With CBA talks coming up that are likely to be contentious, salaries in the WNBA, which teams try to keep under wraps, will get a whole lot more scrutiny in the coming weeks and months.
The Dallas Wings star did an interview with WealthSample, and let her feelings known about the matter.
Players in the NBA get about 50 percent of the revenue. For women, the percentage is in the twenties. So before we even talk about base salary or anything like that, we don’t even get paid the same percentage of the revenue that we bring in, which is kind of unbelievable.
–Skylar Diggins-Smith
She is among a growing chorus of players, fans, and media that has tubthumped for higher wages and a higher piece of the pie for WNBA players.
The attitude among this generation of WNBA players has evolved into an “It’s time to get ours” sort of mindset. Hopefully this upcoming offseason will produce the change that is needed so players, if they have to go overseas, can make those decisions on their own will, instead of feeling forced to have to play overseas.
While traveling overseas does allow players to make more money, all of that travel can also take a toll on one’s body, as the Aces’ travel debacle proved. If the WNBPA can make a compelling case by intersecting the two issues, they may be able to make a compelling case in their talks with the league.
