The WNBA is currently the top league in the world in terms of talent. Over in the WNBA, total revenue hit $60 million in 2022. 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. The methodology used to measure exploitation in college basketball can help answer that question. While I empathize with the WNBA players desire for higher wages, if theyre not careful, the NBA will be forced to shutter the already unprofitable WNBA. The NBA organizations state the reason is that the fanbase for the WNBA is so much less. If you cannot draw the fans and advertising dollars on your own, why would you expect the NBA to be your support bra? Reaction: Raymond Moore and THOSE comments Get down on your knees lady players! This topic is brought up at least every year, and nothing has changed. The WNBAs growing popularity has made pay equity a hot topic in the sport, and over the course of this season, several players have drawn attention to the issue. Its not even because of skill it is simply because none of the girls could get a shot off at will. WNBA revenue is a fraction of that produced by the NBA, which is why Green is urging female athletes to target corporations that claim to be supportive equality for women. However, if NBA wanted to pay WNBA players more wages and salaries . The men tend to play to impress or are just out there for the results, and we play for the process. Lisa Borders, president of theWNBA, has even directlypointed to sexismas a driving reason for the discrepancies between the earnings ofmale and female players. If you don't sell tickets and negotiate a huge TV deal, you're not going to get rich. Get it together. This would give them the opportunity to negotiate a new deal that increases the salary cap, along with maximum and minimum salaries. That is more than $92 million a year for the rights to televise the USGA's championships, including the men's and women's U.S. And while thats not a dollar amount to sniff at, these women only have so long to earn money off their athletic ability. With top players earning more than $1 million nearly quadruple what they can make as a base salary in the WNBA Griner, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and Jonquel Jones have been . Her base salary in the WNBA was $56,793 last season, and she earned $15,000 for her MVP title, $11,025 for winning the WNBA title, $10,000 for her place on the all-star team and $2,500 for playing . For example,last month theWNBAaveraged 250,000 viewers per game with a high of 378,000. Specifically, let's imagine the WNBA gave 50% of its revenue to its players. The Long Fight for Pay Equality in Sports. Grls smh, Lucky Jan 30, 2022 at 3:54 pm, basketball girl Feb 11, 2022 at 10:43 am, Hayden Feb 18, 2022 at 1:56 pm, David Feb 23, 2022 at 9:15 am, Lmao everything he said or typed here were cold hard facts. It is important to note that the WNBA athletes are not asking for the multimillion dollar contracts that are prevalent in the NBA; they are simply asking for equity. Stats show that in 2018, the top scoring team in the WNBA . It is not a matter of sexism or discrimination. As many may not know, men get paid way more money than womens basketball does. If women are paid the same they will be treated the same. And I know you know what that box could have inside. Kyrie Irving donated a total of $2 million to the WNBA to show his support. Equal pay is an ongoing gender issue in sports. The CBA also includes deals for better equipment, whether that be for training or travel. The WNBA's average base salary is around $130,000, with the rookie minimum at $60,471 and the veteran minimum at $72,141. in fact the wnba takes home more money from their revenue than nba players. This season, the maximum veteran salary is $115,500, not including potential bonuses. Many people don't like the WNBA just because they have low talent but the girls don . Theyre making the most of it while they can. Elizabeth Cambage #8 of the Dallas Wings in action during a recent Dallas Wings Vs New York Liberty. [+] Prior to this season, Cambage last played in the WNBA in 2013. The data, though, suggests viewing figures are. Playing overseas in Europe, Asia, or Australia can often pay substantially more than playing in the United States. In fact, theWNBAs big television contractwas itself a byproduct of the channelreworking its agreement with their male counterpart. Meanwhile, for the upcoming NBA season, the minimum salary . He attended two games with the Dallas Wings and Connecticut Suns. It is not a matter of sexism or discrimination. As women, we have to fight, Diggins-Smith told Bleacher Report. is not about comparing the WNBA to the NBA as apples-to-apples salaries. Lebron James is 69 and 250 pounds of pure muscle and can jump 40 off the ground. The WNBA has about 570,000 people that are watching the games. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images). This is a BETA experience. 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. Old Joe Biden Has Never Told a WEIRDER Story Than This One, Et Tu, Paul? 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. Undermining Berris position, though, is the simple observation that revenue is not the same as profit another measure by which theWNBAhasconsistently struggled. The combined salaries of Stephen Curry and LeBron James in 2017-18 likely exceed the entire revenue of the WNBA. Total revenue for the NBA hit $7.4 billion in 2022. Most men, of course, sign with brands or maybe even run their own. Pay disparities between men and women is totally unfair in most arenas, but NBA star Draymond Green argued a valid point as to why NBA player salaries outweigh their WNBA counterparts. Yet more progress can be significantly made. Swin Cash. These numbers are justified too. The guys would be way too long and athletic for the girls to score. 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. After winning in Indian Wells at the weekend, Djokovic said: "We have much more. Im sorry, the WNBA is awful compared to the NBA. Prior to that he served as Deputy Communications Director for the House Financial Services Committee under Rep. Spencer Bachus and Rep. Jeb Hensarling. In 2019 the NCAA lost $2.8 million on the womens basketball tournament. The most points scored in an NBA game was 100 points and the most scored in a game was 53 points. A WNBA spokesperson reached out to HuffPost after this op-ed was published, however, and said the WNBA has lost significant money every year and has shared its financials with the Players Association. 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. This should not be tolerated. The more your business brings in, the more it can afford to pay its employees. As Phoenix Mercurys Brittney Griner, earlier this year, I do believe we should get paid more in the WNBA before players decide to only play overseas and rest our bodies during the summer., Last year, Minnesota Lynxs Seimone Augustus. It doesnt have to be the same as men at all. Those numbers are very surprising to hear but that is just the cold hard truth. From 2014 to 2017, Cambage competed in China and her native Australia. 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. He earned 9.9m. Hell yeah. , WNBA players make $75,000 a year in the league, with only a few players earning as much as $113,000. 2023 Womens Sports Foundation. Note: This piece has been updated with a response from the WNBA indicating that the league does share its financials with the players union. The WNBAs current collective bargaining agreement wont expire until October 2021, with the maximum salary paid to WNBA veterans set to increase $8,000 from $113,500 to $121,500 by that year, which barely keeps pace with inflation at its current rate. And its something were going to keep trying to push and push and push until we feel that everything is equal. 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. Jon Jones Reacts To Islam Makhachev Declaring Himself The Best Fighter In The World, Shavkat Rakhmonov Reacts To ESPN/UFC Commentator Laura Sanko Thirsting Over Him In Viral Video, Jon Jones First Shirtless Pic At Heavyweight Before UFC 285 Goes Viral, Ja Morants Lawyer, Agent Threaten Legal Recourse For Defamatory Report From The Washington Post, Another Glitch In The Matrix Has Occurred As A Bird Is Filmed Motionless In Mid-Air, Bengals Exec Sends Harsh Wake-Up Call To Teams Sniffing Around Tee Higgins. As a point of comparison, the NBA didnt draw crowds of this size until its 26th season, when the league averaged 8,061 fans per game. Unlock premium content, ad-free browsing, and access to comments for just $4/month. According to the WNBA, this was most-watched regular season since 2014, with viewership across ESPN networks and NBA TV up by 31 percent. But should they be seeing an increase in their earnings? The players are, though. I have zero doubt that one day she will prove herself worthy as an employee and that over time her compensation will match her production. According to ESPN estimates, NBA players receive around 50 percent of the EBRI; WNBA players receive around 22 percent. They incur a lot of wear and tear and injuries to their bodies. I have limited time and resources. But even with all this growth, theres one enduring challenge: media exposure. This . Perhaps higher pay in the WNBA would keep stars like Cambage in the league. She told the reporter that she wants there to be something for future generations to aspire to. Copyright 2023 PJMedia.com/Salem Media. Last year, Minnesota Lynxs Seimone Augustus told The Undefeated that the reasons players continue in the league is for history and for the future. The WNBA has also been eager to experiment with social media and new streaming platforms to connect with fans. While the NBA is quite profitable with a blockbuster $24 billion TV deal, billions of dollars in advertising and a robust revenue sharing system only about half of WNBA franchises finish the season in the black. 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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. 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 conclusion, the WNBA will never be paid the same amount as the NBA players. Djokovic, also top ranked, won one Grand Slam, seven titles and the year-end ATP championships. 1. Required fields are marked *. It's not entirely clear what NBA referees make, but Yahoo.com reported a few years ago that salaries range from $150,000 to $550,000. I feel like were getting there.. Average attendance per game was 7,716 in 2017. So why are we getting paid so little? After they won the World Cup in 2015, it was revealed that the US women's team were paid a . At the same time, The Guardian recently reported that in the 2018 fiscal year, USWNT head coach Jill Ellis was paid less than several U.S. Soccer mens coaches, including U-20 coach Tab Ramos. By comparison, last years Professional Bowling League averaged650,000 viewers for ESPN. Where is the fair day's wage for the fair day's work? The contract, which runs through 2027, pays. The guys are 10 times more athletic than the girls too. 2 Imaging being a player in the WNBA who maybe will make 150,000 a year for no other reason than gender. The NBA's highest-paid player in 2020-2021 makes 194.2 times more money than the WNBA's highest-paid players Heading into the 2021 WNBA season, there are seven players tied for the highest salary in the league DeWanna Bonner, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Brittney Griner, Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird , Liz Cambage, and Elena Delle Donne, who each . Circling back to my claim that harping on gender wage-gap disparities potentially hinders my daughters earning potential, if employees are forced to pay everyone the same regardless of tenure, efficiency, and production, my daughter is going to see her future employment opportunities constrict. 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. We might not get it today, but we want a future better for maybe my daughter, or her daughter, and so thats what we really are fighting for, Serena told CNBC. Just like how these. The financial success of professional athletes has almost nothing to do with their talent and everything to do with the entertainment the public receives from it. The simple fact is that more people want to watch the NBA. market in terms of economic e ciency. Thats patronizing. So instead of grumbling about the salaries male basketball players enjoy, perhaps Aja Wilson should be thankful that the mensproduct helps bolster her own paycheck. Zion Williamson at 68 can jump 44 and broke a rim during an all star game due to dunking the ball with two hands so hard. The NBA's average attendance is 17,760, the WNBA's 6,535. The WNBA according to the league the WNBA has yet to make a profit.. 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. nice, wrote Wilson. 53 points is something that happens every week in the NBA and they have guys that are 66 to 69 guarding them. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. Britney Griner at 68 does nothing but rim grazer dunks. Which is kind of unbelievable, as WNBA All-Star point guard for the Dallas Wings, Skylar Diggins-Smith, put it recently: 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., Unfortunately, its not clear what the WNBAs exact revenue is, or individual teams, or their profits. 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. This is Discrimination against women. NBA players are taller, more athletic, and simply play the game with more aggression. It won't only be for NBA but life in general. 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. And yes, clearly the WNBA does not have enough revenue for its top players to be paid like similar top players in the NBA. They should fight for it because theyve earned it. also the nba is funding the wnba over 70 million to keep . In fact, far more than I see and hear them for the Wizards, the local NBA team. The financial disparities between the leagues are undeniable. We play as a team and, most importantly, we play off each other. WNBA players arent asking for NBA level compensation. 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. Currently,. They have higher travel expenses. And that's a 7 percent increase. Last week, this exciting season of the WNBA ended after the Seattle Storm swept the Washington Mystics to win their third championship. Like Russia. Some WNBA players can even dunk. NBA fans are now used to the game that they love. What many of the women are asking for is equity in revenue sharing, as economist David Berri has written about repeatedly at Forbes. They deserve to be able to play the game they love without needing to get a second job to pay the bills. That it might possibly contain some, oh I don't . I dont know anyone who would disagree with that. In a perfect world, WNBA and NBA players would be paid the same salary and garner the same amount of viewers. In conclusion, the WNBA will never be paid the same amount as the NBA players. The NBA player whose salary is closest . They deserve to be paid well. The fact that NBA players get a much larger piece of the revenue pie does seem to say something about how each respective league values its players. Snyder's success will hinge on getting through to them at a level that Lloyd Pierce never could and Nate McMillan managed for only a limited time. Some of those responding on Twitter to Cambage's comment noted that the NBA brings in far more revenue than the WNBA. I fault the narrative claiming that one group deserves as much money as another group solely because of gender the narrative that the utopic desire for gender equality trumps market forces. As a result, the WNBA is a little short on cash. I dont know how any single person could enjoy watching someone shoot wide open jump shots and wide open layups. Meanwhile, High Post Hoops reports that the highest paid player in the WNBA -- Chiney Ogwumike of the Connecticut Sun -- is paid $117,500 this year. Mary Holt-USA TODAY Sports. Basketball. There is no difference between the girls college tournament and the WNBA. Women represent 44 percent of NFL fans, while 28 percent of women say they follow pro baseball, and 29 percent report that they follow the NBA. The WNBA says players can make up to half a million dollars or more annually for four months' play between salary, bonuses, in-season tournaments and league and team marketing deals.. We use all the fundamentals that the game was made for. It is simply because the WNBA is not as good as the NBA and you cant get viewers when there is a better alternative. It was reported that Sylvia Fowles was paid $600,000 to play in China a few years ago. Every once in a while, you'll get someone who claims WNBA players should be paid like LeBron James and other elite NBA talent. In essence, the owners arent making money off the league. 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. Seriously, not a single person. Nobody has put any effort into making sure that women can at least get paid more than the amount we get. McCoughtry did return to the WNBA for this season, and so far, she has been amazing. Prior to this season, Cambage last played in the WNBA in 2013. This should not be tolerated. Whining about some that is not withstanding the reality of the matter. However, the WNBA actually loses $10 million a year as an organization, with costs outweighing revenue. In 2014, the WNBA launched the first marketing campaign in professional sports to directly appeal to the LGBTQ market. So playing womens basketball overseas is way better. Berri points out that Major League Baseball players were underpaid until, behind Marvin Miller, they built the strongest union in sports. Cass Anderson is the Editor-in-Chief of BroBible. Some progress is being made. That means WNBA players are only getting about 21.5% of league revenue. She is a WNBA champion, a 3-time Russian . , in large part, for the financial security it provides. What would Cambage and other WNBA stars be paid this year if the league gave 50% of its revenue to its players? However, the WNBA isnt even remotely close to the NBA. Lets look beyond skill and size. The off-season should be to rest their bodies and fulfill their contractual obligations for promoting the WNBA through appearances and community outreach as role models to young athletes and to spend time with their families. you gotta take a breath, kid. Organizing and negotiating prompted that viable business. You can not compare the cultures. In fact, in the segment, ESPNs Rachel Nichols cautions, Heres another key point in all this. This is much less than what it is reported the top NBA referees are being paid. The highest-paid NBA players, by comparison, make in excess of $40. Until they get it, some of the worlds best female basketball players will be walking off of planes and onto courts as they meet the demands of a year-round basketball schedule. Athletes have short careers. All rights reserved. Sports have long mirrored society, and the gender pay gap has persisted in athletics just as it has in the professional realm. Retired WNBA. They say we are boring or dont play the game the right way. LeBron James is one of the greatest athletes in human history, but if his sport of choice generated the public interest the WNBA has, he would not be signing a $154 million dollar contract. There is, however, one sector of the economy inwhich it continuesto be taken seriously: sports. And no one wants to see the WNBA die, least of all the players. 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. But forcing employers to pay based solely on gender is going to mean that fewer employers will be willing to hire women. The WNBA will suffer if they dont figure out some way to pay players more. Proclaiming that women should get paid as much as men is a great way for a man to demonstrate his feminist bona fides. 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. And in sport, just as in society, women are fighting back, working towards the day when pay equality is achieved. 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. The figures used came from ESPN ranking and salary lists for NBA and WNBA players for 2021-2022. . 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. I see and hear promos for the Washington Mystics, the local WNBA team, all the time. This also helps explains whye-sports playersare making more money than the best players in theWNBA. Since the NBA formed the WNBA I can't see how they could not just pay the men less to pay the women more. well these wnba players are going on live tv saying they want a pay increase by comparing themselves to the nba salaries. This was a stellar season, where the final eight teams that made the playoffs werent determined until the last few games. Of course, a bump to 50 percent of WNBA league revenue isnt realistic, because theres a difference between revenue and profit. According to Bird: So, I thought that it needed . 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