Tokyo Olympics: Everything Is Happening All The Time
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Meg flies solo today with your Olympic preview for the final day of the group stage for the Olympic tournament, plus the latest from the equal pay lawsuit between the players of the USWNT and U.S. Soccer and a round-up of news from across the NWSL.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Meg here, and it's just me today, but you're listening to a show all about women's soccer on the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 0:23.3 | It is Monday, July 26th, and it's match day minus one ahead of the final day of group stage matches at the Tokyo Olympics. |
| 0:31.9 | I figured today's episode was the perfect time to actually take a step back and check in with everything else that has been |
| 0:38.2 | happening at the same time of the Olympics. I mean, everything is happening all of the time. |
| 0:44.8 | That is what we come to expect from women's soccer, but a ton of news around the end of Boussel, |
| 0:49.6 | plus the 28 U.S. women's national team players have filed their appeal in the equal pay lawsuit, |
| 0:54.3 | and that's worth some time as well. Don't worry, I will still have a quick preview of |
| 0:58.8 | tomorrow's games for you, too. Before I get into it, you can subscribe to The Athletic for all of |
| 1:03.5 | our women's soccer coverage and beyond, and there's always a deal for you at theathletic.com |
| 1:09.1 | slash full-time. Let's start with the latest in the Equal Pay |
| 1:14.1 | legal saga. This will be a relatively short version, at least my attempt at a relatively short |
| 1:20.6 | version of the first step in the appeal from the players. If you want the full breakdown, |
| 1:25.4 | my story from Friday is up at the athletic, but here are |
| 1:28.6 | basically the major beats. First, I do want to start with a quick refresher, though. Just a reminder that |
| 1:36.2 | the 28 players who are now appellants in this case do not equal the U.S. Women's National Team |
| 1:42.0 | Players Association, though, of course, there is some overlap of |
| 1:45.0 | those players. But the PA is not a direct party to the lawsuit, though at the same time they are |
| 1:50.5 | starting to wind up for CBA negotiations with U.S. soccer since the current agreement ends |
| 1:55.9 | December 31st. Yes, I know it's slightly confusing. But the equal pay dispute goes back decades, really, |
| 2:03.1 | but this particular version goes back to a complaint filed in 2016 with the Equal Employment |
| 2:07.8 | Opportunity Commission that was originally filed by five players. Four are involved in this lawsuit. |
| 2:14.2 | Hope Solo is the difference there. But then the EEOC granted the players the right |
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