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When men and women's sports combined, it opened new administrative positions for women, but what these women found were that they were constantly being pushed down to the bottom of the pile, to the least authoritative positions. Men were the head coaches, and the head of the physical education departments Men organized the teams schedule for the season and organized practice hours. Also, "male sexist attitudes ensured that male rather than female athletic directors and heads of physical education departments were almost automatically appointed to direct merged departments". This male over female preference continued right up to today. As of 1992 there are more men in administrative sports positions than women.

Women have been playing basketball for over a century before the Women's National Basketball Association came into existence. It was here at Smith College where many women got their first taste of the game. Women were described as having a "masculine performance style... rough and vicious play... worse than in men”. This aggressive playing style had to be modified because the violence and rough-housing that was going on were becoming intolerable. Eventually the Official Women's Basketball Rules were modified in that there was no dribbling allowed on the court at all, players were not allowed to make physical contact with each other and women were not allowed to grab the ball out of each others hands.

The NBA hosts many men who are considered the "bad boys". Think of Dennis Rodman who gets just as much publicity for public violations as he does for his skill in handling the ball on the court. Society fills our heads with images of the African-American inner-city thug or gangster that would be selling drugs on the street corners if it were not for his basketball talent. The typical male player in the NBA embodies what it means to be a man. He is tough, strong, aggressive, and has an almost intimidating physical appearance that commands control.
When the WNBA merged, it turned the sport into a male versus female battle, much of which was fueled by society's publicity. Because it is hard to convince the public that basketball can be a "girly" sport like figure skating, society has felt the need to create obvious differences between male and female players. The public is not satisfied with letting players be players who are all there just to play the game with the intention of winning, but they feel the need to differentiate playing styles. Publicity has turned female players into soft characters that have found the perfect balance between athleticism and femininity. "The players of the WNBA function as morally superior athletes in comparison to those of the NBA. In the society’s eyes, the Dennis Rodman's of the NBA simply do not exist in the WNBA. Female players use etiquette both on and off the court. Society has publicized these women's marriages, children and even the clothes that they choose to wear.

PERSONAL REFLECTION( WHAT I LEARNED)

What I learned was that the WNBA was founded in 1996. The WNBA consists of fourteen teams and has an ethnic makeup of approximately sixty percent African-American and forty percent of Caucasian players. In the WNBA, over ninety percent of the women have earned a bachelor’s degree from a four-year institution and twenty percent have earned graduate degrees. In its early years, American women’s professional basketball was filled with various short-lived ventures. After generations of men’s professional basketball leagues operating without female counterpart, two women’s professional basketball leagues burst onto the scene in the late 1970s: the Ladies Professional Basketball Association and the Women’s Professional Basketball League. Both leagues were defunct in 1981.

The LPBA and the WBL struggled from the very beginning of the season because of their high salaries, low sponsorships, and team owners without significant investment income. Unlike the NBA neither female professional basketball league had the benefit of a television contract. Without regular television revenues, neither league was able to turn a profit. Unlike the ABL, the WNBA planned to compete during a ten week season in the summer. Also, the WNBA model enjoyed the immediate advantage of being backed by the NBA, a well fortified American business with powerful management. On June 28, 1996 a full year before the first WNBA season started, the WNBA entered into a five year primetime television pacts with ESPN and the Lifetime Network. Meanwhile, ABL television coverage was limited to just twelve Sunday night games on Sports Channel.

In the WNBA model, player salaries were kept below the average ABL salary rate, and the WNBA initially implemented a league-wide salary cap on all players’ contracts at $50,000. Fifty Logos were considered for the official WNBA logo. The image of a woman dribbling a basketball that was red, white, and blue was changed slightly each time. The logo was finally chosen from three different poses from different players. The WNBA companies design everything from dresses and skirts to unitards and jumpers. They designed on a few models of shorts and jerseys designed towards the female body.

History

According to the source, the WNBA was founded in 1996. The WNBA consists of fourteen teams, is more mature in terms of age than the NBA, and has an ethnic makeup of approximately sixty percent African-American and forty percent of Caucasian players. Based on WNBA statistics, over ninety percent of the players have earned a bachelor’s degree from a four-year institution and twenty percent have earned graduate degrees. This culture of education, which in essence requires WNBA players’ to earn college degrees, is in stark contrast to the WNBA players’ peers in the NBA, NFL, MLB, and the NHL.

In its early years, American women’s professional basketball was filled with various short-lived ventures. After generations of men’s professional basketball leagues operating without female counterpart, two women’s professional basketball leagues burst onto the scene in the late 1970s: the Ladies Professional Basketball Association and the Women’s Professional Basketball League. Both leagues were defunct by 1981.

Both the LPBA and the WBL struggled from the very beginning because of their high salaries, low sponsorship revenues, and team owners without significant investment income. Unlike the NBA neither female professional basketball league had the benefit of a television contract. Without regular television revenues, neither league was able to turn a profit.

Unlike the ABL, the WNBA planned to compete during a ten week season in the summer. Also, the WNBA model enjoyed the immediate advantage of being backed by the NBA, a well fortified American business with powerful management. On June 28, 1996 a full year before the first WNBA season was to begin, the WNBA entered into a five year primetime television pacts with ESPN and the Lifetime Network. Meanwhile, ABL television coverage was limited to just twelve Sunday night games on Sports Channel.

The WNBA meanwhile opened its inaugural season on June 21, 1997, with the fanfare of an NBA marketing blitz. The league placed teams in New York, Charlotte, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City. Former Vice President Val Ackerman was promoted to the position of the league’s first commissioner. Nike, Coca-Cola, and American Express all signed on as premier league sponsors. In the WNBA model, player salaries were kept below the average ABL salary rate, and the WNBA initially implemented a league-wide salary cap on all players’ contracts at $50,000.

Fifty Logos were considered for the official WNBA logo. The image of a women dribbling a basketball that was red, white, and blue was changed slightly each time. The logo was finally chosen from three different poses from different players. The WNBA companies design everything from dresses and skirts to unitards and jumpers. They designed on a few models of shorts and jerseys designed towards the female body.

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PERSONAL REFLECTION

I chose this topic because I really like playing basketball. I practically live for game of basketball. I have been playing basketball every since I was a little girl. I played on a basketball team for eight years and I started on the team when I was in the fourth grade. Because of the great talent that I have for basketball, I started a year early. Basketball has played a big role in my life growing up as a child.

It helps me relieve stress whenever I am mad. Whenever I get drafted into the WNBA while I am in college, I would want to get paid the same amount as the men in the NBA. I feel that it is unfair and the women play their heart out as much as the men do in order to when their game. The other thing is that you don’t see any women in commercials like LeBron James and DeWayne Wade. Neither do you see the women’s lead scorers in the front of the Sun-Times nor, do u see the women’s basketball games on the television like how the Bulls be on the television all the time.

This year they even cancelled the women’s finals, what have they done for their season to get cancelled like that. They didn’t cancel the men’s basketball finals and they will never cancel it. It seems like to me that the NBA is way more important than the WNBA. Some of those women play better than some of those men, I feel that the WNBA should get the same treatment as the NBA. Really, I want to have those nice cars and homes like the men do, in order for me to afford that I have to get paid the same amount of money as the men do.

WHY DONT WOMEN IN THE WNBA GET PAID AS MUCH AS THE MEN DO IN THE NBA?

WHAT I KNOW, WHAT I WANT TO KNOW?

I know that the women in the WNBA don’t get paid as much as the men in the NBA do. They dedicate themselves to the love and the game of basketball. Women don’t even be featured in the newspapers foe instance like; LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. They also don’t feature in commercials and aids on the billboards like DeWayne Wade and Derrick Rose. I also know that I don’t see any women complaining about not getting paid as much as the men do but, hopefully one day I will get drafted into the WNBA because of the skills that I have for basketball.

I feel that as much as I break a sweat on the court like the men do I should get paid as much as the men do and have nice houses and cars. It seems like people just doesn’t care about the WNBA like they care about the NBA and it’s just not right at all. This year they even cancelled the women’s playoffs, that’s in case they should’ve cancelled the men’s playoffs. I have never seen the women’s playoffs on the television but, I have always seen the men’s playoffs on the television. I also know that the top players make more than the non top players which, I believe every player should be making the same amount of money.

I would like to know why aren’t the women are getting the same amount of money as the men do? What makes the WNBA different from the NBA? Why don’t we get updates on the WNBA like we do for the NBA? How much money are the top players making? Is the WNBA profitable like the NBA is? Are the women is as much important as the men?