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the female athlete issue is an interesting one
Posted on: June 19, 2025 at 08:05:09 CT
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There is no direct comparison to football, not that someone wouldn't try.
There is a direct comparison to men's basketball in women's basketball, and if money is coming from a university, I don't know what the workaround is.
The US women's national soccer team attempted to address this issue, and part of their difficulty is that they were being paid in vastly different ways - I think it was per game vs. per season - and both teams had independently bargained for their pay.
Men's basketball and women's basketball at most schools brings in vastly different levels of revenue - I'm not arguing that women's basketball players should be paid the same amount as men's.
What I am saying is that it is appreciably the same work, and I don't know how a school would defend paying men's basketball players an average of $800,000 and women's basketball players $40,000 and not run into a discrimination issue.
There is a direct comparison to men's basketball in women's basketball, and if money is coming from a university, I don't know what the workaround is.
The US women's national soccer team attempted to address this issue, and part of their difficulty is that they were being paid in vastly different ways - I think it was per game vs. per season - and both teams had independently bargained for their pay.
Men's basketball and women's basketball at most schools brings in vastly different levels of revenue - I'm not arguing that women's basketball players should be paid the same amount as men's.
What I am saying is that it is appreciably the same work, and I don't know how a school would defend paying men's basketball players an average of $800,000 and women's basketball players $40,000 and not run into a discrimination issue.
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the female athlete issue is an interesting one - o'lineydisciple MU - 6/19 08:05:09