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Hoobleton t1_iu1o7ov wrote

Reply to comment by SirThrowsAlot22 in India’s Female Cricketers Will Be Paid the Same as Male Players by throwaway1215123

They’re both playing cricket at the international level, yes.

Why should international sport only be about revenue anyway?

They also aren’t being paid equally, this relates only to match fees, which is a small proportion of player earnings. We’re talking about $3,600 per player per match here (up to around $18,000 for a 5 day match, which are very rare for the women to play). BCCI is worth billions of dollars, it’s nothing on their spreadsheet while opening up opportunities for so many women players.

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MagmaWhales t1_iu1qxdb wrote

Where does the money to pay them come from?

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Hoobleton t1_iu1vip6 wrote

Cricket fans, broadcast deals and sponsors, I suppose.

BCCI makes virtually unlimited money, so they’re using it to support a rapidly emerging segment of the sport.

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MagmaWhales t1_iu1xfyu wrote

Yes and the men's team is attracting virtually all of the fans, broadcasters and sponsors, which leads to BCCI having that much money. For the people complaning about women's team not being paid enough, the solution is extremely simple. If you care that much, subscribe to channels that broadcast women's matches and watch every single game. Buy tickets for as many matches as you can and support the team. Buy their official merchandise in large quantities. Purchase goods from their sponsors so they get better deals and attract more sponsors. If all the people complaining actually cared about the womens team instead of virtue signalling online, women's cricket would be in amazing shape.

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casperthewondercat t1_iu3u7m1 wrote

The scenario is slowly changing in India. Women's matches are grabbing more eyeballs. They are broadcast on the same channels, media is giving them more coverage and viewership has gone up.

Of course, they don't command the same attention that the men's team has but I've genuinely seen people who follow the women's cricket matches and discuss them.

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Hoobleton t1_iu1y70s wrote

> Buy tickets for as many matches as you can and support the team.

Might help when the BCCI put on a women’s IPL eh? Or organise a home test?

Women’s cricket will be in amazing shape when the players, particularly up and coming players, can afford to play it full time. That comes from investment. It’s a pattern we’ve seen across women’s cricket teams: the teams that pay the players more improve the most and attract new fans. An increase in funding from the governing body is pretty well evidenced to be the best way to improve women’s cricket teams.

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CesarTheGeezer t1_iu1w2qu wrote

>They’re both playing cricket at the international level, yes.

Correct, but the women arent playing mens cricket.

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Hoobleton t1_iu1wvk4 wrote

And the men aren’t playing women’s cricket…?

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Malamores t1_iu26y23 wrote

Yeah but they could if they wanted to, not vice versa. The men could just tie up one arm and only use the other.

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CesarTheGeezer t1_iu32oe0 wrote

And mens cricket generates more income. Male models earn 15% of their female counterparts, should the women subsidise the male models?

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Hoobleton t1_iu3ewhy wrote

You realise that the women’s salaries are staying at around 10% of the men’s and this only applies to match fees, right? Or did you not even read the first sentence of the article?

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CesarTheGeezer t1_iu45ni1 wrote

You didn't answer my question: should the women subsidise the male models?

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