U.S. Women’s lawsuit nothing but greed grab
There are three fundamental reasons the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team should not receive pay equal to the Men’s U.S. National Team. First, the men’s players are much more highly paid professionals because their men’s leagues are much more financially successful than the women’s leagues which have failed repeatedly. The salaries of the current women’s league are subsidized by U.S. Soccer which makes the women’s law suit against U.S. soccer so outrageous.
Second, the U.S. Men are simply better then the US Women. The U.S. Men’s National Team would destroy the Women’s National Team if they played. Let the U.S. Women play the U.S. Men and if the women win or tie, they get equal pay. Finally, the Men’s soccer World Cup generates much more money than the Women’s World Cup. The U.S. Women want some of the Men’s money. Simply put, this is a greed grab by the U.S. Women.
WALTER WATKINS, ATLANTA
Schools in need of audit committees
In reference to “Inside largest charter school theft case in Ga.,” on June 5, this is a sad case. But it is not the only instance where board members did not exert sufficient oversight as to fiscal matters. This often arises from board members’ lack of knowledge of their duties as reiterated by the Georgia Supreme Court in FDIC v. Loudermilk. Too many board members are recruited, elected, then left untrained in their duties.
One approach to imposing fiscal oversight is establishment of an Audit Committee of the Board, as described in The AICPA Audit Committee Toolkit for Not-for-Profit Corporations. A related nonprofit-oriented book, "The Best of Boards," is also available from the AICPA. Anyone who is told that this board doesn't need an Audit Committee might take that as a hint.
JOHN HAEGER, LILBURN
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