A seismic shift in soccer’s sexist structure?

In today’s Big Story podcast, last week, the president of Spanish soccer resigned amid a furor over a non-consensual kiss given to one of the Spanish women’s team’s players in the wake of their world cup triumph. Players around the world — not only women — had demanded this resignation and more, pushing for the total restructuring of Spanish soccer.

In Canada, last month’s collapse at the world cup marked a long-running battle between our women’s team and the federation that pays and oversees the national teams. Women’s teams around the world have faced similar fights, and many of them are winning.

Shireen Ahmed is a senior contributor to CBC sports, a sports media instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University and the co-host of the Burn It All Down podcast. She joins us to discuss the systemic changes we need to see in Canada and abroad, to make sure women’s soccer continues its rapid global ascendance, and that its players are adequately supported at every level.

So are we witnessing the seismic shift that soccer’s sexist structure has long needed?

You can subscribe to The Big Story podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify.

You can also find it at thebigstorypodcast.ca.