• ji17br@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    Technically they make orders of magnitude more because the money they bring in is orders of magnitude more

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      7 months ago

      Yeah, I saw an argument about considering not only what they’re paying the athletes but also what those athletes are bringing in as far as advertisments, ticket sales, merch, etc. I can’t find the video but I remember it clearly because it hadn’t occurred to me before then. I’ll look for it to make sure I’m not making any part of it up, but the numbers were ridiculous as far as how much money was being made from male leagues compared to female leagues.