{"id":400039,"date":"2021-04-08T12:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T16:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400039"},"modified":"2021-04-08T12:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T16:58:30","slug":"megan-rapinoe-takes-aim-at-draymond-green-after-he-questions-gender-wage-gap-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-takes-aim-at-draymond-green-after-he-questions-gender-wage-gap-in-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Rapinoe Takes Aim At Draymond Green After He Questions Gender Wage Gap In Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmegan-rapinoe-takes-aim-at-draymond-green-after-he-questions-gender-wage-gap-in-sports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400039&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-919.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>United States women\u2019s national team star Megan Rapinoe struck back at Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green after his comments on the gender pay gap and a supposed lack of investment in women\u2019s sports.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Green, a three-time NBA all-star, posted a series of tweets questioning the narrative that female athletes were paid less due to gender discrimination. In his mind, the discrepancy is due to a lack of revenue:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><span>I\u2019ve seen a lot of talk about the pay gap between women and men. Especially in sports. It\u2019s not even close. But let\u2019s stop allowing y\u2019all complaints to fall on deaf ears due to numbers. As long as y\u2019all make the argument about pay, while the revenue stays the same\u2026 they will continue to point to revenue not being high enough to cover bigger salaries. While that is true in damn near every business, how do we take that card out of their pockets? That\u2019s the key to changing the pay.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cBreak the mold and change the game! Most importantly, change the BUSINESS,\u201d Green continued. \u201cCall on these companies for support, after all they are using y\u2019all to push WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, but not helping y\u2019all. They\u2019re simply saving face.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Green\u2019s tweets come days after an interview in which he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nba-star-im-really-tired-of-seeing-female-athletes-complain-about-pay-doing-themselves-a-real-disservice\">claimed<\/a> to be \u201creally tired of seeing them complain about the lack of pay because they\u2019re doing themselves a disservice by just complaining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/united-states-usaw\/story\/4354626\/uswnts-rapinoe-slams-green-comments-on-womens-sports-its-really-unfortunate\">As ESPN reported<\/a>, on a Zoom call with reporters ahead of the Tokyo Olympics this summer, Rapinoe made her thoughts clear on Green\u2019s tweets:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p><span>It\u2019s really unfortunate, in the position (Green\u2019s) in, having all of the resources that he has and the ability to have a much more educated opinion, that he just hasn\u2019t,\u201d said Rapinoe. \u201cAnd then, drag all these other people into it by tagging them and speaking at a time when the tournament is going on and all we saw with the lack of resources and funding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That\u2019s frustrating that\u2019s the take you have. You obviously showed your whole a** in not even understanding what we all talk about all the time \u2013 WNBA players and us on the national team. Like what Sue (Bird) said, you tagged the wrong people. You don\u2019t think we asked for more money? I mean, what are we screaming about? Nonstop!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are getting obnoxious to ourselves, to be honest,\u201d Rapinoe went on to add. \u201cAnd then two or three days later, to completely double down on it is really frustrating. We know all this, about all social movements and all people who are marginalized, whether it\u2019s by race or gender, religion, sexuality, whatever it is, it is not just their jobs to the ones fighting oppression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe need all of the other people as well. So to have someone who does know what it is like to be oppressed, in many ways, to heap that all back on female players, or people who play female sports, it is really disappointing.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5795795795796\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve been asked to do so many PSAs this month on women empowerment. I said no. It\u2019s hypocritical. Because these same companies that are telling women empowerment are not putting their money where their mouth is. Call on this companies to support y\u2019all. To infuse capitol into\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Draymond Green (@Money23Green) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Money23Green\/status\/1375885086109786113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5833333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The business. Stop allowing them to yell women empowerment for the look.  No company grows without funding. Y\u2019all business can grow with the proper funding and story telling. Make these huge companies commit money to y\u2019all cause. That\u2019s empowering! Or don\u2019t yell women empowerment<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Draymond Green (@Money23Green) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Money23Green\/status\/1375885860156022789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.484662576687\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can go on and on but would love to help drive these discussions with y\u2019all. Lastly, if the goal is to become as big as the NBA, you have to push NBA like things. DT said Paige is the best player in basketball already. Why is there no discussion about her leaving this year?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Draymond Green (@Money23Green) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Money23Green\/status\/1375886147935629314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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