NBA vs WNBA
Victor Zuniga
Composition and Communication I
June 30, 2013
Abstract
We are going to talk about the differences about the National Basketball Association and the Woman National Basketball Association. Because right now the popularity on the WNBA is known than the NBA, mainly because of the excitement of the NBA brings to the fans is a lot more entertaining than the WNBA, obviously because in the NBA have more money to pay their players and to have nice venue. An interview on ESPN said that an NBA game draws over double the attendance of a WNBA game, which means that there will be more ticket sales as well as merchandise sales and endorsements. This means that owners of WNBA teams are making much less money
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Another major distinction between the two leagues is that there are only two conferences and a total of 14 teams in the WNBA but there are two conferences with 3 teams in the NBA. One similarity between the NBA and the WNBA is that the rules for both are governed by standard basketball rules except for ball size and the distance of the three-point line from the basket. The only other significant difference in the rules of the game between the NBA and WNBA is the fact that in women 's basketball there is no block or charge arc located under the basket. It is likely that as it matures, the WNBA will make additional changes to its rules and style of play meant to create more parity with the NBA. WNBA The rise in popularity of women 's basketball has led to the creation of the Women 's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in contrast to the Men 's National Basketball Association (NBA). There are many other differences between Men 's and Women 's basketball. The NBA season includes 82 games whereas the WNBA season includes only 34 games. Another difference that demonstrates the impact of gender in creating differences between the NBA and the WNBA is the size of the basketball. Despite the fact that both women 's and men 's basketball seems similar at first glance, there are significant differences between them. NBA vs. Some of the differences between NBA basketball and WNBA basketball appear to be
Do you think NBA player get more money than NFL player?NBA players get roughly half of all league revenue before expenses.Also, given an estimated $6 billion in qualifying NBA league revenue players are allotted roughly $3 billion in total.There are machines ensure the players get their share of basketball-related income of a collective bargaining agreement.
“We Got Next”. This phrase is most commonly used around the asphalt when vying to play the next game of pick up basketball. Founded on April 24, 1996, the NBA Board of Governors approved the concept of a Women’s National Basketball Association. The Women’s National Basketball Association is the most prevalently known professional basketball league in the United States for women, most commonly referred to as its’ acronym WNBA. It was finally the ladies’ turn as they made their statement that they would be playing the next game. The first season for the Women’s National Basketball Association began in 1997. Sheryl Swoopes, one of the league’s first sixteen players, was the first player signed by the WNBA on October 23, 1996. She signed with the Houston Comets, one of the eight teams in the
I think that the only way for the WNBA to improve on their attendance is to interact with the fan such as host events and enhance social media presence, which could bring more of a spotlight to the WNBA. What really makes the NBA so successful is the media because a person might not be a fan of basketball ball, but they can tell you who LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry are. What kind of plans do Borders have to increase the attendance of games?
The Women’s National Basketball Association, more commonly known as the WNBA, is a professional basketball league consisting of 12 teams spanning across the United States. The league was founded in 1996 but didn’t officially kick off until 1997. While it’s not the first major women’s professional basketball league in the United States, the WNBA is the only league that has received full backing from the National Basketball Association, more commonly, the NBA. Now in its 20th season under the direction of league president Lisa Borders, the regular season is played from June to September with the playoffs spanning through the remainder of September into the middle of October. Although they have the full backing from the NBA, there are still a few discrepancies between the two leagues. Even though WNBA games are not as exciting as NBA games, the players of the WNBA deserve equal pay because the team mindset makes the game more challenging, players continue to show their hard work in the offseason by playing overseas, and they inspire young girls by providing for charities as a result of their work.
NBA has best of seven and the WNBA has the best of five in the playoff why is it lesser in league at least can they be even in both NBA and WNBA games in playoffs because there a whole difference in the regular season. So I wonder what if the WNBA has the best of seven that would have been excited to watch. It's like the NBA never stop like when the season over its ready to start back just like that , but When the WNBA season end it feel like it forever to start back. An NBA season starts in October and end in April and the WNBA season starts on May and end in September. The more games thats played is probably the amount of money a player get if there not on contract or free
The WNBA is the organization for the women’s basketball program. In this organization, women are thought to be less athletic because they cannot dunk. The WNBA was founded on April 24, 1996. There are two hundred eighty-eights split into twelve teams in this league. Women teams play in NBA cities and wear uniforms derived from their NBA counterparts. Their season lasts from June to September and consists of 34 games. Laurel J. Richie is the President of the WNBA. Their TV partners are ABC,ESPN,and
The WNBA deserves the same attention and respect equal to the NBA due to its equal entertainment value, competitiveness, and their rights to
However, it does not make sense that one should be more popular than the other, even though it is the same sport. The style is different, but talking to many others they all say that women's basketball is more calm and is played more fluently, which is easier to follow. Unlike men's basketball, which is not run with plays. For some other teams, the women draw bigger crowds than the men, for example Tennessee's Lady Volunteers regularly sell out and often draw bigger crowds than the men's team. But other teams are equal, such as Connecticut's Lady Huskies. They draw sell-out crowds, just like the men's team. While this is college basketball, it is still the difference between men’s and women’s basketball. Popularity counts can still be raised for the WNBA if they would sponsor them as much as they sponsor the NBA. Unlike the NBA the WNBA is not sponsored much, which can cause them to not have big crowns like the NBA. So since they are not sponsored as much, of course they will not draw big
It’s basketball, the ball is the same, the hoops are still ten feet off the ground. Yet a lot of people still ask, what is the difference between college basketball and the NBA? Well at first I really had no idea what the difference was. Once I did the research though, I then realized how many differences there really are. The NBA has four quarters that are twelve minutes long and the NCAA has two halves that are twenty minutes long. Both of them get five minutes for overtime.
“An average WNBA athlete makes an average of 72,000 dollars a year.”("Gender, 2014”) That’s no money compared to what an NBA athlete makes a year. Popularity can be a big factor in the athletes pay for the women because less people attend a women’s game and they can’t really afford to pay the women. Is gender really a factor in this situation or is it popularity? “The WNBA itself makes on average one million dollars a year.” ("Gender, 2014”) What is the difference between a female athlete and a male athlete? The difference is popularity. More people attend a NBA game then a WNBA, so therefore more money will be
While college basketball and professional basketball both are the exact same sport, they are completely different styles of game. Both have five players on the court at a time, with three referees and a coach. The point system is the same, which consists of one point, two points, or three points. Despite these similarities, they are very different. Between the effort of players, the officiating and style of a game, and the overall behavior of players and role media plays, watching or playing each of these two leagues results in very different outcomes.
The women of the WNBA have had to manage a contradictory set of cultural images and strategies are needed to reassure fans that although they are not dancing gracefully over the ice in designer outfits, professional female basketball players are feminine beings (Banet-Weiser, p 412).
Female athletes are discriminated against in modern sports because they have lower salaries than the male athletes. Over the years the wage gap between male and female athletes has increased tremendously. The wage gap that has been viewed as one of the most extraordinary is the gap between men and women basketball players. An article by David Berri talks about this outrageous money difference. Diana Taurasi plays a big part in the Women’s National Basketball Association, especially being the one that led the Phoenix Mercury to win the league championship in 2014. Taurasi was
The NBA and WNBA give the equal opportunity of playing professional basketball to both men and women, but the ages at which they are allowed to start their career differ. These age eligibility rules are believed by some to give an unequal opportunity to female basketball players. In the article, “Hoop Dreams Deferred: The WNBA, The NBA, And The Long-Standing Gender Inequality At The Game’s Highest Level”, N. Jeremi Duru discusses the age eligibility rules for the NBA and WNBA. Topics included are how they are different, how the difference is unfair to females, and how the NBA can be held responsible for the inequality to women. As a professor of law, Duru has a professional approach to the topic with a lengthy article that has claims backed by laws and has a legal case feel.
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