, MLS has Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Draft.&nbsp; All of the 23/3, 25/4, and 30/8 players who were not re-signed are eligible to be selected by another team, but that team must pay a certain salary to the selected players (for example, a drafted 30/8 player is required to get at least 105% of their 2010 salary).&nbsp; The selection is by record, with the expansion teams picking last, so D.C. United has the privilege of selecting the first re-entry player (<a href="http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com/sports/blogs/penalty-kicks/With-the-first-pick-in-the-MLS-re-entry-draft-DC-United-selects-107066683.html" target="_blank">possibly Jimmy Conrad</a>).&nbsp; A team cannot select its own player, and the draft continues until no team wants to make a selection.&nbsp; All is not lost for the undrafted players however.&nbsp; Between December 9 and 13, negotiations can resume.&nbsp; Teams can sign their players or do sign-and-trades.&nbsp; On December 15, a second draft is held for the unsigned players until again no team remains wanting to make a selection.</p>
<p>What does this all mean?&nbsp; Between the re-entry draft and expansion draft, there will be, relatively speaking, a lot of player movement in MLS this offseason.</p>


MLS Free Agents Get A Little More Freedom - World Soccer Talk

MLS Free Agents Get A Little More Freedom

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<p>Grant Wahl is a <a href="http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com/writers/grant_wahl/archive/index.html" target="_blank">senior writer for Sports Illustrated</a> and author of the best seller, <a href="http:\/\/www.amazon.com/Beckham-Experiment-Athlete-Conquer-America/dp/030740787X" target="_blank">The Beckham Experiment</a>.  In Tampa for the U.S. Mens National Team’s friendly with El Salvador, Grant joined the MLS Talk podcast Wednesday to talk USMNT and, more urgently, the ongoing negotiations in Major League Soccer over a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.</p>


Grant Wahl Interview: MLS Talk Podcast - World Soccer Talk

Grant Wahl Interview: MLS Talk Podcast

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<p>Major League Soccer is a niche league, perhaps the largest niche league in North America (depending on your view of hockey and the NHL).&nbsp; It lacks a lot of the tradition, and strength that can be found in older leagues such as the National Football League, or Major League Baseball.&nbsp; Even the NHL has strong traditions relative to Major League soccer.&nbsp; Niche leagues fill certain markets, and reach out to small support bases.&nbsp; They are not immune to problems and possess a wide variety of weaknesses.</p>
<p>One of those weaknesses is the susceptibility to a work stoppage.</p>
<p>Major League Soccer is on the verge of a virtual collapse, and the league seems to think that a collapse is preferable to granting the most basic right a worker has.&nbsp; The right of mobility and freedom to choose where you work.&nbsp; In any other line of employment outside of sports, the employer would be clearly in the wrong (and likely taken to court) for doing what it can to restrict labour rights.&nbsp; But in sports, we tolerate labour violations because there is a perception that we can encourage league competitiveness by restricting labour rights.&nbsp; Others rationalize the violation of labour rights as a way of keeping players from being paid too much.</p>
<p>Regardless, with any other product this would be considered illegal. But US (and Canadian) law is funny on sports leagues and the product they peddle. So, the Players are going to have to seek a compromise, as legal action on labour issues such as these has failed across numerous sports.</p>
<p>Major League Soccer is moving towards a lockout or strike, both of which would be absolutely terrible for the North American game and a blow to the credibility of the USSF abroad.&nbsp; There<em> seems </em>to be broad consensus among followers of the league that a strike or lockout would be the death of the league.</p>
<p>The odd thing about this whole situation is that MLS and the Players Union are not far apart on the issues. There remains a major stumbling block which has yet to be overcome.</p>
<p>It is free agency (in combination with player mobility).</p>
<p>Under the current system, players have no right to say no to a trade, and cannot catch on with another MLS team when their contract expires.&nbsp; And oddly, neither the league or the players seem to be able to come together on a compromise.</p>
<p>Here is what I propose as a solution.&nbsp; It’s a halfway point, known as Restricted Free Agency and is employed in the NHL.</p>
<p>1. Players over the age of 28 or who have played 5 years, consecutively, in MLS are entitled to unrestricted free agency.<br>
2. Players over the age of 28 or who have played 5 years, consecutively, in MLS are entitled to a No Trade Clause.<br>
3. Players under the age of 28 and who have not played 5 years, consecutively, in MLS are entitled to Restricted Free Agency.&nbsp; Clubs must offer a contract equal or greater in nominal value to their previous contract or the player becomes an unrestricted free agent.<br>
4. Players under the age of 28 and who have not played 5 years, consecutively, in MLS are permitted to negotiate No Trade Clauses into their contracts.</p>
<p>This is obviously not with all the bells and whistles that a “legalese” agreement would require, but it is something which the two groups can work off of.&nbsp; Maybe the age should be higher, maybe lower. Maybe you should need less or more consecutive years.</p>
<p>But it’s something of a compromise and may spark some ideas.</p>
<p>What do you think?&nbsp; What are your proposals on bridging this volatile issue? Would RFA work in MLS?</p>


MLS Facing Unmitigated Disaster - World Soccer Talk

MLS Facing Unmitigated Disaster

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<p>In the third part (of three) in our series on Major League Soccer’s labor negotiations, I talked to Major League Soccer Talk contributor Brian Zygo.</p>
<p>After talking to legal and sports business experts in the series’ first two parts, I’ve asked Brian on the show to help bring the issues back to the pitch. &nbsp;Bring is a practicing lawyer in Houston, and although his expertise is not labor law, his combination of legal knowledge and soccer expertise help translate bring a soccer-lean to the story.</p>
<p>Brian joined me on Thursday night in wake of the news the management and labor had agreed to a negotiating period extending through February 12, twelve days after the current collective bargaining agreement expires.</p>


MLS Talk Podcast: Brian Zygo, on Labor Negotiations - World Soccer Talk

MLS Talk Podcast: Brian Zygo, on Labor Negotiations

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<p>In the second of three podcasts Major League Soccer Talk will be devoting to collective bargaining and labor negotiations, I was joined by Joel Maxcy.</p>
<p>Joel is an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia where he also serves as the Sports Management Program’s coordinator.  He has a Ph.D. in economics from Washington State University, and his research interests include labor economics, sports law, and antitrust.</p>
<p>We start this podcast by picking-up on the American Needle case but eventually transition into talk of single-entity and its effects on incentives to compete.</p>


MLS Talk Podcast: Joel Maxcy, on MLS Labor Issues - World Soccer Talk

MLS Talk Podcast:  Joel Maxcy, on MLS Labor Issues

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<p>In the first of three podcasts Major League Soccer Talk will be devoting to collective bargaining and labor negotiations, I was joined by Jeffrey Standen.</p>
<p>Jeffrey is an instructor at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon where he teaches (amongst other things) Sports Law.  He joined me on Tuesday to walk us through the important concepts in labor disputes: the importance of single-entity, how it distinguishes the MLS labor dispute from other sports labor disputes, as well as traditional breaking points for labor during these negotiations.</p>


MLS Talk Podcast: Jeffrey Standen, on Collective Bargaining - World Soccer Talk

MLS Talk Podcast:  Jeffrey Standen, on Collective Bargaining

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