WNBA’s Viral Pay Shirts Explained
WNBA players become viral for their daring shirts “Pay us what you owe us” during a warm-up during the Saturday’s stars match.
“We get a very small percentage of all the money earned thanks to the WNBA, which is obviously made by the entertainment we offer,” said Minnesota Napheesa Collier Lynx. “So we want a fair and reasonable percentage of this.”
This occurs just after the National Basketball Players Association (the union of players) and the WNBA met for a collective agreement last Thursday, which did not lead to an agreement. “We were certainly disappointed,” Napheesa said on Friday. “What they came back was only what we asked for or even in the same conversation.”
So how much the WNBA players paid? According to illustrated sports, “WNBA wages vary about a minimum of $ 66,000 to a super maximum contract of around $ 250,000”. NBA’s average salary for the season aged 24 to 25 would be $ 11.9 million, the minimum of $ 1.2 million.
But equal basic wages are not even the current objective here. A big problem is that WNBA players would only receive 9.3% of the League income. Their male counterparts of the NBA, as well as NFL and NHL, obtain around 50%. Although the WNBA has not been profitable in the past, new cases – including an extremely lucrative television agreement – mean that the WNBA should bring hundreds of millions this year and, according to some reports, become profitable *.
Subsequently, many WNBA players aim to increase this percentage of the League income. “If this is the price requested and it is the television agreement, then give a meaning on the other side to the other,” Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty Forward and the Vice-Presidents of the Syndicat on Friday.
However, because they are women, money and sports, the shirts triggered a backlash – which led to a counter -criticism.
As the star of Indiana Fever Caitlin Clark said, “we should be paid more and I hope it is to go ahead while the League continues to grow. I think it is something that is probably the most important thing we are in the room.”
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