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Gap between Caitlin Clark's WNBA salary and her male counterparts' draws outrage
Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2024-04-17 14:34
Article here. Excerpt:
'College basketball superstar Caitlin Clark is set to soar to new heights in the WNBA — but her rookie contract means she will pocket a fraction of the millions her male counterparts have made on the court.
Under the 2024 WNBA rookie scale for the No. 1-4 draft picks, she'll earn a base salary of $76,535 for her first year, $78,066 the second year and $85,873 the third, with a fourth-year option of $97,582.
Despite Clark’s unprecedented star power, her salary is a sliver of the eye-popping amount male athletes make in the NBA.
WNBA draft picks No. 2-4 — Stanford’s Cameron Brink, who went to the Los Angeles Sparks, South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso, with the Chicago Sky, and Tennessee’s Rickea Jackson, also with the Sparks — will make the same pay as Clark.
For comparison, San Antonio Spurs rookie star Victor Wembanyama — the No. 1 pick in last year’s NBA draft — secured a $55 million four-year contract under which he pocketed $12.1 million in his first season, according to the athlete contract tracker Spotrac.
Co-host Jenna Bush Hager added: “Honestly the gap is so jarring. ... We’re talking about equal pay. That ain't even close.”
Journalist Lisa Ling wrote on Instagram: “Steph Curry makes more per game than what Caitlin Clark is making for 4 years! With the toll sports and travel take on women’s bodies, is this even a living wage? I know WNBA games have not brought in comparable numbers by any stretch of the imagination, but this is disgraceful. Do better for all of our women athletes!”'
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Cash flow = salary
Basketball is like any other sport: it's entertainment. Entertainers traditionally make a percentage of their performance's revenue. This recent March Madness aside, female athletics doesn't make nearly as much per performance as male athletics. Hence the difference in salaries/wages.
Once female athletics consistently bring in many millions in revenue, women will start getting paid accordingly. Until then, it won't happen.
The Labor Theory of Value has been discredited by Reality numerous times. Why some ppl continue to adhere to it, I dunno.