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Originally Posted by Frankster
Fair answer, but it's hard to do that when these women also have to work to support themselves. They don't get paid to train or play hockey like their male counterparts do.
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This is a discussion thats been retread many times. Pro sports is not, and should not, be equal regardless of TV contracts, ticket prices, merch sales, etc.
Women's hockey generates almost zero revenue. Men's hockey generates billions. There is no reason they should be paid the same based on merit.
The way it works, which is what the NBA/WNBA do, is that the men's league could subsidize the women's game for millions of dollars with the intent that growing the women's game is, long term, beneficial for the men's game too.
The government has no place in subsidizing professional sports. The CFL knows all about that. The government can't just start picking and choosing which professional athletes "deserve" to get paid enough they don't need side jobs.