Kevin Baxter: Spain's women's soccer team keeps fighting after misogynistic World Cup fiasco
LOS ANGELES — Turns out winning the World Cup was the easiest thing the Spanish women's team did this summer. Dragging the country's misogynistic, neanderthal soccer federation into the 21st century has proved to be much more difficult.
Yet they might finally be on their way to making that happen after a players' boycott of the national team led to the sacking of Andreu Camps, the federation's general secretary, and a complete overhaul of the organization. The fact the first accomplishment, the World Cup title, had to be followed by the second is more proof — as if any more was needed — that simply winning isn't enough for women athletes.
What a wasted opportunity.
