‘It’s so backwards’: women call for equal prize money in South Australian football

Less than a third of men’s NPL prize pool offered to womenPlayers say it sends the message that ‘they’re not equal’

When the Matildas captivated the nation and led the cry for gender equality in Fifa prize money for future World Cups, the football community backed Australia’s best female footballers in. But at the same time, women playing in the country’s National Premier Leagues – the feeder leagues for A-League Women and Men – say they are being treated unequally with their own “backwards” prize money pay gaps.

In South Australia, players in the Women’s National Premier League (WNPL) compete for less than a third of the prize money that the men play for in the state’s National Premier League (NPL).

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