Production Report 11b

Below is my second production report for project 3. I used my outline for the first body section and wrote out my raw material. This section includes a lot of facts and statistics.

Outline Item:

Body Section #1

• My first body section will discuss the logos, including statistics and facts, about how much less the women’s soccer team is getting paid to men.

Adaptation of Outline Item:

Exactly how much less is the Women’s National Soccer Team getting paid? That is a good question, and here are the facts: The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team are getting paid 40% of what their male counterparts make. For every game, the women earn $1,350 if they win and nothing if they tie or lose. However, the men receive $9,375 for a win, $6,250 for a tie, and $5,000 for a loss, and that is only for playing against teams not in FIFA’s top 25. The men can actually earn up to $17,625 for winning games against teams ranked in the top 10. “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships, and the men’s national team get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships. (Solo, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Stars Allege Pay Discrimination).” Because of these huge pay discrepancies, the women’s team decided to hire Jeffrey Kessler, one of the best sports lawyer in the country, to help them fight this battle.  Kessler supports the team whole heartedly and even believes, “the women’s team has been more valuable to the U.S. Sports Foundation than the men’s team has been (Kessler, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Stars Allege Pay Discrimination).” While some people may argue that the men’s national soccer games are more popular and bring in more revenue than the women’s team, the facts prove otherwise. Just this past year, the Women’s National Soccer Team made $20 million more in revenue than the men’s team. It is also argued that commercial ads will pay more to be aired during the men’s games on TV. That may have been true last year, however, the “2015 Women’s World Cup was the most-watched soccer event Americans have ever tuned in to (Block, U.S. Women’s Soccer Doesn’t Deserve Equal Pay — They Deserve More).” From that fact alone, we can conclude that TV adds will have to start paying more to be aired during the women’s soccer games, due to the increase of viewers. With the statistics on their side, the women are confident they can win this battle. Their goal is to not only receive equal pay to their male counterparts, but also open up the eyes to women all around the world and inspire them to fight for their rights, especially equal pay for equal work.

Questions:

1. How did you decide to use form to present your content in the raw material you’ve shared here? How did the conventions of your chosen genre influence your choices?

• I decided to share my raw material in the form of a written paragraph. Like I said in my last blog post, I chose a video essay for project 3. For the video essay, I am writing out a script for my raw material and then recording myself and adding video and images next week.

2. How did the production of this raw material go? What kinds of any hiccups, challenges, successes, creative epiphanies, etc. occurred during the process?

• The production of this raw material went pretty well. I used all of my sources I found last week, collected all of my data and statistics, and wrote it all in a cohesive paragraph for my body section number one.