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Prior to women's football teams having oversight from football federations, compensation was still paid for some transfers. The first compensated transfer of a female footballer was of Molly Walker, from Lancaster Ladies to Dick, Kerr Ladies in 1918; Walker was offered expenses paid as well as payment in lieu for joining the team.
She started her career as a fitness trainer and gained a following on social media through her workouts and flag football skills. [1] [2] Deck signed a contract in 2019 that would have made her the highest paid female American football player; however, the planned Women's Football League Association never launched. [3] [4]
Time named Morgan the highest paid American women's soccer player in June 2015 attributed mostly to her endorsement deals. [221] In July 2011, she signed a one-year endorsement deal with Bank of America. [222] In January 2012, Morgan and national teammate Heather Mitts became brand ambassadors for health product company, GNC. [223]
One woman cracked Forbes' 2023 list of the world's highest-paid athletes -- tennis great Serena Williams, who brought in $45.3 million in her final year of competitive play. She retired from her...
While Morgan and Rapinoe were the highest paid female soccer players last year, earning $5.7 million each on and off the pitch, their most successful male counterpart, Cristiano Ronaldo, was ...
María Sánchez is all about the Benjamins after signing the most lucrative contract in National Women's Soccer League history on Monday. ... previous highest-paid player in the league thanks to ...
EC Radar was the first club in Brazil known to pay wages to players following the end of bans against women's football in 1979, though not all players were paid and wages were near national minimums. The Brasileirão Feminino, founded in 2013, is the nation's first professional women's football league, and became fully professional in 2019.
U.S. Soccer paid $34.1 million in salary and bonuses to the women’s national team between 2010 and 2018, yet only $26.4 million to the men, according to the AP. See the List: The Richest ...