Why Women Athletes Don't Get Equal Pay

Mumbai Indians just won the inaugural women's IPL and took home 6 crore rupees. The winners of the men's IPL in a couple of months will bag over 20 crore rupee. Some would argue that there is a pay disparity here and that women should get paid the same kind of money. Statistically women's tournaments aren't quite there yet. They don't draw as many eyeballs or sponsors. So naturally women athletes don't get paid as much. In fact if you look at the women's national basketball association or the WNBA in the US, the men's NBA league subsidizes it.