Megan Rapinoe and Necessary Schadenfreude
Derek Hunter
The United States Women’s National Soccer Team is out of the Women’s World Cup. You couldn’t have missed the story, the media was more invested in the team than some team members appeared to be – hyping their every move. But the dream is over, they lost to Sweden on penalty kicks. While the press laments their defeat, a lot of normal people, myself included, are either engaging in schadenfreude over the loss or desperately fighting the urge to. If you fall into the latter category, let it go. Sometimes schadenfreude is warranted and useful to prevent the need for much more of it in the future.
Megan Rapinoe is a hard person to like. Personally, I find it impossible. There’s something especially annoying about people who have so much whining about what they don’t have like they’re entitled to it. That’s why I can’t stand Democrats – you want “more”? Get off your ass and earn it.
Rapinoe felt like she deserved more because she was the best women’s soccer player in the world and she wasn’t making as much as men were. So what? Women’s sports don’t bring in nearly as much as men do, so the pay should be less. Draw a crowd, sell some merch and the cash follows. She didn’t want to earn it, and it turns out she didn’t have to.
The US Soccer governing body caved to the demands and now offer the equivalent of socialism in pay to both teams.
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