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U.S. Women’s Soccer Sued Over Alleged Gender Pay Discrimination; Judge: Nope. Rapinoe Responds.

Amanda Prestigiacomo
U.S. Women’s Soccer Sued Over Alleged Gender Pay Discrimination; Judge: Nope. Rapinoe Responds.
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On Friday, a judge dismissed the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s legal claim that they are paid less than men due to gender discrimination.

“U.S. District Judge R Gary Klausner said he would not allow the equal pay allegations to go forward because the women’s national team previously ‘rejected an offer to be paid under the same pay-to-play structure’ as the men’s national team,” CBS News reported Friday evening.

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