User:Jlomax1/sandbox

 Tennis 

Research shows that there is a clear wage gap in tennis. For every singles tournament won in 2009, women earned much less than their male counterparts. In depth analysis highlights that in tournaments that are highly televised or high paying, like grand-slam tournaments, the pay for men and women is equal. However, in the less televised matches and lower prize money tournaments, there is a glaring discrepancy in pay between male and female athletes. This highlights the need for potential revision of how women's matches are promoted to the general audience when it isn't a grand slam tournament.

Serena Williams is widely considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest tennis player of all time. Along with her Billie Jean King and Chris Evert are considered some of the best to ever pick up a racket. Even back in the 1970s both Evert and King had signature shoes (athletic performance shoes named after them). However, to this day Serena Williams still doesn't have a signature shoe with Nike, the company she is endorsed by.  NBA 

Although the NBA generates significantly more money than the WNBA, only 20% of the WNBA's salary goes to paying their players. While 50% of the NBA's revenue is dedicated to paying NBA players for their services. This percentage was agreed upon by the league and the player's union of the respective league. The best possible route to help even out the amount female basketball players are being paid is to renegotiate the collective bargaining agreement. These kinds of negotiations are very tricky and don't usually result in quick decisions, the NBA lockout in 2011 is an example of that. NBA players and NBA owners could not agree on certain terms of their pay and contract so the NBA season was delayed for several months as NBA players refused to play until their demands were met. If the WNBA players tried this approach, they would risk losing pay for a certain period of time. This approach is also riskier for WNBA players as they have much lower career earnings as NBA players which means they will have less resources available to them while they aren't getting paid.

Signature sneakers are a very big part of basketball culture. It solidifies one influence and popularity amongst basketball fans. Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, and Kyrie Irving are all names of players that have signature shoe lines in their name. However, there has not been a female signature sneaker since 2002. This is a sign that female athletes aren '' t getting the same level of endorsement and promotion as male athletes.

 Soccer 

The pay disparity between US male and female national players has been a hot topic of discussion due to the growing success of the USWNT. For a long time the argument was made that the men deserved to be paid more because they had a much higher viewership. However, this changed when the USWNT world cup final was the most watched American soccer game ever. In 2015 the USWNT generated more money than the MNT but they were paid less. Studies also show that when the wins are exactly the same, women are still paid disproportionately. The USWNT was in a legal battle that went back and forth with the U.S. soccer federation. Ultimately, their efforts were unsuccessful as the case was dismissed. Scholars reviewing this situation believe that the next step, the USWNT could take is to refuse to play. Although some might view this attempt by the USWNT as a failure, it had opened the doors for a lot more conversation to had regarding the gender wage gap in sports. The result has not silenced the members of the USWNT in their fight for equal pay. It is important to note that although the gender wage gap for soccer in America is a problem, the World Cup has made strides in paying their women more. Out of the total prize pool of 400 million dollars, the winning men's team of the World cup gets 30 million (0.075%). While the women get 4 million dollars out of their 38 million dollar prize pool (0.15%). Furthermore, the World Cup uses 9% of it's revenue for the prize pool while they use 13% for the women's prize pool. These are the reasons some people believe the complaints filed by the USWNT do not have a strong case.