サッカー豪代表で男女平等賃金が実現、画期的な新協約を締結

【シドニーＡＦＰ＝時事】オーストラリアサッカー連盟（FFA）が6日、男子代表と女子代表の受け取る報酬が同じになる画期的な契約を選手側と結ぶことを発表し、スポーツ界の男女平等に向けた記念すべき一歩だと誇った。（写真はサッカー女子オーストラリア代表のサマンサ・カー）
　ＦＦＡと代表側は、新たに４年間の団体協約を結び直し、男女の代表がそれぞれ代表チームの収入の２４パーセントずつを受け取ることになった。割合は年に１パーセントずつ上乗せされていく。
　新たな契約システムの下では、サマンサ・カーやエリー・カーペンターといった女子代表のスター選手の受け取る報酬が、アーロン・ムーイやマット・ライアンといった男子代表の重鎮と同じになる。国際親善試合や国際大会で移動に使うフライトも、男子と同じビジネスクラスに格上げされる。
　今回の知らせは、報酬の平等を目指して米国サッカー連盟を相手取った訴訟を起こし、２０２０年５月に裁判が予定されている米国代表の選手たちにとっても強い追い風になるとみられる。米国代表は女子Ｗ杯フランス大会でオランダを下して優勝を決めたが、その際スタジアムには「平等な賃金」を求めるチャントが響いた。
　ＦＦＡのクリス・ニコウ会長は「サッカーはあらゆる人のためのもの。そして今回の労働協約は、われわれが尊重する平等性や包括性、機会といった価値観の実現に向けた大きな一歩になる」と話した。
　また連盟のデビット・ギャロップ最高責任者によれば、「収益を分け合うかはサッカルーズ（豪代表の愛称）次第」だったが、主将のマーク・ミリガンから、女子代表は「ふさわしい報酬」を受け取るべきだという話があり、今回の決定に至ったという。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2019/11/07-08:52）

Women footballers playing for Australia's national team will earn the same as their male counterparts under a deal unveiled Wednesday in a big boost for gender equality.
Under a new centralised contract system announced by Football Federation Australia, Matildas stars such as Sam Kerr and Ellie Carpenter will pocket the same as big-name Socceroos such as Aaron Mooy and Mat Ryan.
They will also have access to business class international travel, like the men.
Football is the game for everyone, and this new collective bargaining agreement is another huge step toward ensuring that we live the values of equality, inclusivity and opportunity,? said FFA chairman Chris Nikou.
Under the four-year deal, through the next World Cup cycles, the Socceroos and Matildas will receive a 24 percent share of national team revenues, rising by one percent each year.
In other words, the better they do, the more they get paid.
From that amount, the players have committed that five percent will be ploughed back into Australian youth national teams, guaranteeing a minimum level of investment for future generations.
There has also been a boost in how much players get from prize money earned on qualifying for a World Cup, which rises from 30 percent to 40 percent.
It follows a more general deal struck earlier this year that will see all professional female footballers in Australia receive the same minimum wage as their male counterparts.
Professional Footballers Australia chief John Didulica called the agreement Wednesday a unique deal in world football.
We believe it sets the model for where all federations and players -- male and female -- can take the game to unlock the incredible social and commercial opportunity that, in particular, women's football presents, he said.
The deal is based on the principles of partnership, equality and investment. The players of today are investing in the future of Australian football because they believe in the game and they believe in each other.
Australia has emerged as a champion for equality in the sports arena with netballers and women cricketers also winning better pay deals in recent years.
Earlier this year, 17 sporting chief executives in Australia all threw their weight behind a drive to close the pay gap between top male and female athletes and advance all aspects of women's sport.