'Pay Us What You Owe Us': WNBA Players Sport Message Tees Ahead Of All-Star Match
Team Collier got the better of Team Clark with a score of 151-131 as the latter's skipper, Caitlin Clark, sat the game out due to a groin injury.
WNBA players sent a strong message to the world on Sunday during their All-Star fixture at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indiana, USA.
The players came out to warm up ahead of the game with t-shirts that read, 'Pay us what you owe us' as the topic of equal pay heats up.
Team Collier got the better of Team Clark with a score of 151-131 as the latter's skipper, Caitlin Clark, sat the game out due to a groin injury.
The discussions surrounding equal pay for women in sport has been a hot-ticket item with players and stakeholders jumping on the bandwagon in every given opening.
'We have the most participation in league history. I think we had close to 40 players in our league meeting," Napheesa Collier said.
'I think it just sends a really strong message that we're standing really firm on the certain areas that we feel really strongly about that we need to improve on, and I think we got that message across," she added.
'Yeah, I think for myself that was the best part of [the meeting] being in the room and there's over 40 other players in this league, and I'm sure a lot more would have loved to be in there if they were in Indianapolis," Clark said.
'And I think that's the most powerful thing is all the girls from across the league just being in that room together, like Collier said, we should be paid more."
'And hopefully that's the case moving forward as the league continues to grow. I think that's something that's probably the most important thing that we're in the room advocating about," Clark added.
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