If you are tempted to think that the prize money in women's football is proportional to that of men's, you could not be more wrong. During the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, 176 women competed for a meagre US$7.6 million. Even accounting for FIFA's playbook which provides for 16 female teams and 32 male teams in their respective World Cups, shouldn't the prize money in women's football be at least half that of the men's?
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