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Equal pay? Why don’t women just join the NBA?
Washington Examiner ^ | Apr 16,2024 | Zachary Faria

Posted on 04/17/2024 3:33:39 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

The ridiculous “equal pay” debate about the WNBA coming from some Democrats raises an awkward question when it comes to their view of transgenderism: If men and women are indistinguishable and the WNBA doesn’t pay enough, why don’t women’s basketball players join the NBA instead? .....

The issue here, of course, is that neither Biden, members of his Cabinet, nor his judicial nominees can answer what they think a woman is. In the view of Biden and Democratic politicians, there are no differences between men and women, and men can be women or women can be men just by saying that they are. It is the Biden administration’s position that there are no problems with male athletes competing against female athletes or changing alongside them in the locker room. If you were to ask an average Democratic politician, you would be told that your gender is whatever you “identify” as.

That logic necessitates that you argue that there are no differences between men and women and that you can change from one to the other simply by saying so. By that logic, then, if the WNBA does not pay women’s basketball players enough, and there are no differences between men and women, why don’t women’s players join the NBA to cash in on those multimillion-dollar contracts?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: genderequity; nba; pay; wnba
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Seems fair to me.
1 posted on 04/17/2024 3:33:39 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Agree...would like to see Caitlin drop 30 on the pathetic Pisstons...and their goober owner.


2 posted on 04/17/2024 3:37:45 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

We need some men to join the WNBA.


3 posted on 04/17/2024 3:37:54 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

The men should share their money with the women especially Clark because she’s a minority


4 posted on 04/17/2024 3:38:19 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

That is actually not a bad idea. Fight fire with fire. Not one of those teams are going to want a woman on their team. Maybe they will become a powerful voice of opinion to help protect women’s sports from males.


5 posted on 04/17/2024 3:39:41 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: MV=PY

“We need some men to join the WNBA.”

We can also use some men in the GOP.


6 posted on 04/17/2024 3:42:04 PM PDT by MeganC ("Russians are subhuman" - posted by Kazan 8 March 2024)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

If it was equal pay for WNBA, wouldn’t every player be paying the NBA a substantial amount? How many could afford that?


7 posted on 04/17/2024 3:48:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

the ticket office, the sponsors, are less profitanle, period.

that whack job that landed in Russian jail added stink.


8 posted on 04/17/2024 3:54:07 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: MV=PY

You know...I’d really like to see 10 dude wannabe dudettes form a team and just beat the dog snot out of the wnba gals. I think that’d end the trans nonsense in a second.


9 posted on 04/17/2024 3:57:12 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
The NBA could use some feminization.

I say bring the women in!

10 posted on 04/17/2024 3:58:18 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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To: ealgeone

"Lady Ballers" MOVIE TRAILER

11 posted on 04/17/2024 4:00:45 PM PDT by Rio
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Well, they do that sort of. They wait in the Hotels for the players.


12 posted on 04/17/2024 4:04:52 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Openurmind

“”””Not one of those teams are going to want a woman on their team.””””

I think pro sports is the opposite, they would kill to get a female on their team, in the past sports teams have tried desperately to get a female on the team in some way, as a kicker, or anything.


13 posted on 04/17/2024 4:05:16 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

one of the things I still hope happens in sports and movies and such is you get paid if you put butts in the seats I think the WNBA is way below the NBA in ticket sales and TV broadcasts.

Anyhoo here are the top WNBA salaries 2024.

2024 Cap Hit Rankings ; Arike Ogunbowale · $241,984 ; Kahleah Copper · $241,984 ; Jewell Loyd · $241,984 ; Diana Taurasi · $234,936 ; Natasha Howard · $234,350.


14 posted on 04/17/2024 4:17:08 PM PDT by coalminersson (since )
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To: RckyRaCoCo

the globetrotters should take Clark on a tour.


15 posted on 04/17/2024 4:18:08 PM PDT by coalminersson (since )
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To: coalminersson
De-pant a Washington General?

Heck yeah.

16 posted on 04/17/2024 4:20:13 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Equal pay for equal work....

If women play to the same whistle as men, then yes - equal pay. e.g. soccer. Both play on the same size pitch and for the same time. Tennis - no.

Don't know about other sports.

17 posted on 04/17/2024 4:21:33 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I’m sure women can learn to travel and carry the ball as well as any male NBA player.


18 posted on 04/17/2024 4:36:10 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: MV=PY
We need some men to join the WNBA.

I think that has already happened.

19 posted on 04/17/2024 4:38:43 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Been curious when some average European baller joins the WNBA to watch all the butthurt happen.


20 posted on 04/17/2024 4:49:57 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (The kernel of our firm's job is to go with lots. - tnlibertarian job offer letter)
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