They are not going to watch a game where the best team in the league would lose by 30 to the best high school team in the nation. But WNBA players only take less than 25 percent of the total earnings of their league. That it might possibly contain some, oh I don't . Many will say womens basketball is boring or played the wrong way, and they may even say it sucks, but I think we play the game better than the men.how? The Long Fight for Pay Equality in Sports. Did You Ever Wonder How and Why the Left Is Able to Push Their Narratives Almost Unhindered? 227 K isn't much more than a non-famous professional couple makes. Of course consumer preferences canchange. And there is seemingly no end to the people who tell them to be quiet, who disparage their talent and work and even lie about what they have said to make them seem petty or jealous. "There need to be more women . This is a charge they have used on multiple detainees. Finally, the NBA is not soccer and will not be screwed the way mens soccer got screwed. The more your business brings in, the more it can afford to pay its employees. And it also appears -- in response to McCoughtry's comment -- the WNBA should be more competitive with leagues around the world. Nobody has put any effort into making sure that women can at least get paid more than the amount we get. Per Deseret News, this could simply be economics: The WNBA season is shorter, and in general, the game draws far fewer eyeballs than the rival male league. 1. Answer (1 of 2): The WNBA is heavily subsidized by the NBA; but for this fact, the WNBA would have folded a long time ago. As with so many other female athletes and despite being two of the highest paid women athletes in the world Venus and Serena recognize that they are fighting not only for themselves, but for the generations of women to come. In the NBA, the same ratio is about 4.7. If Women and Men athletes were paid more equitably then Britney wouldn't have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sue Bird, a current player for the Seattle Storm, explained that most people think the WNBA wants the same pay as the NBA when thats not the case. Rachel Nichols, Adrian Wojnarowski, Stan Van Gundy and Chauncey Billups of The Jump discuss the news that the Women's National Basketball Players Association has opted out of its CBA, in an. Reaction: Raymond Moore and THOSE comments Get down on your knees lady players! So yes, it appears NBA referees do make more . But we are so glad they did, and were thankful because they could have done less But they did the right thing and did it across all of their events.. I dont fault the WNBA players for wanting more money. Playing overseas in Europe, Asia, or Australia can often pay substantially more than playing in the United States. The new CBA addresses this issue. This year in the 2022 playoffs, Ja Morant is the starting PG for the Memphis Grizzles. Clearly, the WNBA still needs to work on establishing its long-term viability, and some might argue that the players shouldnt request raises until the league has become more financially stable. Thats far away from here, but thats what were fighting toward.. As Mark Tatum, NBA deputy commissioner, says, The league and its teams are committed to an open and good-faith negotiation that is rooted in the financial realities of our business., The pushback on that, and one of the more prominent arguments utilized by those who advocate for higher WNBA salaries, is that the NBA doesnt promote the womens league enough. This also helps explains whye-sports playersare making more money than the best players in theWNBA. The money is there. Jahniya Marion is a Junior at Centreville High and enjoying her first year on the Journalism staff. From 2014 to 2017, Cambage competed in China and her native Australia. The WNBA will never take viewers from the NBA either. Has the WNBA made profit? The 2019 NBA Finals averaged a little more than 20 million viewers per game; the 2019 WNBA Finals averaged about 400,000 viewers per game. Giving the WNBA time on TV means casual fans can see the players doing what they do best stealing the show. Required fields are marked *. So female basketball players work just as hard as male basketball players, yet even the best WNBA players are paid much less than the mediocre and below average NBA ones. I know Mom just handed you a perfectly rectangular 14-by-8-by-5-inch box covered in brightly colored wrapping paper. Those are honorable reasons to stick with the WNBA, but players shouldnt have to choose between these personal anchors to the league and their need to make a living. The latest example of this economic fallacy emerged when Aja Wilson of theWNBAs Las Vegas Acestook to Twitter to pokeLeBronJamessnew contract with the Las AngelesLakers. They make it to the WC and have to split the revenue with the womens soccer team. Of course, a bump to 50 percent of WNBA league revenue isnt realistic, because theres a difference between revenue and profit. Most recently, in advance of the 2019 FIFA Womens World Cup in France, the United States womens squad took a stand against institutionalized gender discrimination against the team. As athletes, we have to fight. But the notion that women deserve to be paid more just because theyre women is absurd and counterproductive to my daughters future earning potential. Are there men that cook well and deal with kids well? After they won the World Cup in 2015, it was revealed that the US women's team were paid a . These women should be paid more. The WNBA has about 570,000 people that are watching the games. Retired WNBA. And I dont want to lose the WNBA or miss out on seeing the best female basketball players playing in the league. However, they fail to realize that NBA is self-sufficient and if they want to be the same they need to put butts in seats and become self-sufficient as well. Its not even because of skill it is simply because none of the girls could get a shot off at will. But the risk also offered reward: 15 million Americans self-identify as LGBTQ, and they represent a market segment worth around $830 million. The league average in 2022 is just $102,751 for WNBA players. As said in the article my Glamour, the . But obviously, her pay doesn't match her performance. These women should be paid more. They deserve to be able to play the game they love without needing to get a second job to pay the bills. Since the NBA formed the WNBA I can't see how they could not just pay the men less to pay the women more. Undermining Berris position, though, is the simple observation that revenue is not the same as profit another measure by which theWNBAhasconsistently struggled. He earned 9.9m. Because these women deserve more money. Obviously, the players would want to receive a larger share of league revenue. They have security concerns because of their fame. Bradley Beal, who is also a professional player who currently plays for the Washington Wizards, is always finding ways to support the Washington Mystics. While leading to the WNBA finals in a sell-out game, Kyle Lowry, Ja Morant, Ty Lue, Alvin Gentry, and Demarcus Cousins all attended the WNBA finals this year. In other words, if the WNBA doesnt figure this out, players are going to opt out of the league. INFO What are differences that cause WNBA players to get paid Are. It all has . And we need men speaking out about these things., In 2016, six female big wave surfers Andrea Moller, Bianca Valenti, Keala Kennelly, Paige Alms, Karen Tynan and Sabrina Brennan founded the Commission for Equity in Womens Surfing (CEWS). Keep being inspired.Subscribe to our newsletter. Yet more progress can be significantly made. Is it possible, however, that this simply shows an inherent sexist bias by consumers against womens basketball? Last year, the average WNBA salary was US$71,635, and this year appears to be closer to $75,000. But to be honest, we play it better than the boys do. In a perfect world, WNBA and NBA players would be paid the same salary and garner the same amount of viewers. In 2014, ESPN paid the WNBA $17 million for broadcast rights. Of course TV ratings themselves are less important to this topic than dollars attached to theirtelevision contracts, and to theWNBAs credit, ESPN doubled the value of their contract with the league to $25 million a year in 2016. Furthermore, two years earlier, the league studied its fan base and discovered that 25 percent of WNBA fans identified as lesbian. All Rights Reserved. I know this is a controversial statement because women are never supposed to ask for more than they have, lest they be ungrateful for whatever theyve been given thus far. Those numbers are very surprising to hear but that is just the cold hard truth. In 2017, the league aired 20 games live on Twitter, while also offering a new fantasy game on the fantasy platform FanDuel. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. When it comes to me and my opinions, I strongly believe women should be paid the same amount as men maybe even more. So we need a change, and we need it now. Better cooks etc. Many NBA players are vocal in their support of the womens league because of the quality of play and because they understand the hard work these women put into their game. It is reported she was detained at the airport for possession of Cannabis oil or hashish oil the reports are conflicting. Join now to unlock comments, browse ad-free, and access exclusive content from your favorite FDRLST writers. However, the players union has the option to terminate the agreement after the 2019 season if they give notice by Oct. 31 of this year. The WNBA is 50 years behind in building its brand and working out labor issues. Speci cally, I nd that WNBA rookies are generally overpaid given their on-court production. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. This should not be tolerated. All rights reserved. The financial disparities between the leagues are undeniable, and these women arent asking for the same multimillion-dollar salaries their male counterparts make (though that would be nice). And Britney Griner, in an interview with Landon Buford, echoed the sentiment . Diese*r Petitionsstarter*in setzt sich fr Dinge ein, die ihr/ihm am Herzen liegen. At the end of the day, just about any article focusing on how athletes are either under (or over) paid stem from the fallacious view that their compensation is an inherent product of their labor, rather than the subjective values of consumers. It has been reported that more than 60% of the WNBA's players play in a league outside the United States when the WNBA season ends. The figures used came from ESPN ranking and salary lists for NBA and WNBA players for 2021-2022. . without needing to get a second job to pay the bills. Fact is the average WNBA salary, slightly less than $100,000, is roughly 1.5 percent of the average NBA salary, which exceeds $7 million. I choose to ignore them and not attend the games because, to be blunt, the product isnt very good. Except I dont know a single person who believes that women should get paid less than men for being as productive while doing the same job. However, you cannot have equal pay when you dont make enough money to have the same amount of pay. 2023 The Federalist, A wholly independent division of FDRLST Media. On average, WNBA players make $75,000 a year in the league, with only a few players earning as much as $113,000. Where the NBA pays its players between 49-51 percent of the league's revenue, WNBA players take home a maximum of 22.8 percent. In STEM areas, specifically math and computer programming, my daughter is as capable as (if not more capable than) her male peers. Last week, this exciting season of the WNBA ended after the Seattle Storm swept the Washington Mystics to win their third championship. Lebron James is 69 and 250 pounds of pure muscle and can jump 40 off the ground. These numbers are justified too. Britney Griner as the 5th ranked WNBA player is paid 227 K by the WNBA. Yet much progress has been made on this front, and the league has found particularly innovative ways to promote its players, grow its fan base and tap into new revenue streams. Following the success of the 2014 Pride Campaign, the league has continued to reach out to gay fans, promoting stories about their LGBT players, and offering special merchandise for Pride Month and Pride Night games. Dear 16-year-old Swin, Whew, O.K. I see and hear promos for the Washington Mystics, the local WNBA team, all the time. If we assume the average hasn't changed, with 148 players in the league the total salaries paid to players in 2018 is about $11.1 million. It won't only be for NBA but life in general. And no one wants to see the WNBA die, least of all the players., The WNBA will suffer if they dont figure out some way to pay players more. Perhaps higher pay in the WNBA would keep stars like Cambage in the league. The average womans salary year-round is approximately $200,000, while the average man earns $7.5 million or more. The team went on to earn the gold at the world championships, then captured its first Olympic gold in 20 years by defeating Team Canada in PyeongChang. There is no difference between the girls college tournament and the WNBA. . With a net worth estimated to be somewhere between $5 million and $17 million dollars, Brittney Griner might be the highest paid female basketball ever. Football pays for other sports and clubs. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images). According to the High Post Hoops data, Sylvia Fowles, Nneka Ogwumike, Sylar Diggins-Smith, Angel McCoughtry, Diana Taurasi, Dewanna Bonner, Elena Delle Donne, and Chiney Ogwumike are all paid between $111,180 and $117,500. Currently,. Many of the women dont get lucrative endorsements, and getting into broadcasting or some other sports-adjacent field once they retire is not guaranteed. in fact the wnba takes home more money from their revenue than nba players. https://thebablueprint.com/26107/opinion/equal-pay-wont-happen-for-wnba/#comment-21701, https://thebablueprint.com/26107/opinion/equal-pay-wont-happen-for-wnba/#comment-21599, https://thebablueprint.com/26107/opinion/equal-pay-wont-happen-for-wnba/#comment-21584, https://thebablueprint.com/26107/opinion/equal-pay-wont-happen-for-wnba/#comment-21591, https://thebablueprint.com/26107/opinion/equal-pay-wont-happen-for-wnba/#comment-21594, https://thebablueprint.com/26107/opinion/equal-pay-wont-happen-for-wnba/#comment-21598, https://thebablueprint.com/26107/opinion/equal-pay-wont-happen-for-wnba/#comment-21653. This is Discrimination against women. Proclaiming that women should get paid as much as men is a great way for a man to demonstrate his feminist bona fides. According to a 2014 study by the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, Women sports receive only 4 per cent of all . In 2018, much of CEWS work paid off, as the World Surf League announced equal prize money for all WSL-controlled events in 2019 and beyond, a huge step for what has been a traditionally male-dominated sport. Basketball is a game of athleticism and skill. The more money that women make, the more respect they will get. Yet, they still choose to play in the US because . WNBA stars including Aja Wilson, Brittney Griner, Liz Cambage and Skylar Diggins-Smith have all spoken out about WNBA salaries compared to their NBA counterparts. This is a BETA experience. The league has more gay players and fans, percentage-wise, than any other major professional sport. You can make a case that WNBA players could be paid more, but some people are making an argument that they should be paid the same, or at least similarly. As someone who has studied the WNBA for years, only about half of WNBA franchises finish the season in the black, a market segment worth around $830 million, have argued that interest drives coverage, Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), Committee Member - MNF Research Advisory Committee, PhD Scholarship - Uncle Isaac Brown Indigenous Scholarship. Let's delve into the reasons why they . [ For the first time, the WNBA will be featured in NBA 2K. And while that's not a dollar amount to sniff at, these women only have so long to earn money off their . If that is so then why can Russia and Europe and China pay them well? That being said -- in response to Cambages' comment -- the WNBA does appear to have enough money to pay its top players as well as an NBA referee. While all four of the major Grand Slam tennis tournaments have awarded men and women equal prize money since 2007 when Wimbledon finally evened its pay gap, the games biggest female stars have not held back when it comes to speaking out about equal pay. Compare that to the NFL average of $2.7 million (median is $860K), $4.41 million in the MLB, $3.5 million in the NHL, and the average NBA salary is a whopping $9.662 million for the 2022-23 season. Lisa Borders, president of theWNBA, has even directlypointed to sexismas a driving reason for the discrepancies between the earnings ofmale and female players. He estimated that WNBA player salaries constitute 22 percent of league revenue, while NBA player salaries amount to roughly 50 percent of league revenues. That's not a lot, and it's certainly less than even the lowest-paid players in Major League Soccer . Note: This piece has been updated with a response from the WNBA indicating that the league does share its financials with the players union. WNBA players want what NBA players spent decades trying to obtain. Which is kind of unbelievable, as WNBA All-Star point guard for the Dallas Wings, Skylar Diggins-Smith, : Before we even talk about base salary or anything like that, we dont even get paid the same percentage of the revenue that we bring in., its not clear what the WNBAs exact revenue is, or individual teams, or their profits. With this deadline looming, the players would be wise to take advantage of this opportunity and compel the league to come to the table with an offer commensurate to their worth. Starting, we need more people advertising and supporting the WNBA, and not only when its beneficial for them. This topic is brought up at least every year, and nothing has changed. And yes, clearly the WNBA does not have enough revenue for its top players to be paid like similar top players in the NBA. Relative to the history of the league, this was an extraordinary success, up 39 percent from last year. This is the first time salaries for women in the WNBA will achieve an average salary that is six figures (Glamour). She believes the athletes deserve more money. Part of HuffPost News. So yes, it appears NBA referees do make more than a WNBA player. Its a heavy responsibility, but its one that we gladly take on, Becky Sauerbraunn told ESPN following the 2019 SheBelieves Cup. The WNBA will suffer if they dont figure out some way to pay players more. Liz Cambage, WNBA player for the Las Vegas Aces, spoke on how her head coach, Becky Hammon, is making 4 times her salary. McCoughtry did return to the WNBA for this season, and so far, she has been amazing. They can also pay their players more since they have the ability to create more demand for their products and services. To watch all these spoiled assholes get their pay knocked down to WNBA levels would have each and every one of them blowing a top about why they should be paid more, to which then the feminists and WNBA players would chime in about how unfair it is. So most of us dont get drafted or better yet, we get waved off because there isnt enough space and they can only pay for so many players. So, are women better than men at anything? I can't even fathom why anyone would need to be paid $42 million while other players of the same talent would be paid so much less. Members of the U . He talks about how womens basketball is his favorite thing to watch because of the way we play the game and work together. Nancy Lough does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Therefore no one watches it, on the other hand, NBA generates more revenue of $7.92 billion per year than the WNBA. We need a change, and we need people to support us in this change. Twenty-eight members of the current national team pool announced in March that they aresuing U.S. Soccer, seeking equitable pay and treatment, including damages for back pay. are vocal in their support of the womens league because of the quality of play and because they understand the hard work these women put into their game. Please everyone support our women athletes. These numbers were promoted by theleague as the highest since 2003. Now, Team USA is in Spain, about to play in the FIBA Womens Basketball World Cup which tips off later this week in Tenerife, with the final on Sept. 30. It seems, though, that women have to do way more endorsements and more advertising than men, and we have to be more than basketball players. Currently, the NBA pays its players 50 percent of its total revenue. "As athletes, we have to fight. But let's talk about the competitiveness of the field for a minute, because, arguably, it's true: In many sports, the difference in skill and ability between the top women's athlete, and say, the 100 th-ranked women's athlete, is a much wider gulf than the same comparison between male players of similar ranks.For instance the recent women's football World Cup match between the #1 . That means WNBA players are only getting about 21.5% of league revenue. What I mean by that is, the WNBA has a total of 3 rounds with only 12 picks, while the NBA has 2 rounds with a total of 60 picks. So, I think people support us and recognize that women work too hard to get the little pay they do, but wheres the change? I dont know anyone who would disagree with that. Elizabeth Cambage -- the star center for the Dallas Wings -- recently made this observation on Twitter about pay in the WNBA: "today I learnt NBA refs make more than a WNBA player and the 12th man on a NBA team makes more than a WHOLE WNBA team.". Meanwhile, the women have placed in the top three teams in every Womens World Cup since 1991 (when the womens tournament began) and has three titles. If we also assume that what players have done so far (prior to Friday's games) allows us to forecast each player's final production of wins in 2018 (wins produced can be measured with the player's box score statistics), then here are the fifteen most valuable players in the WNBA (in terms of their forecasted season wins production and the estimate of their salary if the WNBA was paying players like the NBA): It certainly appears that if the WNBA paid like the NBA, the top WNBA players would be paid better than what we think the top NBA referees are receiving. This year, all of the major professional sports leagues had a presence. Stats show that in 2018, the top scoring team in the WNBA . Meanwhile, for the upcoming NBA season, the minimum salary . According to Jami Farkas of Yahoo Finance, WNBA players had an average salary of $74,349 in 2019, increasing to $120,648 in 2021. As women, we have to fight," Diggins-Smith told Bleacher Report. This is a Gross difference between NBA organizations. You get paid 10 times as much, which is about $500k. She is also not the only one to skip a WNBA season. Where the NBA pays its players between 49-51 percent of the leagues revenue, WNBA players take home a maximum of 22.8 percent. just youtube it its kind of their whole issue seeing nba players get paid multi million dollar contracts while they make 80-100k per year. Most men, of course, sign with brands or maybe even run their own. In fact, far more than I see and hear them for the Wizards, the local NBA team. The methodology used to measure exploitation in college basketball can help answer that question. Maybe I am wrong and the WNBA will blow up one day and make more money. The league minimum for a player with two or fewer years of service is $41,202; for three or more years of . 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