B_BeGina2848
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the pay is directly related to how much attention the sport gets, then how much attention the team gets, then how popular or good the athlete is
i dont think it is blatantly sexist, it just has more to do with what people like to watch. for example, the highest paid WNBA player gets about $100K, whereas Kobe Bryant, the highest paid NBA player will earn about $27M... that might seem unfair, but you have to dig deeper. its not like the team owners is purposely paying the WNBA players much less to keep a power structure based on gender.. it simply is based on numbers... lets get real, how many people actually buy tickets, merchandise and watch the WNBA? its a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the people who watch, buy merchandise and tickets for the NBA.
a more fair way to show payroll, would be percentage that player makes based on the income of the team. and even then, that would be hard to compare because of the varying level of popularity, skill, marketability of each player. even two players in the same position of the same sport will vary largely. someone like tom brady, peyton manning or mike vick is going to make boatloads more than josh mccowan, rex grossman or dan orlovsky, even though all 6 of the players mentioned are starting quarterbacks for their team.
because of all these factors, i think its a bit of a stretch to say the least to try and say this is a form of sexism
i dont think it is blatantly sexist, it just has more to do with what people like to watch. for example, the highest paid WNBA player gets about $100K, whereas Kobe Bryant, the highest paid NBA player will earn about $27M... that might seem unfair, but you have to dig deeper. its not like the team owners is purposely paying the WNBA players much less to keep a power structure based on gender.. it simply is based on numbers... lets get real, how many people actually buy tickets, merchandise and watch the WNBA? its a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the people who watch, buy merchandise and tickets for the NBA.
a more fair way to show payroll, would be percentage that player makes based on the income of the team. and even then, that would be hard to compare because of the varying level of popularity, skill, marketability of each player. even two players in the same position of the same sport will vary largely. someone like tom brady, peyton manning or mike vick is going to make boatloads more than josh mccowan, rex grossman or dan orlovsky, even though all 6 of the players mentioned are starting quarterbacks for their team.
because of all these factors, i think its a bit of a stretch to say the least to try and say this is a form of sexism