the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Jun 23, 2025
The Women’s National Basketball Association is a partner to the NBA, the men’s National Basketball Association. But not an equal partner.
The NBA gets huge publicity and fees from the major broadcasting outfits, billions of dollars to broadcast the popular men’s games. They don’t spend much of it promoting the women’s games, even though the sport is exploding in popularity.
Even worse, women rookie players start at $60,000 for a season, while men players start at $1,160,000—which is 18 times higher. The top women stars make a quarter of a million dollars, while the top men stars make tens of millions—yet they need the same skills.
Half of the women in the WNBA go overseas to play each year to supplement their salaries. That’s how Brittney Griner ended up in a Russian prison for 10 months, on her way to play basketball for a Russian team in Ekaterinburg.
Men and women are playing the same sport, using the same skills. In no way does the sports world, whether announcers, broadcasters, sports writers or media people give the same attention or admiration to women players as they do for men players.
Money reflects the unequal treatment women receive in capitalist society.