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MichMan

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3. Need pay equity in other sports too

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 09:18 AM

Jun 2022

No reason the starting salary for a male NBA player is $1 million a season, while the average salary for all female WNBA players is only $108k. The WNBA minimum is $60k.

Think about that; a NBA player with zero professional experience earns 9x a season what the average experienced WNBA player earns. No wonder Britney Griner had to play in Russia.

Both organizations operate under the auspices of the NBA. No reason why they couldn't be combined under the same collective bargaining agreement and the money be distributed more equitably.

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Most Americans support gender equity in sports scholarships, poll finds [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 OP

There is no women's comparable to men's college football Deminpenn Jun 2022 #1

Well as you know, they have been trying to work through BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #2

Need pay equity in other sports too MichMan Jun 2022 #3

Pro sports is different than college athletics Deminpenn Jun 2022 #5

I agree BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #7

With what money? jcmaine72 Jun 2022 #13

Merge the revenues and combine the players in the same bargaining unit MichMan Jun 2022 #14

Apples and oranges Deminpenn Jun 2022 #4

"Trying to equal out college scholarships between men and women is problematic" BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #6

The schools even it out by offering some womens' sports but Jose Garcia Jun 2022 #10

If education were no cost to everyone I wonder what would happen to college sports. twodogsbarking Jun 2022 #8

As capitalists BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #9

College athletes can now be paid through endorsements MichMan Jun 2022 #11

They "know nothing at all" about the law that they are angry at? I know who to blame for this. Initech Jun 2022 #12