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   Main Event Kris Mastodon (kriswd40@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 13:54:51 JST Main Event Kris Mastodon

   #WNBA vs #NBA salaries is NOT an example of sexual discrimination, it's an example of simple economics. I'm tired of seeing so many takes pointing out the low WNBA salaries compared to NBA ones... the NBA makes billions of dollars, the WNBA loses money and only exists because the NBA subsidizes it.

   If you want better WNBA salaries then start watching the games on TV and attending the games in person. Ratings, ticket sales, merch will drive what players make.

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     Main Event Kris Mastodon (kriswd40@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 22:52:40 JST Main Event Kris Mastodon

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     • Trevor H

     @fansy Exposure is definitely part of it. Caitlin Clark and others seem to be driving viewership for women's basketball now too. Could be on the rise.

     Women's volleyball around me is actually very popular. Our women's team (University of Wisconsin) has been very good for a long while now. The women's games are honestly more popular than the men's.

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     Trevor H (fansy@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 22:52:41 JST Trevor H

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     @kriswd40
     It's interesting that the rise of women's basketball coincides with highlights and clips shared on social media.

     Before tiktok, women's college basketball championships had fewer viewers than men's.

     In the ~50 years since Title IX until very recently, our newspapers, TV, and radio did not take women's sports seriously.