I am a labor and employment lawyer. I also am a soccer mom.
Yesterday those worlds collided when the five captains
(Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Hope
Solo) of the US Women's National Team filed a complaint with
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of all women
on the US national team asserting gender discrimination.
The complaint comes after a legal dispute between the
player's union and the United States Soccer Federation (US
Soccer). Discussions have been heated as the women's team
complained of playing the World Cup on turf instead of natural
grass and even cancelled an exhibition game in Hawaii due to
reportedly dangerous field conditions. However, things reportedly
came to a head when the women requested equal pay. The players'
attorney reported US Soccer responded that the request for equal
pay was "irrational," a word choice that, if
true, is not the best word choice given the context. You may
recall disgraced
