U.S. Soccer Kicking Women When They’re Up

No sooner than I had finished reading Sports Illustrated’s article on their “Sportswomen of the Year,” the 1999 World Cup Champion U.S. women’s soccer team, I picked up the Times Sports section to read that U.S. Soccer has refused to renegotiate the team’s player contracts, instead expecting them to continue under the terms of a 1996 contract. That’s what I call short-term memory.

My advice to U.S. Soccer: Pay the women every penny they are asking for. If money is tight, take it from what you’re paying the men’s team.

MATTHEW P. YATES

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