How the WNBA and the fight for fair pay has changed over 30 years
NBC News·2026-05-11 23:57
Can you tell me how much you were getting paid in those early days. >> Um, yeah. So, I actually came in at a unique time.>> Okay. >> When I got drafted, the league, like the WNBA, the league was still owned by the NBA league. It wasn't individually owned.>> And then I think in my my my second year, it like switched very fast. So, I was only on a two-year rookie deal, and that was probably in the 50s. So, very 50,000 >> $50,000 a year.>> Yeah. And very quickly though, because I got off my rookie deal deal af ...