Caitlin Clark's reward for a record-smashing NCAA career: A $76,000 WNBA salary

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Caitlin Clark's reward for a record-smashing NCAA career: A $76,000 WNBA salary
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Bill Burr had a good take on this one. Basically, how many of the people complaining about the pay disparity in women’s basketball actually watch women’s basketball? If you want them to get paid more, you need to watch their sport so they will bring in higher ticket sales and ad revenues. His take is a lot women are complaining about this pay disparity and few of them actually even watch the WNBA, so it’s kind of hypocritical since they’re not doing the very thing that would help increase their salaries.

Joke's on Bill, I don't watch men's sports either

No, but billions of others do.

Same. I'd rather participate than be a spectator.

But participation doesn't make rich people more money, so we know what all the useful idiots are going to prefer.

Except WNBA players don't get revenue shares like NBA players do. That's what they're asking for.

Well, they should get it. I imagine some of the things NBA players have now were won through bargaining and negotiations.

And I love that he says that as someone who watches many sports regularly and spends money on everything from going to games to merchandise to even giving them air time in announcing specific events that he's interestend in during his podcast.

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