Should female athletes get paid as much as male athletes

“The topic in which you chose for this argument exclusively states that male athletes should be paid more than female athletes. Therefore, you are proposing that if a male athlete is insufficient, then he should still be paid more than a woman because he is a male. If you do not agree with this statement, you should have clarified the motive of this debate because the topic clearly states the male population, no mater your abilities, if you are an athlete, you should be paid more than a woman athlete. ” A pro athlete is defined as an athlete that receives pay for their performances (. http://en.wikipedia.org...). So, while I am flattered that you consider the entire male population professional athletes, in reality only the cream of the crop can earn money by participating in sports, and therefore only those men and women apply to this debate because they are the only ones that earn money by competing. Also, Just In case you missed my line about equal pay, here it is in bold (I agree with equal pay for equal work, but female athletes do subpar work as compared to men and therefore do not deserve equal pay! ) I will also add in this line from my 3rd round arguments (In addition, if women want to win the same amount of prize money that men make, they can compete against men for that prize money. Since women really cannot compete against men and play at a much lower level of competition, they get a lower amount of prize money. ), So I have been arguing for pay according to abilities. ) “The topic in which you chose for this argument exclusively states that male athletes should be paid more than female athletes. Therefore, you are proposing that if a male athlete is insufficient, then he should still be paid more than a woman because he is a male. If you do not agree with this statement, you should have clarified the motive of this debate because the topic clearly states the male population, no mater your abilities, if you are an athlete, you should be paid more than a woman athlete. ” Once again disproved by my line from the 3rd round, I agree with equal pay for equal work, but female athletes do subpar work as compared to men and therefore do not deserve equal pay! I also included this line which disproves your point about male athletes exclusively being paid more (In addition, if women want to win the same amount of prize money that men make, they can compete against men for that prize money. Since women really cannot compete against men and play at a much lower level of competition, they get a lower amount of prize money. ), So I have been arguing for pay according to abilities. You also argued “True, male athletes have physical advantages, but if a woman happens to be faster or better, she deserves the higher pay. ”, but I said this in round 3 (In addition, if women want to win the same amount of prize money that men make, they can compete against men for that prize money. Since women really cannot compete against men and play at a much lower level of competition, they get a lower amount of prize money. ). “Although this may be true, we are talking about individual male players. The guy sitting on the bench at the NBA games should not be paid more than the star player on the WNBA team. That's not right. Being a man doesn't entitle you to better pay. Your performance does. If you sit on he bench for the whole season, you better not be getting paid more than the woman scoring her team 20 points each game. ” This is a bad point because the NBA has both more games, and stiffer competition. In the WNBA, there are only a handful of women who can dunk, however many high school boys are able to dunk. People who can dunk in the NBA are a dime-a-dozen, while they are superstars in the WNBA. So even the worst players in the NBA still perform better than the best women in the WNBA. Also, the WNBA has never pulled a profit as a whole, so according pay based on performance, which includes building a fan base, these professional women should be earning nothing (. http://ijsf.wordpress.com...). “That article justifies the fact that women are being paid in a discriminating manner. Bird is an exceptional basketball player, but she continuously makes less than other male players who are just as good. In my opinion, as a woman, I think it's completely unfair for people to be paid based on gender. Now, if Bird was an unsuccessful player, I'd understand, but she isn't. Therefore, she should be making just as much as the star player in the men's team. ” Can you prove that bird could even compete in college men’s basketball. She is 5’9” and 150lbs (. http://en.wikipedia.org...), she does not stand a chance against any college or professional men’s basketball player. And If you say she should be paid as much as a “star” like LeBron James (who could destroy her 1 on 1), then your pay for performance system discriminates against men. Throughout this debate, I have argued for pay based on performance, and since professional female athletes perform worse in general, they deserve to be paid less. This is evident in the fact that Venus Williams could not beat the 203rd ranked man in the world in a tennis match, yet she would earn equal money as world number 1 for winning Wimbledon as a men’s number 1. I have disproved pro’s entire case and they have resorted to semantics (which I also disproved) in an effort to stave-off a loss.