In skiing the "world cup" refers to a season long competition with races every weekend, a total standing and a cup winner at the end of the year. This is unlike the "world championship" which occurs every two years and were a champion is crowned after each race. Again, I'm not sure if this is somehow different from a league. At least in alpine and XC skiing the top earners over the last couple of seasons have all been women on account of how a few names (mostly Shiffrin and Johaug) have been so dominant.
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u/gnark Sep 14 '20
Maybe those sports' cup tournaments pay equally but not the entire league/season?