• BreakDecks@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    The issue is that men make orders of magnitude more just for being men. No reason to handwave that disparity away.

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      7 months ago

      Technically they make orders of magnitude more because the money they bring in is orders of magnitude more

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        7 months ago

        Yeah, I saw an argument about considering not only what they’re paying the athletes but also what those athletes are bringing in as far as advertisments, ticket sales, merch, etc. I can’t find the video but I remember it clearly because it hadn’t occurred to me before then. I’ll look for it to make sure I’m not making any part of it up, but the numbers were ridiculous as far as how much money was being made from male leagues compared to female leagues.