Low Pay Research Paper

Now that we’ve seen how much the highest paid female athlete earns on an average salary, let’s compare that to the $300 million that Floyd Mayweather earn on an average salary. Even if we wanted to, it’s not possible because it’s a very large difference.
Floyd Mayweather is a professional boxer who shattered the record for athlete earning, which was previously held by Tiger Woods who banked $115 million. This is the third time in four years that Mayweather has ranked as the world’s highest paid athlete. Mayweather said ahead of is May 2 fight with Manny Pacquiao, “Even from day one when I was with Bob Arum, I said I wanted to work extremely hard to get to a certain point in my career, which is to get to a point to be the first fighter to ever make nine figures in one night,” well mission accomplished for the man they call money.
The $24.6 million that Serena Williams earns on an average salary does not compare to the $300 million that Floyd Mayweather earns. It’s understandable that they do play two totally different sports, but their immense talent that they put out in the court and in the ring is equally the same.
The differences in men and females salaries in the same sport, has a huge gap. Inequality pay for women has been a topic to talk about since way before I could remember.
In 2015, only two women made Forbes’ list of 100 highest paid athletes. Those two female athletes were Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams. I’ve mentioned the name Maria Sharapova a couple times in my paper, and theirs a reason why. She makes less than half of what the highest paid male tennis player, Rodger Federer, makes. However, it’s not surprising female tennis players are the first to rise to the top, as professional tennis has made efforts to become equal in their pay and treatment of their athletes. In 2007, Wimbledon provided equal prizes to all of their male and female players for the first time in