Mentor/s
Christine Marsh
Participation Type
Paper Talk
Abstract
From the financial standpoint, to what extent do sports leagues contribute to the gendered wage gap in professional athletics, especially as they maintain and promote male performance as top viewership? Many top-tier woman athletes are far more athletic and financially deserving than a good number of male athletes we see today. For example, Serena Williams and Hope Solo. Both women are leaders not only to their team and on the field but to the entire sport for girls to look up to and the next generation of women in sports. However, their payment reflects otherwise compared to the male sports leagues, even though they play the same sport. It can be seen through performance, revenue streams, and the wage gap how unfair the comparison between males and females in the sports world is. Furthermore, viewing this wage gap and the norm for men to be above women in sports trickles down to the next generation and how girls are viewed compared to boys in school. This stunts the girls' growth where they feel that at a young age, they are equal with the boys when they play sports, whether at recess or in their games and if the people that they look up to set bad examples of how much more men make than women, it will not extend the next generation to grow into their dreams.
College and Major available
Finance BS, Sport Management
Location
Session 19: Digital Commons & West Campus West Building Room 213
Start Day/Time
4-28-2023 10:30 AM
End Day/Time
4-28-2023 11:45 AM
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Wage Gap in Women's Sports
Session 19: Digital Commons & West Campus West Building Room 213
From the financial standpoint, to what extent do sports leagues contribute to the gendered wage gap in professional athletics, especially as they maintain and promote male performance as top viewership? Many top-tier woman athletes are far more athletic and financially deserving than a good number of male athletes we see today. For example, Serena Williams and Hope Solo. Both women are leaders not only to their team and on the field but to the entire sport for girls to look up to and the next generation of women in sports. However, their payment reflects otherwise compared to the male sports leagues, even though they play the same sport. It can be seen through performance, revenue streams, and the wage gap how unfair the comparison between males and females in the sports world is. Furthermore, viewing this wage gap and the norm for men to be above women in sports trickles down to the next generation and how girls are viewed compared to boys in school. This stunts the girls' growth where they feel that at a young age, they are equal with the boys when they play sports, whether at recess or in their games and if the people that they look up to set bad examples of how much more men make than women, it will not extend the next generation to grow into their dreams.
Students' Information
Ian Watral, Finance and Sports Management, Honors, May 2023