{"id":1354219,"date":"2021-04-22T14:30:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1354219"},"modified":"2021-04-22T14:30:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:30:13","slug":"you-wont-believe-how-many-nba-players-make-more-money-entire-wnba-roster-combined-well-maybe-you-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/you-wont-believe-how-many-nba-players-make-more-money-entire-wnba-roster-combined-well-maybe-you-will\/","title":{"rendered":"You Won't Believe How Many NBA Players Make More Money Than the Entire WNBA Roster Combined...Well, Maybe You Will"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It's certainly no secret that NBA players<\/a> make more money than their counterparts in the WNBA<\/a>. But just how much more is absolutely staggering when you really take the time to look at the numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, the NBA season is much longer as there are 1,230 regular-season games between its 30 teams and a maximum of 105 postseason games as opposed to the 204 regular-season matchups and 35 maximum playoff games in the WNBA. So that's a little over five and a half times more games for the NBA, right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how is it that the NBA has a salary cap that's 81.5 times bigger than the WNBA? And why does the NBA's highest-paid player make 194.2 times more money than the WNBA's highest-paid player? And how is it that 68 NBA players...yes, 68...make more money than the entire WNBA roster? Not just one team...the ENTIRE WNBA roster. The nice way of putting it is that it's simply unfair. There's obviously a not-nice way to put it but we'll refrain from using any obscenities here today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look, the WNBA is never going to be as big as the NBA and its players are never going to make as much money. That's just a fact. But the gaps simply have to get smaller at some point. Sure, the WNBA's new collective bargaining agreement should help a little as players will start receiving a higher percentage of league revenue, possibly up to 34%, which is certainly better than the 20% they got in the past. It's still not the 50% NBA players receive but at least it closes the gap a little. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But until the WNBA season is expanded, which could obviously create more revenue and bump up salaries, which, in turn, could keep some of the top female players in the country from spending more time overseas, this issue isn't going anywhere. The league certainly isn't marketed correctly either and that's also not helping matters. Trust us, we could go on but let's get to some of those crazy numbers we discussed a moment ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NBA's highest-paid player in 2020-2021 makes 194.2 times more money than the WNBA's highest-paid players<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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