The NWHL announced a few weeks ago that it would be raising its salary cap from $150,000 to $300,000 For a quick definition of what that is, a salary cap is an agreement or rule that places a limit on the amount of money that a team can spend on players' salaries. So basically, this means that the lowest a NWHL player can now make is $10,000 PER YEAR and the highest is $35,000. As much as this is progess, THIS IS NOT ENOUGH. $10,000 is not a living wage and female hockey players shouldn’t be forced to work multiple jobs just to play the game they love. Many people make the argument that men’s hockey is better watched than women’s hockey, meaning basically that no viewership = no revenue and so that’s why they don’t make as much money. This is very much correct and I agree a hundred percent. But the question is why? The simple reason is that men’s hockey is better supported, better endorsed, better televised and better advertised. Have you ever seen a an ad for a women’s hocke...