After the WNBA player won her fourth championship with the Seattle Storm and LeBron did the same with the Lakers, the debate arose about what each one gains by achieving the same goal in their category.
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Women's sport has taken on a righteous tone through the voices of some of its protagonists. For example, in the summer of 2019, the player and captain of the United States National Soccer Team, Megan Rapinoe, criticized FIFA for putting the final of the Women's World Cup and the men's Copa Am ica and Oro at the same time, arguing that it would be unthinkable to do so in the same men's venues. Now the debate is about the abysmal salary difference between Sue Bird, Rapinoe's love partner, and LeBron James, basketball superstars.
Just a week ago, Bird and James managed to rise as champions of the WNBA and the NBA respectively. In doing so, both added their fourth championship ring in their careers and, although in terms of sports the numbers are equal, the checks that the Association hands out do not weigh the same.
While the Los Angeles Lakers veteran accumulated 37 million dollars this season for delivering the tenth title to the franchise,