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Pony Tails and Dollars: “Anything a Man Can Do”

In: Star-Spangled Soccer

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  • Gary Hopkins

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As the ball nestled firmly in the back of the Brazilian net in the sixth minute of overtime in the gold medal match of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Cari Lloyd, the game-winning scorer, was mobbed by excited and jubilant team mates as the realization dawned that the ultimate prize was heading their way. The lifelong dream of every sportsperson in America, to win an Olympic Gold Medal, was about to come true, forever lifting them to the highest echelons of sporting success. Because, wherever they would go for the rest of their lives they had joined that elite group of athletes that were “Olympic Gold”. It may have also dawned on them, and made the hugs a little bit tighter, the understanding that the team had just secured a $1.2m team bonus that would be hitting their bank accounts as they landed back in the States to be followed soon after by a further $1.2m for the mandatory “Victory” tour across America. Making their day even brighter, they would be going home to compete in a new Professional Women’s League that would be paying them $30,000 to $40,000 while at the same time continuing under contract as a National Team player pocketing a further $40,000–$70,000. And should they continue their winning streak, a nice $1,250 per game win bonus could add another $30,000 to their burgeoning wallets.

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  • Gary Hopkins, 2010. "Pony Tails and Dollars: “Anything a Man Can Do”," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Star-Spangled Soccer, chapter 0, pages 192-217, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-27804-2_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-230-27804-2_9
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