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Message: [QUOTE="Fairfield Fan, post: 2697996, member: 6911"] Actually, I believe that statement is contradicted by decades of women's contract disputes in other sports. Recall when women at Wimbledon were paid far less than male players. After they agitated for fair prize money, they got it. And consider the women's national soccer team. Didn't they just win a big boost in their compensation? Didn't the hockey players, after protesting, get a better deal from the USOC? If WNBA players made a stink about their salaries, perhaps WNBA management would try harder to get better TV contracts which which to pay them. Keep in mind that it took a lawsuit from Curt Flood many years ago to force major league baseball to create a free market for players, which led to skyrocketing salaries and a healthier game overall. History shows that you earn what you bargain for, what you organize for, what you fight for, and win the right to earn. [/QUOTE]