It’s Time to Pay Up, The Justification for Higher Salaries for WNBA Players: An Analysis of the WNBA’s Success and Employing Mediation between the WNBA and NBA to Leverage Future Success

Authors

Lerae Ettienne

First Page

175

Last Page

200

Document Type

Comment

Abstract

This comment looks at the potential positive effects that mediation can have in fostering a better relationship between the two leagues and for the WNBA and its players to get their much-deserved respect and compensation. First, the comment will go in depth regarding the structure of the WNBA, and its history to date. Next, the comment will examine the WNBA’s success despite the discrepancy in pay and the purported lack of viewership. The comment will then expound on the rise of mediation as one of the major ADR tools. Next, the comment will analyze the success of mediation in professional sports disputes. Lastly, the comment will analyze the application of mediation to the issues concerning the WNBA, weighing both sides of the issues

Recommended Citation

Lerae Ettienne, It’s Time to Pay Up, The Justification for Higher Salaries for WNBA Players: An Analysis of the WNBA’s Success and Employing Mediation between the WNBA and NBA to Leverage Future Success, 19 Pepp. Disp. Resol. L.J. 175 (2019)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/drlj/vol19/iss2/2