In an interview with Wealthsimple, Skylar Diggins-Smith of the WNBA’s Dallas Wings, talked about the concerns of the wage gap between the WNBA players and NBA players. The big concern that Diggins-Smith focused on was not necessarily the number of zero’s, but the difference in how much of the league revenue players receive from each league.
I won’t get too in depth on these issues because they do need to be resolved but its not as simple as people want to believe on either side of the argument. Something does need to change, though. That much is clear.