On Friday, the 2019 Women’s World Cup began. Unsurprisingly, so did the baseless feminist outrage over supposed pay inequities between male and female players.

This victim narrative threatens to overshadow the tournament itself. A ThinkProgress piece, for example, lamented the fact that “sexism has steeped” into the tournament’s very structure, while progressive activist Charlotte Clymer blasted supposed inequities on Twitter. Together, they sum up a sentiment held by many progressive sports fans. And members of the U.S. women’s team have even sued the United States Soccer Federation for sex discrimination due to their alleged pay inequities.

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