
"To me, it's just the lack of education," adds the 29-year-old woman, who points out that perhaps if these men hadn't grown up playing Aussie football and were working full-time and training in the evening, the same way the women are, the quality of the league would be different.
In 2020, the average AFL men's player earned $215,890 USD while the highest-earning player in the league earned $924,289. In contrast, the highest paid women's players earned only $23,002.