Manchester City Women's star Lucy Bronze has called out the 'outrageous' FA Cup pay disparity. During the 2021-22 season the winners of the Women's FA Cup will receive £25,000 with the losers gaining £15,000.
In comparison, teams who are victorious in the Men's FA Cup second round received £34,000 and the eventual winner of the domestic trophy will take home £1.8m.
Commenting in her Give Me Sport column, the England international said: "If we did win the FA Cup, we would understand why we wouldn’t be given £1.8 million in prize money. "Men's football has a bigger audience and more sponsors right now.
We know we have to grow the game a lot more to get to that point. "However, the fact that we would currently receive less than two percent of the men’s winnings is outrageous. "I’m glad this is now being addressed.
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