MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM WERE INCREDIBLE.
>> A DIFFERENT PROTEST IN THE
SPORTS WORLD.
SPORTS WORLD. A BIG STEP FOR WOMEN IN
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS. PLAYERS IN THE WNBA NOW ACTIVELY
PURSUING BETTER PAY AND WORKING
CONDITIONS AND THEY MADE A BOLD
MOVE TO TRY TO GET IT ALL DONE.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE WNBA
PLAYERS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED AN
ARTICLE THAT THEY WOULD BE
ENDING THEIR COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT EARLY.
SHE CALLED THE ARTICLE THAT ON
WOMEN.
WOMEN.
WOMEN. SHE SAID TO ME, OPTING OUT OF
THE AGREEMENT MEANS NOT JUST
BELIEVING IN OURSELVES BUT
GOING ONE STEP FURTHER.
BETTING ON OURSELVES.
BEING A GROUP OF EMPOWERED WOMEN
IN THE YEAR 2018.
NOT JUST FEELING FED UP WITH
THE STATUS QUO, BUT GOING A STEP
FURTHER, REJECTING THE STATUS
QUO.
QUO.
QUO. IN
QUO. IN RESPONSE TO THIS THE NBA --
ONE OFFICIAL SAID IT IS
IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE
FINANCIAL REALITIES.
FINANCIAL REALITIES. SO WHAT ARE THOSE FINANCIAL
REALITIES?
REALITIES? I HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR BOOKS, BUT
WE KNOW HOW MUCH PLAYERS MAKE
IN THE NBA VERSUS THE WNBA.
BEFORE YOU TEXT ME, BECAUSE
SOME OF YOU HAVE DONE THIS
BEFORE, THEY REVENUES ARE
DIFFERENT, I KNOW THAT, THE
PLAYERS KNOW THAT, BUT THE
NUMBER STILL TELL AN INTRIGUING
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. I
STORY. I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE THESE
ATHLETES DESERVE BETTER.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, THE
MINIMUM SALARY AND NBA FOR A
ROOKIE, A HALF A MILLION
DEALERS.
DEALERS.
DEALERS. WNBA $41,000.
WNBA $41,000. THE AVERAGE SALARY IN THE NBA
$6 MILLION, $71,000 FOR WNBA.
WHAT ABOUT STARS?
$30MILLION VERSUS $115,000.
WE KNOW AGAIN THE DIFFERENCES
ARE THERE AND IT SHOULD BE, BUT
NBA PLAYERS GET 50% OF THE
REVENUE IN THE WNBA, THERE IS NO
MINIMUM RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY GET 20%.
PLAYERS AGAIN ARE NOT ASKING TO
BE PAID THE SAME AS WNBA,
NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP AS THE
PRESIDENT OF THEIR PLAYERS
ASSOCIATION SAID, THEIR PRIMARY
OBJECTIVE IS FULL TRANSPARENCY.
YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THIS,
BUT AS PLAYERS, WE NEVER GET TO
SEE THE NUMBERS.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE LEAGUE IS
DOING AND AS KIDS THEY NOW DAY,
WE JUST WANT TO SEE RECEIPTS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS ACTUALLY AN
INTERESTING QUOTE.
INTERESTING QUOTE. ALL I CAN SAY IS, WAY TO GO,
THAT IS THE ADVICE I WOULD GIVE
MY DAUGHTERS IN TERMS OF
ADVOCATING FOR YOURSELF.
INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY DO
FROM HERE.
FROM HERE. NEGOTIATION SHOULD CONTINUE AND
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> HOCKEY AND SOCCER THIS HAS
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. WE DESERVE EQUAL PAY AND TO
YOUR POINT ABOUT $115,000 IS THE
CAP, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE SEATTLE AREA DON'T KNOW
THESE PLAYERS GO OVERSEAS.
BREANNA STEWART GOES OVERSEAS
WHEN SHE'S NOT PLAYING WBA TO
ACTUALLY MAKE A FULL-TIME
LIVING TO BE A PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETE.
ATHLETE.
ATHLETE. SEATTLE SUPER DID IT FOR YEARS.
ISSUES, DIANA TAURISI IN
PHOENIX SPENT A FULL YEAR IN
RUSSIA BECAUSE SHE MADE MORE
MONEY OVER THERE.
MAYBE THIS IS THE IMPETUS FOR
THE WNBA TO CHANGE SOMETHING.
>> ONE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD
TO THAT, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
THE MONEY, THEY TALK ABOUT
CONDITIONS LIKE HAVING TO TAKE
REDEYEs SITTING IN A MIDDLE
SEAT AND YOU ARE 69 TACO, YOUR
LEGS ARE SCRUNCHED UP.
JUST BEING ABLE TO GET SOME
IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS WHAT
THEIR UNIONS -- THE PRODUCER
TELLING US WE HAVE A TEXT
COMING IN WE WOULD LIKE TO
READ.
READ.
READ. THE
READ. THE ONLY REALISTIC WAY EQUAL
RIGHTS IN THE NBA AND WBA WILL
DEPEND HEAVILY ON TV AND TICKET
SALES IS TO PAY NBA PLAYERS LESS
>> INTERESTING.
>> INTERESTING. >> GOOD LUCK
>> I LOVE THE SENTIMENT THERE
BUT HEY ABOUT TAKING A PAY CUT.
I WAS SO SURPRISED WHEN YOU
SURE THOSE NUMBERS, THE
DISPARITY BETWEEN -- --
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW BIG IT
WAS.
WAS.
WAS. >>
WAS. >> TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN EQUAL AND EQUITY WOULD
BE EQUITABLE.
BE EQUITABLE. 50% NBA, 20% WNBA.
NO.
NO.
NO. I
NO. I THINK THERE IS ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT.
IMPROVEMENT. >> I THINK THEY STILL HAVE TO
DO THE NUMBERS IN THE MATH.
EVEN IF YOU LOOK IT UP YOU WILL
SEE THE MOST RECENT NBA
ESTIMATES ARE FROM 2015-2016,
$5.9 BILLION, THE WNBA IS MORE
LIKE ONLY IN THE MILLIONS SO
THERE IS A HUGE DISCREPANCY BUT
UNTIL THEY CAN FLAT OUT PUSH
THOSE