Sunday, October 6, 2013

WNBA Salaries are UNFAIR!

    While watching the WNBA (woman's national basketball association) as a child, I thought that being a professional woman's basketball player was the career for me (Boy, was I wrong!)Growing up now and coming to reality, it sickens me how unfairly these woman are treated. On average in the 2012 season, a girl playing for a "better" professional team only made about 72,000 dollars, while the NBA (who actually owns the WNBA) players like LeBron James can make about 19.3 million dollars. Is this even close to being fair?
    Many men who go to college for basketball usually never finish and go straight to the NBA. So, this means these men, who don't even have a full college education, are making about 15 million dollars while the women who go to college, for i.e. Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, and MANY more, get their education, then move up to the WNBA and only make 60 grand...that just doesn't add up.
    Many of the women who play in the WNBA have to go overseas and play basketball there in their off-seasons to make ends meet. By doing this they do make much more than they do in the USA, but this means they have no breaks whatsoever.
    I'm not saying that the NBA isn't full of talent, but the WNBA is just as talented. Only making that much to do what you love can be very hard, but they stick with it, which shows character and pride. I believe that the WNBA is just as good as the NBA, and should be treated just as equal as well.Here is a link to the source I used!

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for posting this. It really points out the historical inequity that women have endured for centuries.

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