User talk:Samcowles

Synthetic arguments
I understand why you made this edit, however, this what we call Synthesis of published material. You took several sources backing what the salaries and salary caps are for the two top leagues for each gender, but none of those sources accurately or explicitly state why there is a difference in NHL and NWHL pay. You wrote: "The difference in salary cap between the two leagues is the initial barrier in the major difference in pay between male and female hockey players. This divide in pay is rooted from the systematic issue of a gender pay gap in sports." However, what that fails to mention is that salary caps are almost entirely based on how much revenue each league takes in each year. Most NHL teams make millions in revenue (with a few exceptions that lose money right now like Arizona, Florida, and Ottawa), while the NWHL teams all operate at a deficit and need private investors just to keep the league operating (the CWHL used investments from the Chinese government to operate for two seasons with player stipends and still lost money). So while all of this is included in gender pay gap in sports, the argument that the salary caps are the issue, and not the issue of no one showing up to watch the games in order for the teams to actually make money, is highly flawed. Yosemiter (talk) 15:45, 26 March 2020 (UTC)