US football star Megan Rapinoe has spoken out against sexism in the sporting world, explaining that it continues to be the main reason for an ongoing lack of funding in women's sports - something she's fighting to change.
Speaking to David Marchese for the , Rapinoe addresses the topic by saying: "I don’t think it’s a super complex issue."
She adds: "There’s plenty of money being invested all over the place in men’s sports, so until somebody tells me something that makes more sense, sexism is what we’re left with."
Rapinoe goes on to explain that women's sports need a huge increase in funding if they're to be viewed equally alongside men's sports by mainstream audiences.
"People always ask, 'What do you think the league needs?' What do you mean what does it need? We need to get out in the community more? No. We need to tweet about it more? No.
"It drives me nuts when people ask, 'What do we need?' A billion dollars! So we can do things properly. Not like idiots, which is what we end up doing."
The US women's team captain, who lead her team to victory at the recent world cup, also reveals that she didn't feel additional pressure to perform due to Donald Trump's .
"I don’t think that there could be any more pressure," she says. "The reasons that we want to win are so deep and dynamic and layered."
She continues: "I mean, we sued the federation before going into the World Cup. We realise how much winning matters. We could have not won and come back and still helped grow the game, but we understand that if we win, everything changes. That was the more unifying pressure."
