This was the point:
The USMNT received an award from FIFA for reaching the round of sixteen.
The round of 16, you say?
Interesting, as that's
the same round the USWNT made it to.
This award was based on the fans that paid to see THEM play and the revenue of fans paying to watch THEM play generated.
Therefore, this was money the USMNT national team EARNED
Nowhere in your link does it state, or even imply, that the USMNT "made more money" by losing in the round of 16 than the USWNT did by achieving the same thing.
But if we are to discuss which team is unfairly profiting off of the other, in 2015 and 2019 the USWNT won the World Cup, while the USMNT didn't even make the World Cup in 2018.
This is a major reason why US Soccer agreed to start splitting the money 50/50 between both teams.Under the new bargaining agreement, they had to give half of this money to the USWNT.
Correct. So even though the USWNT has been far more successful and should honestly be entitled to more than half the money, they are only getting half.
I think your position on this subject can be summed up neatly by the following sentence:
Can you imagine earning almost 6 million dollars for literally doing absolutely nothing?
The USWNT lost in the round of 16 in the 2023 World Cup, finishing in
9th place. You categorize the pay they receive for this result as "6 million dollars for literally doing absolutely nothing."
The USMNT also lost in the round of 16 in the 2022 World Cup, finishing in
14th place. You categorize the pay they receive for this result as "money the USMNT national team EARNED."