Objective
Teachers will be able to:
- relate economic concepts to WNBA/women’s professional basketball
- engage with social media/news content to help students use economic analysis to understand how to make sense of the news/social media they are seeing
Standards
Description
Explore the real-world economics of women’s professional sports through the WNBA and its historic new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). This webinar uses accessible, real-world examples to examine market structures, labor economics, salary caps, sponsorships, and gender pay disparities in a fast-growing sports league. Why Grades 9–12 teachers should attend: Make economics feel relevant: Learn how to connect core concepts like incentives, labor markets, and bargaining to topics students already care about. Support engaging discussions: Use women’s sports to spark meaningful conversations about equity, careers, and economic decision-making. Bring ready-to-use examples to class: Walk away with classroom-friendly applications aligned with high school economics, business, and social studies courses. This session helps teachers link economic theory to real-world sports, entrepreneurship, and social impact in ways that resonate with today’s students.
Subjects:
Economics