<![CDATA[Gender-based inequality in professional sport extends beyond differences in remuneration and may involve unequal opportunities for competition, sponsorship, media exposure, career advancement, and institutional support. Debates surrounding equal pay therefore require consideration of the broader structural conditions under which male and female athletes compete. This article examines gender inequality in Indonesian professional sport through a sports justice framework. Using normative legal research, the study evaluates equality principles, employment protections, contractual arrangements, sports governance, and the economic structures of professional sport. The research argues that formal equal treatment is insufficient where institutional practices systematically provide different opportunities to athletes based on gender. At the same time, differences in commercial revenue cannot automatically justify discriminatory treatment where athletes perform comparable professional functions. The article proposes a multidimensional equality framework incorporating remuneration, access to competitions, sponsorship, facilities, medical support, career development, and representation in sports governance. It further recommends transparent criteria for determining compensation and commercial benefits while ensuring that market-based considerations do not become a mechanism for perpetuating structural discrimination. Applying a sports justice perspective would shift the discussion from simple comparison of salaries toward broader questions of distributive, procedural, and substantive equality within Indonesia's professional sports industry.]]>
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