10 Questions.
- Resource Type
- Question & Answer
- Authors
- Parker, Candace
- Source
- TIME Magazine. 7/6/2009, Vol. 173 Issue 26, p6-6. 1p.
- Subject
- *WOMEN basketball players
*WOMEN'S wages
- Language
- ISSN
- 0040-781X
In this article, professional basketball player Candace Parker responds to questions sent in by readers. Parker believes that women's basketball is catching on with viewers and she notes that the women's U.S. Olympic team can win its 5th gold medal in 2012. She thinks that salaries in women's professional basketball may begin to approach the men's salaries in her daughter's generation. She believes that a coed league is unnecessary and that the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) provides needed opportunities for young women.