When looking at a recent Thesis related to sports and sexism, the findings were quite interesting. The WNBA salary cap, $803,000, the NBA salary cap, 57.7 million. One can clearly see by these figures that there is no doubt sexism in sports. The question remains as to how, and why this is the case.
It will be interesting to see how the players react to being coached by a woman when it comes to the new Assistant Coach of the Spurs. Things can go either way depending on the team and how the season progresses, and what happens at the end of the contact. Still, it is progress when it comes to women making an impact on areas which have most often been controlled by men.
Also, while the reports show how much the different organizations cap, it shows nothing about which coaches or players make, or if there is a great discrepancy between men and women when it comes to salary and contract. Most likely, as always been the case, regardless of a history with the WNBA, women are most likely going to make less than men most fields.
Two areas in which teams are still mostly masculine compared to other sports in which the broadcasters and players seem to have soften over the years are hockey and football. Whether due to risk of injury, or denial based on sex, these two sports are often quite brutal compared to baseball, basketball and others.
While some girls may be able to play football, those in private schools may not have the same chance unless sponsored and supported by the institution in which one is enrolled. If not, then the girls at the school have only one option, change the mind of the administrators. A task which is often hard in public schools, much less private.
One area in which women have broken into the field, though are still receiving less in the way of salaries than me is sports broadcasting. There are a few women broadcasters in the NBA, as well as the WNBA, and a few in other sports. Though, overall the percentage is also less when it comes to the number of female versus male broadcast personalities providing live information on television during live games.
While there are a few women broadcasters in the field, a woman sports broadcaster is still considered rare in comparison to the number of men in the field. Men, who no doubt get more sponsors, higher pay and more freedom than do women in the business. Only when women raise voices in protest, not only in sports but in all areas of disparity and inequality is it even possible that justice will prevail.
While women have come along way, there is still more work to be done towards true equality in the areas of equal pay for equal work, or in this case equal coaching. There is no record of what the new coach is making with the Spurs, one can only hope that the coach is making pay equal to that of other coaches on the team. Something that will eventually be revealed, if not, it would behoove the coach and others to stand up in protest and demand equality where equality is due.
It will be interesting to see how the players react to being coached by a woman when it comes to the new Assistant Coach of the Spurs. Things can go either way depending on the team and how the season progresses, and what happens at the end of the contact. Still, it is progress when it comes to women making an impact on areas which have most often been controlled by men.
Also, while the reports show how much the different organizations cap, it shows nothing about which coaches or players make, or if there is a great discrepancy between men and women when it comes to salary and contract. Most likely, as always been the case, regardless of a history with the WNBA, women are most likely going to make less than men most fields.
Two areas in which teams are still mostly masculine compared to other sports in which the broadcasters and players seem to have soften over the years are hockey and football. Whether due to risk of injury, or denial based on sex, these two sports are often quite brutal compared to baseball, basketball and others.
While some girls may be able to play football, those in private schools may not have the same chance unless sponsored and supported by the institution in which one is enrolled. If not, then the girls at the school have only one option, change the mind of the administrators. A task which is often hard in public schools, much less private.
One area in which women have broken into the field, though are still receiving less in the way of salaries than me is sports broadcasting. There are a few women broadcasters in the NBA, as well as the WNBA, and a few in other sports. Though, overall the percentage is also less when it comes to the number of female versus male broadcast personalities providing live information on television during live games.
While there are a few women broadcasters in the field, a woman sports broadcaster is still considered rare in comparison to the number of men in the field. Men, who no doubt get more sponsors, higher pay and more freedom than do women in the business. Only when women raise voices in protest, not only in sports but in all areas of disparity and inequality is it even possible that justice will prevail.
While women have come along way, there is still more work to be done towards true equality in the areas of equal pay for equal work, or in this case equal coaching. There is no record of what the new coach is making with the Spurs, one can only hope that the coach is making pay equal to that of other coaches on the team. Something that will eventually be revealed, if not, it would behoove the coach and others to stand up in protest and demand equality where equality is due.
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