17 Mar '22 10:56>1 edit
FREE BRITTNEY!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60701050
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60701050
@suzianne saidFor all people like me who are not closely following basketball:
FREE BRITTNEY!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60701050
@ponderable saidI don't think it's a matter of male or female, it's more a matter of level of fame. Female basketball players just don't have anywhere near the notoriety of male players. I've been an NBA fan since I was ten years old, and even I've never heard of this woman.
The whole affair seems quite intransparent and I agree with Holly Honderich, the writer of the linked article, that the uproar would have been gigantic if a male player of the same relative caliber would have suffered that.
@vivify saidAt the same time, if she was paid as much as the male players of her sport, perhaps she wouldn't have had to supplement her income playing for a Russian team in the off-season.
I don't think it's a matter of male or female, it's more a matter of level of fame. Female basketball players just don't have anywhere near the notoriety of male players. I've been an NBA fan since I was ten years old, and even I've never heard of this woman.
It's not a matter of male or female, it's about level of fame; if this was Serena Williams or Simone Biles, all hell would break loose.
@suzianne saidI brought this point up in a thread I made about the WNBA, that female athletes can't really support themselves on just their salaries from basketball, and have to go overseas.
At the same time, if she was paid as much as the male players of her sport, perhaps she wouldn't have had to supplement her income playing for a Russian team in the off-season.
@vivify saidI don't think any of this excuses Russla from holding her indefinitely.
I brought this point up in a thread I made about the WNBA, that female athletes can't really support themselves on just their salaries from basketball, and have to go overseas.
This fact keeps women from focusing more on their sport (especially if the need employment outside of their sport) and they train less as a result, resulting in a negative feedback loop where sport ...[text shortened]... sements than most male tennis stars; Rhonda Rousey was the highest paid UFC athlete, male or female.
@suzianne saidOf course it doesn't.
I don't think any of this excuses Russla from holding her indefinitely.