Professional Footballers Australia has upped its bid for equity in prizemoney between the men’s and women’s World Cups, launching a campaign to make the case. Key points: Australia’s football players union, the PFA, has launched a campaign seeking equal pay for men and women at World Cup level Each team that went out at the group stage in last year’s men’s FIFA Men’s World Cup got $11.47 million each — the winner of the Women’s World Cup will get $5.74 million The PFA has gone public with a campaign website, calling for an immediate doubling of total prizemoney to $82 million And it says it’s prepared to take FIFA to court if it won’t lift payments to female footballers, on the back of public support. Teams at the 2019 Women’s World Cup will be fighting for just 7.5 per cent of the purse handed out at the 2018 men’s World Cup in Russia. The disparity means even if the Matildas win the tournament, they’ll be paid half of what the Socceroos earned last year for their group stage exit. The players union says FIFA can afford to bump up the women’s pay with reserves of $US2.75 billion ($3.95 billion) in…