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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

2024 in Review: What the WNBA Salary Debate Misses

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate

News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 30 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. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Is crypto perfect?

0:04.5

Nope.

0:05.3

But neither was email when it was invented in 1972.

0:08.6

And yet today, we send 347 billion emails every single day.

0:14.7

Crypto is no different.

0:16.1

It's new.

0:16.8

But like email, it's also revolutionary.

0:20.2

With Crackin, it's easy to start your crypto journey with 24-7 support when you need it.

0:25.2

Go to crackin.com and see what crypto can be.

0:28.0

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.

0:29.9

This is a high-risk investment, and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.

0:33.4

Hey, What Next listeners.

0:34.7

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

0:39.4

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

0:45.9

Today, we are taking you back to April.

0:48.3

That's when the WNBA draft had just taken place.

0:52.0

And a whole lot of people were wondering why women's basketball players were getting paid so little.

1:04.5

Last week, downtown Brooklyn was a party.

1:10.2

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

1:15.6

draft.

1:16.6

Right in the center of town, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, fans of the WNBA were lining up to see their new favorite basketball players, GoPro.

1:25.6

I have chills. Right now I have like legitimately chills, so how are you feeling?

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