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Brandi Spear

Formal Outline for Persuasive Speech

Kevin Miller, professor

CO215: Public Speaking

Huntington University

30 November 2015

PREPARATION LIST

Topic: Professional women’s soccer players should not be considered less valuable

than professional men’s soccer players

General Purpose: To persuade

Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that professional women’s soccer

players should be considered just as valuable as professional men’s soccer players

Thesis: Professional women’s soccer players should be considered just as valuable

as professional men’s soccer players. [Statement of value]

Outline Organization of Main Points: Monroe’s motivated sequence

ATTENTINO STEP

[Attention step] Sydney Leroux and Jozy Altidore both play for the United States

National Teams. They are both 25 and they are both strikers. Leroux has a goal per

game ratio of .486, while Altidore’s is only .338. Both of them made the US World

Cup teams, where Leroux won and Altidore only made it to the round of 16. Leroux

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was given a bonus of $20,000, while Altidore was given a $76,000 bonus. [Story:

Johnson]

[Audience connector] How would you feel if this was you? Would you feel less

valued? [Rhetorical question]

[Topic orientation step] Women’s soccer players are certainly treated as if they

are less important than their men counterparts.

[Thesis] My thesis is that professional women’s soccer players should be

considered just as valuable as professional men’s soccer players. [Statement of

value]

[Preview] We will first consider this problem and where it stems from and then we

will discuss how changes can be made.

PROBLEM STEP

I. Both the US Soccer Federation and FIFA consider women’s soccer players to

be less valuable than the men.

A. As aforementioned, the US Soccer Federation gave out World Cup

bonuses to both the men and the women. [Motivational appeal:

comparison/contrast]

1. The women won the tournament and only received $20,000

per person.

2. The men were given $76,000 just for making the World Cup

team, and they went on to get knocked out in the round of 16.

[Fact: Wahl]

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3. This shows that the men are clearly seen as more valuable, as

they can perform worse than the women, but still get paid

nearly four times the amount of the women.

B. FIFA made the women play their World Cup on turf, which has never

been used for a major tournament in the history of soccer, as it is

considered inferior to natural grass. [Motivational appeal:

Tradition]

C. FIFA paid the Men’s World Cup winners more than the Women’s

World Cup winners.

1. The men received $35 million while the women received $2

million. [Statistic: Dellinger]

a. Many FIFA supporters say this is because women’s

revenue is much less. [Counter-Argument]

b. This is true, but FIFA does not give women a chance.

c. FIFA made companies bid for the TV rights of the next

two Men’s World Cups, with them being sold at $425

million, while they gave away the Women’s rights for

free. [Fact: Baxter]

2. When FIFA’s secretary general Jerome Valcke, was asked about

what can be done to lessen the disparity, he stated, “That’s not

even a question I will answer because it is nonsense.” [Quote:

Johnson] [Meaningful pause]

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3. FIFA certainly considers the men to be more valuable, as they

consider paying the women more “nonsense”. [Rational

Appeal: Reasoning through credibility-authority]

[Transition: In order for women’s soccer players to be

seen as valuable as men by all Americans, FIFA must

first make changes in how it is run.]

SOLUTION STEP

II. If FIFA begins to implement new policies and US media starts supporting the

women’s professional league, women will begin to be seen as just as valuable

as the men.

A. Firstly, FIFA needs to back the NWSL, just as it backs the MLS.

1. The minimum men’s salary in the MLS is $60,000. [Statistic:

Fortier]

2. The minimum women’s salary in the NWSL is $6,842, which is

$5,000 below the poverty line of $11,770. [Statistic: Fortier]

[Meaningful pause]

3. According to Alicia Johnson of Bustle Magazine, “if FIFA were

to begin spending anywhere near as much on women’s soccer

as men’s soccer, national programs would be better able to

sustain themselves and their league counterparts…and it could

be used to improve training, facilities, and salaries.” [Quote:

Johnson]

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B. Secondly, media in the United States needs to value the woman as

much as the men.

1. As of now, ESPN only airs women’s sports 2.0% of the time.

[Fact: Cooky]

2. Of that 2.0%, women’s soccer is aired less than 3.4% of the time,

which means out of ESPN’s whole year programming, it is aired

less than .0034% of the time. [Fact: Cooky]

3. Many people believe the men are more valuable because it is more

exciting. [Counter-argument]

VISUALIZATION STEP

III. Look at this goal in the World Cup Final by Carli Lloyd; a half field shot that

clinched the win for the US. [Example: Mello] [Show video clip of Carli

Lloyd’s World Cup Goal]

ACTION STEP

IV. With greater exposure of the women’s game, more people would see how

entertaining women’s soccer is, and ESPN could play a prominent role in adding

value to the sport. [Rational Appeal: Causal reasoning-snowballing]

[Topic and thesis summary] Even though women’s soccer players are currently

seen as less valuable than the men, there are multiple steps that FIFA and the

media can take to help change this. [Audience reconnection and clincher

statement] The women work just as hard, play just as long, and are just as

exciting to watch as the men, so we should view them equally valuable to the

men.

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Works Cited

Baxter, Kevin. "FIFA Could Do More to Lessen Gender Inequality in World Cup

Interest." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2015. Web. 21 Nov.

2015.

Cooky, Cheryl, Michael Messner, and Michela Musta. ""It's Dude Time!": A Quarter

Century of Excluding Women's Sports in Televised News and Highlight Shows."

Sage Journals. Sage Publishing, 24 July 2015. Web. 21 Nov. 2015.

Dellinger, Hampton. "The Grass Ceiling: How to Conquer Inequality in Women's

Soccer." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 05 July 2015. Web. 20 Nov.

2015.

Fortier, Sam. "The Minimum Pro Female Soccer Salary Is Below the Poverty Line."

Esquire. Equire, 07 July 2015. Web. 21 Nov. 2015.

Johnson, Alicia Lorene. "Why Don't Female Soccer Players Get Equal Pay?" Bustle.

Bustle, 15 June 2015. Web. 25 Nov. 2015.

Mello, Igor. "WATCH: Carli Lloyd Scores Absurd Goal from Midfield in Final vs.

Japan." CBSSports.com. CBS Sports, 05 July 2015. Web. 27 Nov. 2015.

Wahl, Grant. "More World Cup Incentive: How Much Is a Roster Spot worth for U.S.

Players in Brazil?" SI.com. Sports Illustrated, 20 May 2014. Web. 25 Nov. 2015.