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Why do male NBA players get paid more than female WNBA players? - Coggle…
Why do male NBA players get paid more than female WNBA players?
What factors contribute to the WNBA's following that impact salaries?
The WNBA require a subscription to watch on TV
The WNBA hasn't been around for as long as the NBA so the viewership isn't as high.
Why aren’t people as interested in the WNBA and what can they do to help get more people interested?
They listened to a presentation and sen what they could do about voting registration.
In 2017, women aged 25 to 34 earned 89 cents for every dollar a man in the same age group earned. Also have to account for variations in the wage gap based on race.
Total attendance in the WNBA's 21st season was 1,574,078.
Why can the NBA afford to pay their players more than the WNBA?
The NBA's budget is way higher than the WNBA.
NBA 50% of the revenue goes to paying the players, while in the WNBA only 20% revenue goes to paying them. That makes it easier for men to have a average salary of 2.5 million when women is only 75,000 dollars.
“A WNBA player asked why LeBron & other NBA players made so much more money than they did. Here’s your answer: the entire WNBA made $25 million in revenue last year. The NBA made $7.4 billion.” -Clay Travis of Fox Sports
The average pay last year for a WNBA player was around $116,000, while men in the NBA were paid about $7.5 million on average during the current season.
They are pushing for a deal where WNBA players minimum wage will grow 83%, along with maternity benefits.
Most revenue comes from viewers on average NBA game get 1.2 million viewers while WNBA games get less than half of that amount. 2019 WNBA made 60 million dollars while NBA made 7.3 billion making it hard for player to be paid the same in the two associations.
What are the impacts of gender inequalities?
Woman's salaries in professional sports
The NBA gets 50% of the leagues revenue, and the women only get 25%.
Black women make 63 cents to the mans buck, and Latina women only earn 54 cents.
Basketball is often used as one of the worst examples of pay inequality in professional sports.
Serena Williams was the only woman to be on the highest paid athletes list. Even then she was still only at number 63.
the league is experiencing widening support for women’s basketball against ongoing gender equality struggles, in the non profit businesses.