Sunday, August 06, 2006

Women in Sports: Why Are They So Underpaid?

As the NFL season begins, I am constantly amazed at how much professional athletes earn. As some of you know, my brother is currently a rookie in the NFL, vying for a position on an NFL team like many of his former teammates from Tennessee. However, I was floored when I read an article about how much one of my brother's former teammates will earn this year (approximately $8M - click here to read). However, in the arena of women's sports, few (if any) female athletes earns that sort of money. Not Lisa Leslie, not Mia Hamm, not Jackie Joyner Kearsey, and not even Laila Ali. In fact, not only do women not earn as much as their male counterparts in the sports realm, but women sports leagues constantly struggle to maintain attendance and generate decent profit levels.

Check out this article about the discrimination women face in professional sports in term of pay: (Click Here)

This article theorizes:
"The norm for females in the workplace remains a covert guiding hand into the “Pink Ghetto” -- a place of limited advancement where women (and people of color) end up when segregated into lower paying, undervalued occupations."


Why are women in professional sports so grossly underpaid?

Is it due to the lack of huge audiences at their events, or is the lack of perception in that people are used to being fans of male sports and believe the professional male sports' teams are just better to watch?

On an even broader note, have women gotten closer to breaking the glass ceiling, or are we all still stuck in the "Pink Ghetto" when it comes to equality in the workplace?

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The "pink ghetto" is not just a theory but is real with continual expansion projects underway :). Although, as in all things, there are exceptions; however, generally speaking, I think that it holds true across the board, not just in the professional sports arena....ususally women are paid less than men with equal qualifications for the same occupation/role. I have talked to a married couple who have the same background/experience, therefore are usually up for the same positions. They choose to work at the same locations. The husband always gets the first offer. Also, they once discovered that when they're both hired, they compare salaries and his is always at least 1/3 greater to double hers. (When you're talking $1 and 33 cents it's fine, but with corporate jobs at thousands and millions for athletes...could add up). He was floored when they had a heart-to-heart about it so now he makes qualms and takes less than or stands up for her when accepting roles. She hates that he "lessens himself" for something that they can't seem to change. Nonetheless, the point is that this behavior in society is very much in existence in many facets of society. So no surprise it's in the professional athletic arena. Perhaps James Brown wasn't just singing the blues about the world we live in... :)

Compared to the days of suffrage and bad labor laws, etc - yes, women have advanced. However, compared to what's right, there is some ground to cover.

Regarding sports, there are some women's sports that could use a little more exposure/promotion... There are cases where the masses simply just don't know what they're missing.

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