Why is the biggest TV ratings star in sports getting paid about the same as an office manager in a moderately successful company?
A couple years ago a friend ran into the second-string center for the Portland Trailblazers in town and I guessed as a bench warmer who only played a few minutes a couple times a week he probably made like 600-800k a year which was about double the NBA minimum salary until I looked it up on Wikipedia where his salary was listed at $2.4M/yr
@mathowie think of all the tech bros you’ve met who had a fraction of his talent yet got paid similarly…
@grumpasaurus women’s pro soccer pays new draft picks more. WNBA has a lot more games than soccer, how are they not making money with the sport?
@mathowie sounds like there's something with the currently active collective bargain agreement through 2027
https://justwomenssports.com/reads/wnba-basketball-revenue-player-salaries-cathy-engelbert/