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Introduction
Women have always faced discriminations when taking part in sport. Whether it was participating in the sport itself or the financial compensation. The wage gap between men and women has always been apparent, this also the case in sport and especially in basketball. A sport that is male dominated but still has female participation. Male athletes have always been on the better side when it comes to resource allocation no matter the sport due to the underlying gender bias society inflicted by men. The gap has meant that some professional female athletes have had to get a second job to increase their earnings while their male counterparts can retire after 1 year of their wages.

Creation of the wage gap in sport
There are many arguments as to why women earn less in sport. Some reasons stem from the difference in physical characteristics, while others are financial like revenue. But the reality is misogyny has created the wage gap and patriarchy maintained it. Even though some policies have been implemented where women earn the same as men or a fairer wage, the gap still exists. This can be displayed especially in basketball.

The gap in Basketball
The National Basketball Association (NBA) created the Women's National Basketball Association in 1996 and the league started in 1997. The difference in average salary for male and female athletes in these 2 associations is larger than what people think. The average salary of an NBA player is $7.7M. In the WNBA, it’s closer to $75,000, so the female athletes are making about 1% of the salaries of their male counterparts. According to ESPN Stephen Curry earns $45,780,966 while Diana Taurasi earns $228,094