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Message: [QUOTE="azfan, post: 3217504, member: 7748"] Excellent point. The discussion/debate over pay and salaries does have a tendency to veer off into directions that are off point. Understanding why women's professional athletes and WNBA players in particular make less than men is a useful endeavor. That pay differential it is clear it's based upon the demand for each of those types of entertainment. Like you I see them as different forms of entertainment or different games and I prefer the women's game. I admire those athletes and find the game very interesting. However for every fan like you or me there appears to be several hundred fans who prefer the men's game. That is at the root of pay differential not discrimination. Over time we seen the NBA expand it is now an international game and growing in terms of the number of franchises, the number of participants and most importantly the number of people who watch NBA games. Unfortunately on the other hand we've seen the WNBA shrink in terms of franchises and while the ESPN broadcast deal, subsidized by the NBA, is a step in the right direction I'm really not certain that we're seeing a significant expansion of the audience for the WNBA. On this thread or another a poster observed that WNBA tickets for most franchises can be had for a small sum or in the case of the franchise I follow, the Phoenix Mercury, are given away. Trying to find a WNBA game televised is a frustrating endeavor. Both of these are signs of a very small demand for this entertainment stream. [/QUOTE]

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