National Basketball Association

The 2017 average salary for a WNBA athlete is about $51,000, while the NBA salary is $6 million. The WNBA’s highest paid player is Candace Parker, with around $3 million in salary and endorsements. In the NBA, the highest paid player is Stephen Curry making at $34 million.

— National Basketball Association

TV networks are just not going to pay as much to cover WNBA games as they’re going to pay to cover NBA games. So where is the WNBA going to get the revenue to pay those equal kind of salaries? So I think in something like basketball it’s very unlikely.

— National Basketball Association