Shaquille O’Neal intensifies his campaign for WNBA “equal pay”

Women’s basketball is something that NBA icon Shaquille O’Neal has always supported, and he is now using his position to further a social cause. The Hall of Famer is advocating for equitable wages for WNBA players.

O’Neal elaborated on his declaration, via USA Today’s Lindsay Schnell

“Now it’s time for equal pay,” he said. “They’ve always been great, but the space they’re in now, it’s time for everybody to be getting equal pay. I would love to see one of them make $10, 15, 20 million a year, they deserve it. But the fans have to continue to support … you gotta keep (going) to the games, buying merch, you gotta keep doing all that stuff and the more they do that, the more they’ll get paid.”

O’Neal has made headlines for his mentorship of Chicago Sky star Angel Reese, but his new comments came on the heels of his admiration for the Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark.

“When I see stuff on TV I’m like, OK, I’d like to see it in person. Well, I saw it in person,” O’Neal said of Clark. “She can play … from a basketball standpoint, she makes all the right plays, gets everybody involved and she has that Steph Curry (shooting) range.”