If those attendance figures are accurate, then what are the chances that US Hockey is saying: "Good thing we gave our female players the extra cash and paid for business class on the planes and better accommodations" ....There is a reason that LPGA purses are smaller...and that tennis purses are pretty much equal.....Compensation and benefits are tied to revenues in those sports and that's the way it should be. 

In the case of the US women's hockey, they were so focused on pay equity, they didn't see that the money they were demanding - and eventually got, has to come from somewhere. I am guessing it will be at the expense of amateur programs. (If no one buys tickets, where is the money coming from?)