Victor Zuniga
Composition and Communication I
June 30, 2013
Abstract
We are going to talk about the differences about the National Basketball Association and the Woman National Basketball Association. Because right now the popularity on the WNBA is known than the NBA, mainly because of the excitement of the NBA brings to the fans is a lot more entertaining than the WNBA, obviously because in the NBA have more money to pay their players and to have nice venue. An interview on ESPN said that an NBA game draws over double the attendance of a WNBA game, which means that there will be more ticket sales as well as merchandise sales and endorsements. This means that owners of WNBA teams are making much less money than owners of NBA owners, and thus have less to spend on players. Also, WNBA players only play 34 games in the regular season, compared to 82 games in the NBA season. Because they are not playing as much as NBA players, and they’re games are in much less demand, they should not be paid as much.
The rise in popularity of women 's basketball has led to the creation of the Women 's National Basketball Association WNBA in contrast to the Men 's National Basketball Association. NBA Despite the fact that both women 's and men 's basketball seems similar at first glance there are significant differences between them. Perhaps the biggest difference stems from the popularity of each sport. Which leads to enormous differences in pay for male and female professional basketball players. | |
Rule changes like the clock rules described above and jump ball rules are meant to make WNBA play more similar to an NBA game. There are also differences between these two basketball leagues with respect to teams that make it to the postseason. Other rules between the two leagues are similar, such as NBA rules on jump balls being applied to WNBA play. Another significant difference between the NBA and the WNBA is that of the length of the