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Women's cycling is far from lucrative. They also lack a union and pay their own health insurance. Minimum salary for men at the highest level is about 30k euros

• Latteland 8y ago
  The article is interesting. I worry that by watching football I'm participating in something bad for the athletes (even though they want to do it of course, for money). I guess it's true for all pro athletes, it is bad for them physically in the end.
  • LanceH 8y ago
    They're also playing football for a living and not attending their 4 HIPAA and document retention guidelines training in 18 months.
  • darkerside 8y ago
    Football has evolved into something much more insidious. Physical breakdown is something to be expected at the highest level of sports, but concussions that end in dementia and suicide is something else altogether.
• nickbarnwell 8y ago
  I haven't followed the sport closely in a few years, but the economics of cycling mean most riders, men and women alike, are paid poorly relative to athletes in other sports; it's more comparable to sailing than football. No one is paying to line up alongside the Tour de France route, and the teams are usually sponsored by corporate interests who don't see a huge return on their investment.