Caitlin Clark's reward for a record-smashing NCAA career: A $76,000 WNBA salary
Caitlin Clark's reward for a record-smashing NCAA career: A $76,000 WNBA salary
As women's pro basketball soars in popularity, player compensation lags.
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That seems like a perfectly reasonable salary to.play a child's game for a living
I wish Lemmy had a feature that let us see censored posts without sifting through the modlogs.
Yes, this comment was removed for saying "That seems like a perfectly reasonable salary to.play a child's game for a living"
I guess we're not allowed to call basketball a child's game, lol.
Lemmy mods are really competing with reddit for the most censored platform at this point.
Agreed. Unless it's something like porn or spam, I don't see much point in removing it. Hiding by default should be the extent of filtering subjectively offensive words. Or just let the community hide it via downvotes.
I find the mods here to be too overbearing. I will block users myself if all they're bringing to the table is "offensive" remarks.
That’s funny, imo the childish ones would be the ones judging other people’s interests
It's not an 'interest' though, it's a business. The money has to come from somewhere
Sports isn’t an interest?
And again, as a portion of revenue, women are paid less than men. I’m not saying they need to be paid the same, but people here seem to purposely ignore the math
But I’m not sure how that comment is a response to mine. You’re defending mocking people who like sports because it’s a business?
Are video games an interest? Or no, because there’s profit involved? Going to the gym? Nope, just business ig?
I’m not saying they need to be paid the same, but people here seem to purposely ignore the math
Yes, you...you are the one ignoring the math. The WNBA has existed for 27 years and doesn't make any money. In 2019 the WNBA brought in $60m, while the NBA brought in over $7b. In 2019 WNBA lost $10-12m. Can't find a source on profit or loss newer than 2019.
WNBA is projecting $200m in 2023, NBA is at $10.5b. WNBA is improving, but not even in the same ballpark as the NBA. Also remember that there is a base cost to run the league, so the players can't just take the same percentage. Their CBA has revenue sharing but they haven't hit the metrics to trigger it.
I just threw a tennis ball for my dog, $76k please.