Basketball’s Gender Wage Gap Is Even Worse Than You Think
Source: https://sports.vice.com
Basesd on the article titled basketballs gender wage gap is even worse than you think, from Vice Sports, I argue that women in the US get descrimnated when it comes to sports. Women playing in the WNBA are getting payed a decreasing amount of money compared to men.
The article published in Vice sports by David Berri, ¨Basketballs Gender Wage Gap Is Even Worse Than You Think¨ informs us that,¨WNBA maximum salary was of $107,500, while –Dionte Christmas was paid the league minimum of $490,180.¨ This shows that the amount of these players is a big difference, we are comparing two different salarys one being the maximum womens salary and the other being the minmimum mens salary and it is still way higher. The author is knowledeable about the topic because he mentions how it is reffered to ¨as the gender wage gap,¨ which means that the man is payed more money while the women is doing the same job.
According to the article,¨The percentage of revenue the WNBA is giving is similar to what we saw in professional male sports in the 1950s,¨ which means womens basketball is not as popular to be able to get payed the same amount as men do. The author is knowlegable about the topic because he mentions why women playing have not quit their job if the pay is so low, because they are grateful to even have the opputinity to play.
Future question: Do you think WNBA will get more popular over the years?
