This lawmaker don't the understand the economics of sports

[Swagger897]

It s like you all forgot about Danica Patrick. She is the most well-known female race driver and is currently racing in NASCAR with, last I checked, Go Daddy sponsorship. That was after a run in the IRL.

There are many other female drivers in IRL, sports car racing, there was in ALMS but I am unsure about the TUDOR series.

Then there is drag racing. They have multiple women in multiple categories. They have won multiple events. One of the most noted is Ashley Force Hood, daughter of John Force. Her first win came in 2008, against her father, preventing him from obtaining his 1000th career win. She retired from driving in 2011, as she had a child. That brings up a good point in these discussions of equal pay, as women are more likely to place their career on hold for family issues (reasons for this can be varied). In 2014 she obtained her racing license again, so what the future holds for her now is anyone's guess.



So, to answer what the private sector is doing about this in autosport: Letting them come in and compete with men head-to-head. Autosport has too many different series now. They can't afford to run a separate women's series of every type of racing.

And this isn't new. Shirley Muldowney began racing in 1958 and obtained her NHRA Pro license in 1965. She won Top Fuel championships in 1977, 1980, and 1982.


So, if Rep Maloney wants equal pay for the sexes in sports then they should compete in a single coed league.

Honestly, the fact that she's in there makes no difference at all. She's yet to win anything in what, three years so far, only qualified pole once by a narrow margin, and really doesn't do anything well except for crash at every single event.

I mean, when my entire family sit down together on Sunday's to watch the races, we all hope that when she crashes, our picks are still safe. You can almost count on it that she will tonight....

 

[Tornado]

I think most people would prefer to forget Danica Patrick

 

[ryzno]

I think most people would prefer to forget Danica Patrick

Well she is cute...

 

[A2K78]

Salaries in sports are fueled by advertising. Networks pay the various professional leagues large sums of money to broadcast the games to sell advertising. When women begin selling tickets to see games live at the same rate as men, and can attract enough tv interest to gain the large network broadcast contracts, they'll be paid the same as men.

This is quite true e.g. an athlete pay is driven by market demand..the thing is there is no real market demand for female athletics on a professional level...the WNBA is a prime example of this. In fact I personally believe that the entire WNBA should be totally disbanded as it really make no economic sense for it continue given the fact many teams are unprofitable and the league has the worst attendance ever.

speaking of its amazing how pundits are now using Fox's ratings as a reason why they should be paid more, but in truth when you look at total ratings globally vs. domestic, the women's world cup came nowhere close to the mens in terms of viewership.

speaking of this article said it right:
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/wo...is-due-to-the-marketplace-not-discrimination/

 

[Johnnypenso]

This is quite true e.g. an athlete pay is driven by market demand..the thing is there is no real market demand for female athletics on a professional level...the WNBA is a prime example of this. In fact I personally believe that the entire WNBA should be totally disbanded as it really make no economic sense for it continue given the fact many teams are unprofitable and the league has the worst attendance ever.

Exactly. When people are willing to show up in the same numbers and with the same ticket prices for women and men, they'll be paid the same.

 

[FoolKiller]

Honestly, the fact that she's in there makes no difference at all. She's yet to win anything in what, three years so far, only qualified pole once by a narrow margin, and really doesn't do anything well except for crash at every single event.

I mean, when my entire family sit down together on Sunday's to watch the races, we all hope that when she crashes, our picks are still safe. You can almost count on it that she will tonight....

Did you just ignore the actual topic of this thread and the point of my post so you can rant against Danica Patrick? It isn't like I praised her skills.

The ultimate point is that, unlike a league that has separate men's and women's leagues, racing and other coed sports leagues pay the women equally to a man who is performing with her equally in both talent and media draw.

The fact that Danica, without having an outstanding record, gets a big name sponsor likely completely counters Rep. Maloney's argument. I wouldn't be surprised if Danica makes more money than a male driver with the exact same record. But half of the sports business is media draw. Danica brings that.

 

[Swagger897]

Did you just ignore the actual topic of this thread and the point of my post so you can rant against Danica Patrick? It isn't like I praised her skills.

Well it just seemed like we were going in that direction, so I just helped myself to it...

 

[mustafur]

Sports is run on Capitalism, businesses fund the operation of them and would those sports would cease to function without them.

The more media attractive a sport is the more it makes, if people want to blame anyone for lack of Female representation blame the fans of the respective sports, anything else is a joke and lie.