https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...43ae7e-70b6-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html
Why Female Athletes Earn Less Than Men Across Most Sports
It's not about inequality in "this case". It's about viewership and fans.
Professional sports.... IS... a popularity game. Millions more people subscribe to, and watch, Men's Athletics than they do Women's. Meaning more "Hero" athletes, more players who are sponsorship, ad endorsement, and bonus-worthy. And more money coming in in the first place to throw at the players, the leagues, and teams to keep them growing.
As unhappy as some people might be about it, professional sports only partially has to do with what you accomplish... it has soooooo much more to do with how popular you are, and how many people are watching. "Ratings & Popularity".
Like i said, angry as people might be about it. It's not about inequality.... a massive amount of people just watch mens sports more than they do women's. Which means they don't get a bigger slice until that changes in the sense of team sports.
The highest paid female athletes are your solo performers. Tennis stars like Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and like fighter / wrestler Ronda Rousey. Your househood names..... your "Popular Ones" / "Stars".
Thats just the way it is in the television business.... just like it is in hollywood. Top actors and top actresses get more money than your low ranking "nobody".
Business is business, it's not personal, it's not about inequality.... allllll those other phrases and sayings haha. They're never gonna "cap" or install a socialist agenda to these household names to "make it fair".... because you can't force people to love and pay with money or their time to see people you don't care about as much as you do "person / team X" over there.
Popularity, Ratings, Fans, Viewership = $$$$