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Scientifically Dismantling the WNBA Pay Gap Argument
The WNBA has been around since the late 90s, and it seems like the only time they're relevant is when a player gets thrown into a Russian prison, or the women are demanding a raise.
As someone who's been a fan of the NBA since I was 8 years old, I've never really cared or noticed the WNBA- and I know many of you watching can relate.
In high school, my friends would always poke fun at how bad the WNBA is- I didn't know anything about the WNBA then since it was never on TV.
But I'll never forget the first time I was exposed to the league.
ESPN was doing an interview with a WNBA player- her name's Brittney Griner- you may know her as the WNBA player that was trapped in Russia.
Now Griner is 6'10".
And the interviewer asks her to throw down a dunk because it's uncommon for females to be able to dunk on a 10-foot hoop.
She goes up and misses her first attempt.
At that point, I'm thinking, 'ok, everyone gets one.'
Before trying her second attempt, she makes sure her laces are tied.
and after that dramatic build-up, she misses again.
At that moment, I'm thinking this has to be a skit- but nope. It's 100% real.
Now don't get it twisted, she'd probably cook me 1 on 1, there's no doubt about that- but really? This is what the best women's basketball league in America has to offer?
If you google WNBA dunks, you'll find a 2-minute compilation of every dunk that's happened in the last 26 years. Spoiler alert there's been less than 30, and only 8 players have been able to.
If you google WNBA highlights, the top search results are 10 minutes of WNBA fails.
But you know what? Anyone can stitch a bunch of lowlights together and make something look bad.
Just look at what Shaq did to Javale McGee early on in his career.
However, what truly convinced me that the WNBA is as bad as everyone says it is was this video that went viral this past summer.
So, just to give you some context, some WNBA team won a chip and decided to throw a parade expecting their fans to show up.
And nobody showed.
Not a single soul.
Despite the fact nobody cares about the league, the players aren't better or even as good as the NBA- even if they say they are.
The women of the league keep coming up with more arguments about why they should be paid better.
Why aren't they paid the same as the men?
First and foremost, let's address the elephant in the room, why is there a wage gap?
Statistically speaking, between the two leagues, there's a major difference in fan attendance and viewership.
The WNBA had 379,000 people tune in to watch during the 21/22 season across 4 major American networks.
Compared to the NBA, the NBA had 1.75M viewers that same season across the same networks.
More viewers = more commercials which = more money.
Last year, the WNBA generated $60M in revenue through tickets, merch, commercials and sponsorships.
Whereas their counterpart generated $10B through the same means of sales.
Finally, there's also a difference in the games played.
Each team in the WNBA plays just 32 games a season, plus playoffs.
And in the NBA, teams play 82 games plus the playoffs.
Fewer games = less screen time. Less screen time = fewer commercials, and fewer commercials = less money.
The more money the league generates, the more money it has to distribute among its players.
That's why there's a wage gap.
Despite people's assumption that the reason for the WNBA's lack of success is due to sexism- it couldn't be further from the truth.
The WNBA is subsidized by the NBA because women wanted their own basketball league.
And what happened?
Barely any women show up to the games.
Do you know what's even more ironic? More men watch the WNBA than women.
So in this video, we are going to analyze and dismantle three of the best arguments that WNBA players have come up with on why they deserve to be paid more.
Feminists Can't Name A WNBA team - Daily Caller
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Skylar Diggins-Smith calls WNBA-NBA gap ‘disappointing’ | Get Up! | ESPN
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"If my mama played for the Clippers.." | The Shop: Season 5 Episode 7 | FULL EPISODE | Uninterrupted
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Ep. 122 - KELSEY PLUM EXPOSES How UNDERPAID WNBA PLAYERS REALLY ARE!! - The Residency Podcast
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WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison - ABC News
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Britney Griner claims she can beat Demarcus Cousins One on One USA Basketball Rio Olympics 2016
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  • @davidnewland2556
    @davidnewland2556 4 дні тому

    I don't watch pro men's sports be cause I will not give my time or attention to poor behavior in the players, I quit watching the nba when latrell sprewell got away with choking his coach, for that reason I quit watching the NFL, I stick to college ball.

  • @gerritsluyter2026
    @gerritsluyter2026 7 днів тому

    Here in 2024, when Caitlin Clark is now the most famous WNBA player-more of a household name than a lot of NBA players. Only, she is the victim of 15-20% of all flagrant fouls in the entire league every season. Even the WNBA hates the WNBA, cannibalizing the one player people care about right now. They don’t want success, they want sympathy.

  • @oddballskull1941
    @oddballskull1941 9 днів тому

    If it wasn't for juwanna mann I wouldn't even have known it was a thing

  • @AmandaLittle-d6u
    @AmandaLittle-d6u 11 днів тому

    Anderson Daniel Lee Patricia Lopez George

  • @tommyngongo8024
    @tommyngongo8024 13 днів тому

    “Someone else fix our problem” lmao

  • @AliceWinston-h9h
    @AliceWinston-h9h 15 днів тому

    Wilson Nancy Jackson Patricia Martin Sandra

  • @JoeRogansGutBiome
    @JoeRogansGutBiome 18 днів тому

    Wnba only has 40 games in 1 regular season. They also play less

  • @JoeRogansGutBiome
    @JoeRogansGutBiome 18 днів тому

    They dont care about growing their sport or working harder to grow their sport. They just want to be lazy and get paid what,yhey dont earn.

  • @deannabibbee4280
    @deannabibbee4280 20 днів тому

    It's called CHEATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @1959KM
    @1959KM 25 днів тому

    You do nothing to make a dime but hate with racism and total stupidity you went to college how come you got dumber not smarter?

  • @SuperJuggernaut87
    @SuperJuggernaut87 25 днів тому

    Tell these bankrupt hoes, when they dunk they can get a pay increase. Until then, Let Go Caitlyn Clark. Keep making them madd.

  • @cameroncook3863
    @cameroncook3863 28 днів тому

    So the dude cant jump

  • @eproonils
    @eproonils 29 днів тому

    There is a woman version of NBA?

  • @BoneyMB
    @BoneyMB 29 днів тому

    Neither men nor women basketball players are paid for dribbling a ball or dropping it in the basket. They are paid for selling lot of goods, starting from pampers and finishing with cars. They are literally travelling sales representatives. And they salaries depend on sales.

  • @TroyW13
    @TroyW13 Місяць тому

    Imagine having a golden ticket fall in your lap from a young woman that is almost other worldy in their influence, once in a generation talent, witnessed comparably in the market with others like Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan to have the same group of representatives turn around and say 'Nah, we dont need her, weve always done it this way.'

  • @wulfschlueter2112
    @wulfschlueter2112 Місяць тому

    So the WNBA is not making money d you want a raise you haven't been able to fill a school gym until CC came along and you want to drive the golden goose away what a joke all that jealousy

  • @bigal7561
    @bigal7561 Місяць тому

    The league can do whatever it wants. I'm not supporting a racist, bigoted league that hate's whites, who buy the way, buy most of their tickets. I'll just support CC and the Fever team. Just like millions of others have this year

  • @Tyler-zl6yw
    @Tyler-zl6yw Місяць тому

    Drop the hoop to 9 feet it would be awesome!

  • @KAWGreazy
    @KAWGreazy Місяць тому

    i dont see women watching the wnba

  • @MH-lk8md
    @MH-lk8md Місяць тому

    No one is buying a Kelsey Plum Jersey

  • @MelanieRobertson-c6i
    @MelanieRobertson-c6i Місяць тому

    Hall Joseph Harris Eric Jackson Daniel

  • @pastrie42
    @pastrie42 Місяць тому

    one white woman came into the league willing to do the work instead of demand a handout and they all attack her . welfare mentality.

  • @T1mischief
    @T1mischief Місяць тому

    Women mad they dont get paid after they join a sport nobody watch: 😮

  • @RDFRRDFR
    @RDFRRDFR Місяць тому

    Lol then already use a woman size ball.... Lol women never bring that 💩 up.... Same size rim as the men... Much smaller ball .. mine as well make it 9 feet instead of a 10 foot rim... Ive never in my life watched a bunch of lesbians playing basketball... Lol

  • @jakealexander7081
    @jakealexander7081 Місяць тому

    Dunk the ball and maybe youll get someone to watch

  • @Tsunami_Hawk
    @Tsunami_Hawk Місяць тому

    They always say lower the rim to dunk how about lower it to make layups !

  • @fourvetperrie457
    @fourvetperrie457 Місяць тому

    Why should a high school woman's team get paid? No one watches & the play is inferior. This isnt equality this is ppl crying & greed 😂

  • @CHamlin86
    @CHamlin86 Місяць тому

    I remember hearing about Griner and thinking to myself "Oh yeah, the WNBA is a thing." I had a co-worker mention that the WNBA actually loses money on their games and I naturally I asked how they can stay afloat if they're always losing money. And he just said, "The NBA."

  • @limput2
    @limput2 Місяць тому

    NBA is so skill based that PEDs wouldn't matter in anything besides recovery. A roided up Zion will never shoot like Curry or pass like Bron

  • @deadmangreedo
    @deadmangreedo Місяць тому

    “I’ve been playing on 10ft my whole life” You still suck 😭

  • @irishsamurai9008
    @irishsamurai9008 Місяць тому

    I've tried to watch the games I can't get through 5 minutes

  • @simonramirez243
    @simonramirez243 Місяць тому

    The ball is smaller… why not lower the rim as well.. doesnt make sense to have either or vs yes or no to both

    • @paristo
      @paristo Місяць тому

      It would be fine to lower it. 10 ft is 305 cm. 1 ft is 30.48 (about 30 cm). I wouldn't lower it to 9.5 feet (-15 cm) or to 9 feet (275 cm). I would even consider it to be 8.5 ft (260 cm). 1 feet would be at least fair.

  • @simonramirez243
    @simonramirez243 Місяць тому

    Caitlin Clark is revolutionizing the wnba .. I’m a forever fan for sure

  • @leopapio683
    @leopapio683 Місяць тому

    Pay them a % of the profits...... oh wait

  • @CPDheadstomp
    @CPDheadstomp Місяць тому

    Britney Griner is a man. She was topless next to a pool and had zero breast.

  • @shootcreations713
    @shootcreations713 Місяць тому

    when he said they get noticed when they're thrown into a russian prison that shit had me dead 😂😂😂😂

  • @abigbang5971
    @abigbang5971 Місяць тому

    If the wnba wants to make money lower the damn goal in all sports women’s league is made easier so why are we forcing girls to play on a man sized goal lower that bitch two feet and u will see alot more action in the game alot more girls will push for the rim if they could actually dunk it or lay it up easier instead women’s league shoot it more then taking it up leaving for a really boring game its just that simple i would not shame the women’s league for lowering the goal post because women are men why are we tryna force them to play exactly like men with the same standards and everything else it never really made that much sense to me when u really start thinking about it

  • @mervunit
    @mervunit Місяць тому

    her coach did not have to put that much effort into that answer to totally burn her like that, but I appreciate the effort.

  • @blenderboy1900
    @blenderboy1900 Місяць тому

    Those men on that podcast were absolute shills 😂😂😂 They were agreeing with everything Kelsey was saying

  • @jbac5767
    @jbac5767 Місяць тому

    It's a race play thing. Caitlyn Clark never says shit like this. The white girl never says anything. Black ladies. Not at all the same way. Then said white girl begins destroying said black ladies.

    • @DJJE928
      @DJJE928 Місяць тому

      There have been plenty of white women that have spoke out. You’re just racist. Lol

  • @ryanm2834
    @ryanm2834 Місяць тому

    Women should buy tickets, or learn to dunk! You're 7 feet tall ffs

  • @kylevanrose9037
    @kylevanrose9037 Місяць тому

    “The skill level is off the charts in women’s basketball” 😂

  • @GuacBalin9323
    @GuacBalin9323 Місяць тому

    SELL MORE TICKETS, MAKE MORE MONEY; not hard to understand. They just feel entitled and are completely delusional.

  • @jacobtango
    @jacobtango Місяць тому

    women’s basketball has a different 3 point line, why are they so against lowering the rim? realistically, it wouldn’t take “too long” to adjust at all. If it is such a hard thing to adjust to, are they really skilled at shooting anyway? I think NBA should just lower the WNBA rim, regardless of what they have to say, because after all the NBA is the one losing money!

    • @paristo
      @paristo Місяць тому

      I bet that if you would change the basket height differently between games, without telling it to NBA players, in some friendly matches. They would still own their shoots at any distance. Slight variation would happen in course changes like 1.5 ft, but they totally would just adapt to angles and height and distances. Same would women.... But those who train to do blindfolded throws... That is for them a major problem...

  • @user-nc6zx6nc3z
    @user-nc6zx6nc3z Місяць тому

    Ngl, not hating or anything but even if i got free tickets to a wnba game. I wouldn’t go

  • @pl5440
    @pl5440 Місяць тому

    Nothing wrong with epo hgh or steroids. We want to see the players/athletes play their best level 😊

  • @JGComments
    @JGComments Місяць тому

    Can you imagine asking your boss for a raise if you both knew the company was losing tens of millions of dollars a year?

  • @Logangil515
    @Logangil515 Місяць тому

    Kelsey Plum is the most entitled POS on this planet

  • @Brucefulness
    @Brucefulness Місяць тому

    They use a smaller ball? Why not 9 1/2 foot rim? So silly