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Callie1979

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1. Revenue compensation. The women leaves simply dont draw as much money.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2025, 08:07 AM

Feb 13

To me, the WNBA is more entertaining because they actually play basketball & dont run 4 steps to the basket.
But a couple yrs ago Serena Williams earned nearly 100 million so I bet she was on the list THAT yr

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No women among world's top 100 highest-paid athletes [View all] Celerity Feb 13 OP

Revenue compensation. The women leaves simply dont draw as much money. Callie1979 Feb 13 #1

Pro-Sports DeepWinter Feb 13 #2

The most Serena ever earned in one year was around 45.3m USD (2021) and most of that was via endorsements. In terms Celerity Feb 13 #3

Not surprised Soccer is #1 DeepWinter Feb 13 #4

So that was TOTAL earnings. ok. Callie1979 Feb 13 #5