Norma Palafox’s reason for leaving Chivas and the Liga MX Femenil

Norma Palafox, historically ahead of the women’s version of Chivas de Guadalajara, surprised with the official announcement of both parties of their new departure of the flock and his resignation Liga MX Women, in order to be able to devote himself full time to his new projects and therefore the real reason for his second departure from the field is a high salary, with a few zeros to the right.

The first team of the women’s branch of Club Deportivo Guadalajara arrived in the coastal town of Manzanillo on Wednesday, with the legendary scorer already absent, to fulfill an intense first part of the preseason until December 23, when they return to Perla Tapatia to break the ranks and enjoy with their respective families the Christmas parties. On Saturday, December 26, they have to report again to the facilities of the sports city of Chivas in San Rafael to fulfill the second part for the debut in the Guard1anes Clausura 2021 Tournament.

The Chivas Femenil made official the departure of their historic scorer, who went through his second leg with the Rojiblanca organization, having interrupted his football career exactly a year ago to sign up for the famous athletic reality show: Exathlon USA, a program that catapulted the Sonoran attacker to fame on social networks and in which it is accepted by thousands of followers.

Norma Duarte Palafox He announced that he would retire from football to participate in personal projects, which he has not disclosed in particular, although in recent months he discovered a partnership with a company led by Miguel Layún, in which footballers of the stature of the Spanish Iker Casillas and Diego Lainez, in addition to being the face of some brands in their social networks.

The top scorer in Chivas Femenil’s early history, with 21 goals, in addition to these projects, it also has the opportunity to return to the reality show that has elevated it to the taste of the fans, because within its plans a new participation in the Exathlon USA, in which they would guarantee a juicy salary, which, according to information offered in the PQ Peloteros program, it would be about 200-300 thousand pesos per month, while it is in participation. An amount that would be higher than the salary he could earn in the Liga MX Femenil with Guadalajara, as in the Guadalajara club it is estimated to be no more than 10,000 pesos per month. Unofficially, the Mexican circuit salaries are between 6 and 10 thousand pesos per month, that is, up to 120 thousand pesos per year, an amount that Palafox would earn in less than a month for participating in this athletic reality.

Norma PalafoxSome time ago he pointed out in an interview that “I can’t say I can live off football because this league is starting. I hope I can say it in the future, that it will be a support for all women, in the future it will be given, now it cannot be ”. The salary issue has recently become a major obstacle for women to fully devote themselves to professional football as salaries force players to seek other options for their livelihood, or in the worst case, let them retire, and what happened with former Sacred Flock player Daniela Pulido, who announced her retirement a few weeks ago and vented a salary of just four thousand pesos.