Tag: nwhl

softbrobusiness:

Treating female athletes like garbage as employees is not new, and it is not specific to the NWHL, or to the CWHL, or to women’s hockey. The brand new professional lacrosse league has stipends and no salaries. the NWSL pays non-national team players popcorn money and many of those women have to have outside jobs DESPITE the fact that it pays better than the NWHL. National Pro Fastpitch and the WNBA have made great strides in these areas, but it’s irresponsible and missing the point to focus the blowback on a league–any league–when this is a systemic problem.

So what can you do?

Buy jerseys and shirseys to support lower salaried players, or, at this point, any player at all.

Go to games if you live somewhere that would be remotely feasible.

Watch games on Youtube when they’re streamed, and Sling TV when that becomes available.

Encourage your friends and family members to give a little attention to the sport, too. You never know who you might hook.