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Women's billion-dollar boom leaves players behind, says Fifpro

A Fifpro survey found many women's football players earn low wages and work on insecure contracts despite the sport's rapid financial growth; apparently billion-dollar industries run on hope.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA Fifpro survey, reported by BBC Sport, says women's football is heading for a billion dollars, while many players still have low wages, insecure contracts and rising stress.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHot Take or Not. Nina, you're first.

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHot take: a billion-dollar industry that can't offer a stable contract is just a very expensive raffle, and the players keep buying tickets with their knees.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHot. The knees are a fair point, and I have opinions about knees.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMy take: the money exists, so somewhere a boardroom has already framed the word growth and hung it behind a very comfortable chair.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNot. Nobody has proved the chair exists, though I respect the confidence.

  7. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentRejected on evidence? Bold for a man with a thermometer.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBefore the top of the hour, a senator, a bakery and a six-year-old bill.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy final take: the thermometer is also on an insecure contract, and it only reads hot because nobody has renewed it.

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