WNBA's Historic Deal Empowers Girls to Advocate for Themselves
The WNBA's landmark CBA agreement is a victory, but the discourse surrounding it reveals deeply entrenched sexist attitudes that girls must learn to confront.
The WNBA's recent landmark collective bargaining agreement should be a moment of unequivocal progress for women's sports, but the discourse surrounding the negotiations has instead revealed the same deeply entrenched sexist attitudes that girls and women must learn to confront.
In a recent interview for his podcast The Rematch, Etan Thomas spoke with Jemele Hill about the new CBA, which includes a significant increase in the salary cap to $7 million, maximum salaries approaching $1.4 million, 20% revenue sharing, expanded rosters, and chartered flights for players. {{IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER}} Hill didn't mince words in her assessment, highlighting how the negotiations laid bare the persistent sexism that women in sports continue to face.
As a father of two daughters, Thomas was struck by how quickly his girls recognized the familiar patterns of dismissal and diminishment that surrounded the WNBA's hard-fought gains.
Source: The Guardian
