Female Athletes Get Paid

As a child I had never thought of sports to be thing of interest to me since I was a girl. Sports were considered a boy’s thing in my mind and I was just your stereotypical 8 year old girl who loved pink, played with dolls, etc. But when I got to the age of about 10-11 I discovered my love for sports, to now bring up the issue of equal pay for women in them, especially professionally. Women have always been underestimated and seen as a lesser value than men, but if you were doing the same job as someone else of different gender (being a man or woman) wouldn’t you want to be paid the same? Also in most sports both men and women are doing the same physical activity, so why shouldn’t they be paid the same? In my opinion there should be equal pay for women in sports.

Even the most skilled WNBA player makes just a fraction of what an NBA player who is benched a majority of the season may earn. There are rookies in the NBA who never even get in the game, and they are

Society today is a cruel and vicious beast that needs to be dealt with. Men today make more than women in some parts of the workforce. In the college world of sports, Basketball in specific, money is made based off of statistics. Men and Women in College Basketball should not make the same.

In today’s society, the idea of becoming an athletic professional is a great deal. A professional athlete competes individually or as a part of a team in a variety of sporting events. In the field of professional athletics, the topic of how much men and women get paid seems to be an ongoing concept. This leads to an unrestricted question, do professional male and female athletes receive the same yearly salary? Some people may argue that men get paid more than women athletes, while others may think that women get paid more than men of the same athletic profession. This question would be a suitable research question to consider because it is a topic of curiosity around the world which may reveal a segment of gender inequality.

The Guardian article “The USA women's national team are demanding equal pay. Is it realistic?” written by Beau Dure discusses the interview held by CBS’s 60 Minutes about the USA women’s national soccer team’s drive for equal pay. There have been scarce meetings between US soccer and representatives for the women’s team, and even less knowledge of what is being discussed within these meetings. As of now all that anyone knows for sure is that the women’s team current deal is coming to an end. Dure points out that the debate at hand includes all forms of equality between the US men’s team and the US women’s team; such as equality in pay, travel amenities, and field location accessibility. However, while there are many parts to this debate Dure choses to focus on the difference in pay. Dure emphasizes the difference in the payment systems, bonuses for championships, and gap between two star players that play the same position. Dure makes sure to add that this debate has been going on for a long time and not only in the US. At this moment it is unknown if they are looking for exact pay as the men’s team.

To this day, women still aren't equally paid as men are even though they do the same work. In sports women work and try really hard to win and find themselves a living by

It appears that each year the U.S. Women's national team gets better and better. Since the 2012 olympics the national team has been considered by many to be the greatest women’s team today. But just like any other job in the world today there is a large pay wage gap between the Mens and womens teams. Even with the accolades of Olympic gold, and even 2015 world Cup champions, the Women's national team is paid considerably less than their male counterparts. Despite these Accolades, along with Revenue, Ticket sales, and a “Larger” fan base, the women are paid criminally less that the vastly inferior men.

In 2015, the Women’s National Soccer Team won the World Cup. In 2016, the Women’s National Soccer Team made it to the Olympics. The New York Times showed that in the past four years, the Women’s National Soccer Team had 88 wins while the men had 44. Despite their advance in victories, the women are still getting paid much less that the men. Would you want to be paid less than someone else that is doing less work than you? In the National Soccer league, women should be paid at least the equal amount as men do because the NWSL has more hard working and determined players than the men.

While, in professional sports, the pay gap is much wider. The women can earn just a fraction of what the men make (Master of Science in Sport Management Online). In just about every sport the average income for a woman is much less than the men. The average NBA salary is $4,500,000, the average for the WNBA is $72,000 (Master of Science in Sport Management Online). There also is a huge discrepancy in golf. The average male income is $973,000 and the average woman income is $162,000 (Master of Science in Sport Management Online). The difference in the top two earners have a huge gap. If they both are at the top of the females and the men then there should be no

Universities like USC should pay the coaches of men's and women's sports comparable salaries based on experience, skill, and performance rather than should base their coaching salaries entirely on market considerations. Market considerations are what coaches pay is based on. If a coach has been in the Olympics and has many wins, of course, he’s “a hot ticket”, but if they have regular experience and skills and performance with many wins they are not as valuable. It also comes down to male versus female. Female sports do bring in as much revenue as male sports. If the men are bringing in more money than they should be paid extra, although the job should be fair equal pay. In conclusion, it is morally right to pay both sexes equally for the same

There are several reasons why men get paid more than women in professional sports. It is a fact that male athletes bring in significantly higher incomes than females. This can be seen in the comparison of the NBA and WNBA. The WNBA cannot afford to pay their players like the NBA does. This is purely because the NBA is much more popular and generates a greater revenue from sponsorship and media coverage. The pay should be proportionate to the number of fans.

Ladies and gentleman (Pathos, direct address), can you imagine a world where men and women, who work the same job, receive the same pay? Women should be given equal pay as men’s athletics because they have equal opportunities. As written in a legislation in 1972, it is stated that “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” (Ethos, appeal to audience) This statement proves that women should not be excluded and that they in fact do have a right when it comes, not only to sports, but to basic needs as well. Seeing as how women have proved themselves in the past several decades, and proved to the world that they are much more than what people believe they are. For example the US Women’s national soccer team, has been seen more and more in the news than ever before because of their accomplishments, and how much they have been winning. The women put their heart and soul into every game and practice that they play. Imagine that you are on a team that means the world to you and you are seen as one of the number one players in the world. You play every game with heart and passion and never give anything less than satisfactory. When it comes to the end of the day, after all of the hard work you put in and give to the team and corporation, you are not given the equal amount of pay or respect

The sport industry is a tremendous moneymaking business worldwide. As of today, it’s still an issue when it comes to equal pay between men and women within any company. When it comes to sports, it can be a little tricky. It’s true that men receives a better pay when it comes to playing sports, but the reason for that is that many people tend to watch men athletes as oppose to women athletes. When it comes to the financial situations, the organization needs to view the spending within the team, so that the organization is spending its profits wisely. If men athletes have more viewers, there will be more money coming into the budget, which would allow the organization to distribute money on certain things. Men athletes vs. women athletes pay

While the Equal Pay Act of 1983 did enforce the equal pay of men and women who obtain the same position, some colleges are finding ways around this. While many colleges have salaries set for the men and women that are relatively close, however these are not the only factors that go into their final paychecks (Chan). Third parties such as athletic apparel and independent university athletic associations play a huge part in the salary differences. An example would be when writing up the contracts, it is assumed that the women will be better academic students. So, they do not get certain bonuses that accompany the academic performance of the players. Summer camps also play a huge addition in the men’s paycheck. They tend to make money off of

It’s 2016 now, the U.S. Women’s soccer team is in its prime. They won the World Cup of 2016 and are currently ranked the number one team in the world. When they won the World Cup, as a whole they got paid $2 million dollars. The U.S. Men’s team had lost in the first round of their World Cup, yet they were paid $8 million dollars. Imagine how much more the U.S. Men’s team would have made if they won. Although men and women play the same sport at a high level, men unfairly earn a higher wage than women.