FILE PHOTO: U.S. Women's National Soccer Team player Megan Rapinoe, visiting Biden administration members on 'Equal Pay Day' symbolic of the gender pay gap, poses for pictures at the lectern in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
(Reuters) - U.S. women's national soccer team forward Megan Rapinoe fired back at Warriors forward Draymond Green on Wednesday, saying the basketball player should have been better educated on the issue of gender pay equity when he accused female athletes of only "complaining."
Rapinoe and her fellow U.S. national teammates became leading figures for pay equity in the United States after getting into a public battle with their federation over wages and playing conditions in the run-up to the team's successful World Cup bid in 2019.
Win a prize this Mother's Day by subscribing to our annual plan now! T&C applies.
