Women Soccer Players Sue Over Proposed Turf Field

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I really really want their to be more attention to this issue and all issues of gender discrimination in soccer.  FIFA is horribly sexist and I really hope this story gets some traction in Europe.



www.npr.org/2014/10/02/353312770/soccer-players-sue-over-proposed-turf-field-for-womens-world-cup

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Posting so I can read later. Thanks for sharing!

[Velar Fricative]

I don't know how I didn't hear about this until now. I think this is really shitty, but unless I'm reading wrong, it appears that the Canadian association decided to create turf fields and then FIFA just gave their stamp of approval. Of course FIFA could have approved that request due to sexism so now I just have to keep reading about why Canada wanted to implement turf fields in the first place given the lack of their use just about anywhere else.

ETA: Okay, just read that it's due to weather reasons, which is what I suspected because Canada.