Sharing with TMZ, Mark Jackson – former NBA player (American Professional Basketball League), said that he hopes that the time will come when American basketball players no longer have to compete abroad during the season to increase their income. .
Brittney Griner, one of the female American basketball stars, decided to go abroad to play to improve her income
The WNBA salary has become a big topic of discussion recently after superstar Kelsey Plum pointed out that the revenue split among female players is significantly different from that of the NBA. Accordingly, with the average WNBA salary reported at 102,751 USD/year, many female athletes have turned to clubs in European and Asian leagues to earn more money.
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Indeed, the average salary of the WNBA is much lower than the average income of athletes in the recent NBA season (about 4 million USD/year). This issue began to attract more attention after American basketball superstar Brittney Griner decided to go to Russia to play, and was recently detained for 10 months for allegedly possessing drugs.
Jackson wants American female basketball players to not have to think about going abroad to improve their income: “Hopefully, financially, we want professional female basketball players, specifically the WNBA, to be guaranteed. so that they don’t have to find ways to earn extra income.”
