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2024 in Review: What the WNBA Salary Debate Misses

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🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

While the What Next team takes some rest, enjoy this episode, originally aired on April 22.


With all eyes on the WNBA as Caitlin Clark was drafted, many were surprised at the star player’s new salary, and how it paled in comparison to that of an NBA rookie. What would it take to address this disparity? 


Guest: Lindsay Gibbs, author and founder of Power Plays, “a no-BS newsletter about women’s sports” and co-host of the Burn It All Down podcast.


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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.


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1:28.2

During this holiday week, we are airing a little counter-programming over here at What Next.

1:32.9

Shows about culture and entertainment that we loved and might have gotten lost in the shuffle over the past few months.

1:39.5

Today, we are taking you back to April.

1:41.8

That's when the WNBA draft had just taken place. And a whole lot of

1:46.2

people were wondering why women's basketball players were getting paid so little.

1:58.0

Last week, downtown Brooklyn was a party.

2:03.7

All right, I don't know if you guys can hear this, the energy we are live at the WMBA draft.

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