The women’s national soccer team players caused a stir last October by demanding business class airline tickets like the men’s national team players when traveling overseas to participate in international matches. The request is to upgrade airplane seats to minimize fatigue caused by long distance travel.
The players made unreasonable demands, unbecoming of players representing their country, saying, ‘If our claims are not met, we will be willing to boycott the international match.’ It is an immature request that shows no self-objectification and cannot understand the atmosphere.
Meanwhile, the soccer world believes that it is naive and immature for female players to simply claim ‘gender equality’ and ask for business airline tickets. The women’s national team is funded by revenue earned by the men’s team. I am not in a position to ask for anything.
The women’s national team’s performance is less than 1/30th of the men’s national team. Korea beat the Philippines 2-1 in a friendly match held in Icheon in April last year. Although Ji So-yeon and other top stars showed up, there were only 916 spectators. We should be thankful that we were able to catch the A match overseas.
The skills of the female national team players are also very disappointing. Korea drew 1-1 with Wales in a friendly match held in Malaga, Spain on November 29. Afterwards, Korea moved to Walwiek, Netherlands, and suffered a crushing 0-5 loss to the home team, Netherlands, in an evaluation match.
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