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Leftist WNBA player complains that janitors are paid more than her

But we don't. Men are constantly devalued and mocked in our society now.

A women's sport that had more viewers would result on women making more than men. It's all about the dollar.
It is not men that are being mocked . It is the toxic masculinity that is being mocked. You can be a man and treat women as an equal, show emotion and admit you are wrong.

True it is about the dollar and unfortunately those who make the dollars prefer to not rock the boat on their billions of dollars income from male sports.
 
It is not men that are being mocked . It is the toxic masculinity that is being mocked. You can be a man and treat women as an equal, show emotion and admit you are wrong.

True it is about the dollar and unfortunately those who make the dollars prefer to not rock the boat on their billions of dollars income from male sports.
What do you meannrock the boat. If people started watching women their pay would go up just like men's.
 
What do you meannrock the boat. If people started watching women their pay would go up just like men's.
Agreed it would. But the media would also have to give more air time to women and the sponsors give more sponsorship to women. Which they are unlikely to do because the focus is and has always been on men sports which already brings in billions of dollars to them. The problem is not the dollars in profits. It is the patriarchal set up in your society that favours men over women.
 
Agreed it would. But the media would also have to give more air time to women and the sponsors give more sponsorship to women. Which they are unlikely to do because the focus is and has always been on men sports which already brings in billions of dollars to them. The problem is not the dollars in profits. It is the patriarchal set up in your society that favours men over women.
Sponsors care sbout money. If the women were drawing the crouds and fans, they would get shoe deals just like Mike.
There is no patriarchy set up.
 
Sponsors care sbout money. If the women were drawing the crouds and fans, they would get shoe deals just like Mike.
There is no patriarchy set up.
It's not a matter of if women are. they are drawing crowds. yet the media and sponsors continue to focus on men.
 
Correct, when the return on investment increases, the players will get paid more. It's ridiculous this fool is whining about being paid $200k+. Like everyone else, if you don't like your salary, find a new job.
Just an FYI, few make 200, many make 62,000
 
It's not a matter of if women are. they are drawing crowds. yet the media and sponsors continue to focus on men.
They are on average drawing a fraction of the crowds. Even with cheaper tickets.

You pretending this has anything to do with the patriarchy is just ridiculous.

The NBA simply plays at a much higher level.
It’s why no WNBA player is trying to make it in the NBA. They simply don’t even come close to making the cut.
 
It's not a matter of if women are. they are drawing crowds. yet the media and sponsors continue to focus on men.
A tiny fraction of men's crouds. It's not a mass market for big sponsors.
 
They are on average drawing a fraction of the crowds. Even with cheaper tickets.

You pretending this has anything to do with the patriarchy is just ridiculous.

The NBA simply plays at a much higher level.
It’s why no WNBA player is trying to make it in the NBA. They simply don’t even come close to making the cut.
True but not because they cannot play a game worth watching but because you have a society that favours men over woman.
It’s how I pointed out this error of yours pages ago you just kept repeating over and over.
No, I acknowleged it and still used it because it makes my point that women sports are being watched and liked. by everyone but those who make money form it.
 
Typical, arrogant, leftist. Denigrate working-class folks to claim that they're deserving of more.


*shrug* There's more demand for janitors.
 
How did you get the idea that she is denigrating janitors simply by pointing out they get paid more.

Rather than pretend there is an insult How about some facts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/briefing/womens-basketball.html#:~:text=basketball championship viewers, 1995–2024,finals had 14.8 million viewers.

Yet the men get paid in the millions of dollars women only receive payment in the 100,000 dollar mark. But the women receive better coverage than the men.

As for the claim that sports is unessential. That is not backed by the fact that the game of basketball in america generates 10 billion dollars a year. It would not be making that kind of money if people did not think the game had any worth.

The reason she has a right to complain is that despite women sports getting as good if not better coverage than mens sports the media and monied interets that control the sport are still basically a patriarchal set up that favours men over women.


Seems like everyone is makng money from women sports but the actual women who play the sports. Unlike the mens sport where they earn less revenue than the women but get paid far more.
this comment can only come from someone whose never seen a wnba game.
 
It's not a matter of if women are. they are drawing crowds. yet the media and sponsors continue to focus on men.
The WNBA sucks so bad that the only entertainment people get out of it is literally throwing dildos at them mid-game. Think on that. There is no gender conspiracy.
 
The WNBA sucks so bad that the only entertainment people get out of it is literally throwing dildos at them mid-game. Think on that. There is no gender conspiracy.
There is absolutely a gender conspiracy. How misogynistic is it to throw dildos at women. Men in America are so intimidated by strong and intelligent women. You can't blame the WNBA for ignorant behavior by low self esteem men. If disrespecting women is your source of entertainment, then you need to check yourself
 
Issue being

Nearly anyone can be trained to become a janitor and do it well in 2 weeks.

A pro athlete takes years of training and only 1 in hundreds of thousands depending on the sport are good enough to make it to the pro level.

Now as for the WNBA, it is not enough of a draw to support large salaries for its player

Years of training is NOT an argument for more money per se. You need to be training in a skill that people actually want to consume. I'm sorry but, by and large, that is not womens basketball. Maybe that changes in the future - and when it does salaries will also rise. Until then, they are lucky as hell to be getting a paycheck to play a game that people don't want to watch.
 
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Years of training in NOT an argument for more money per se. You need to be training in a skill that people actually want to consume. I'm sorry but, by and large, that is not womens basketball. Maybe that changes in the future - and when it does salaries will also rise. Until then, they are lucky as hell to be getting a paycheck to play a game that people don't want to watch.
People do watch. Why are you so negative.
 
Agreed it would. But the media would also have to give more air time to women and the sponsors give more sponsorship to women. Which they are unlikely to do because the focus is and has always been on men sports which already brings in billions of dollars to them. The problem is not the dollars in profits. It is the patriarchal set up in your society that favours men over women.
I'm going to chalk up this grossly silly point of view to being a brit. You see, here in the US corporations (sponsors) and media are motivated by profit. If there were a market for wnba it would certainly be filled.
 
No, they really don't. Nowhere near the level to support 7 figure player salaries.
I really don't think the any WNBA player thinks that they should earn 7 figures
 
I really don't think the any WNBA player thinks that they should earn 7 figures
You get my point. By and large, people find the wnba boring. There are women sports that bring in revenue, tennis comes to mind. But not basketball. And this is coming from someone who is hardly even watching the nba anymore. College basketball is the only hoops I watch much of anymore.
 
You get my point. By and large, people find the wnba boring. There are women sports that bring in revenue, tennis comes to mind. But not basketball. And this is coming from someone who is hardly even watching the nba anymore. College basketball is the only hoops I watch much of anymore.
The WNBA gets over 2000 people in their arenas at every game. So I don't think people are not watching. Nielsen ratings show WNBA TV audiences are growing across ESPN, CBS, ION, and NBA TV — with non-Fever games seeing a 37% year-over-year jump. You don't represent all viewers just because you find the games boring. You can't compare a team sport to a individual sport like tennis.
 
The WNBA sucks so bad that the only entertainment people get out of it is literally throwing dildos at them mid-game. Think on that. There is no gender conspiracy.
Your personal opinion had no weight other than being a personal opinion.
 
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