Sorry I completely forgot to respond earlier.
Again, if we're looking at professional teams, I agree the disparity is very similar. In France for instance (pretty sure it's the same in US and everywhere), comparing the budget/revenues of the men Ligue 1 with the women Division 1 doesn't even make sense, it's just too far apart.
But coming back to the US national teams, there are multiple audits that found out that most years since 2015, the women team generated more revenues than the men team (for instance in the WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-womens-soccer-games-out-earned-mens-games-11560765600)
And yes, the World cup prize money are very different but the men US team didn't even qualify for last World Cup.
But I really digress, your original post was about WNBA and we're on the same page there.
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My sister played pro basketball in Europe... they didn't get paid at all.
That was a real eye opening article... thanks for that. In their situation yes, they should bargain to get more pay for the intl matches. I didn't know this stuff because i am not much of a soccer fan.