Earns $120k in 3 months. Hey, I can make a million dollars in 6 months playing in Siberia in addition to that. cool. The struggle. Its a shame that these women have to be tortured like this.
You're also not vehemently opposed. Or at least you didn't seem to be. I didn't sense the same vitriol from you some others are bringing to the table.
No, they are already getting less because they are girls. They get less favorable media contracts than other sports leagues that they are competitive with. Just like actresses get smaller contracts than actors. It's the same bullshit. And it's simply because they are girls.
I really haven't sensed much vitriol...some sarcasm but that's a given with some folks...I'm not against the WNBA but I'm not a fan so.....it's pretty simple..
If you are taking the money from the NBA someone is losing. That money has to come from the owners or players. Sure they can try to do it as a tax deduction, but it is still money that they don't get. So the NBA players lose. The average person in the US makes 63K a year. The average player in the WNBA makes $128 K a year. 70% of the people in the us make less then 100K a year. I would say their life doesn't suck.
Eh, they feel pretty strongly about it. Maybe vitriol wasn't the right word, but I think it gets the point across. Above we have suggestions like grounding WNBA players to the US if they accept a deal like this... As though they are property...
disagree...it's because they don't draw paying customers or sponsorships...not that they're girls although that is a problem in professional careers...women are absolutely underpaid in most fields but from what I've seen the only entertaining women's basketball for my attention is the Olympic competition..I find the WNBA boring and not because I'm sexist...I'm not. I've also said all these athletes are grossly overpaid ...and plenty of men make more money than they deserve in the NBA too.....have to say that as well.
You're the one who said they risk getting raped, kidnapped, etc out of the country and subsidizing their salaries ensures that this won't happen. So if they have subsidized salaries, do you support banning them from signing in any other basketball leagues out of the country where they can earn additional money?
They are getting less because their league makes less. You keep saying it is just because they are "Girls". The WNBA loses money each year. It is not financially feasible to increase salaries until it as a league is profitable. Most other leagues would no longer even be in existence if after 26 years they were still not profitable.
Its because no one cares about the WNBA. Maybe they don't care about the WNBA because they are girls. Just like no one cares about the Men's SI Swimsuit Issue.
I'm not saying you're sexist. I'm saying women get jobbed contract-wise (the president of the WNBA has said that is case with their media deals now, when compared to men's sports that they compete with viewership wise), and this is a scenario in which we could eliminate that and give the best women basketball players in the world the respect they deserve. I absolutely believe a title 9 type system here would be beneficial to the country as a whole. The WNBA is working on solving the problem. They've raised a bunch of money to put toward solving it. It's just a shame that it has to be like that.
I don't support what you said. But women who are forced to seek supplemental income in leagues overseas have said they are exposed to more abusive situations than here. In no way does that suggest that women (any women) should be banned from leaving the country.
But even if you raise the salary, they have 9 months where they can play basketball for money and most people will chase the money. So you're really not solving this problem at all.
I think if they accept that money you could say they shouldn't compete in other leagues, except for team USA. I think that would be fair.
What have you seen to make you think this is the case with the WNBA? They put A LOT of money into promoting that league when it came out.
