So I looked at some of the rosters and salaries with one of my favorite websites. Spotrac.com Salaries with range from around 62k all the way up to 250k. I mean given the drastic difference in NBA $$$ for rosters and viewers/revenue that seems pretty fair.
The WNBA Players seems almost adversarial with the public. Alot of them come off as a bit surly (Well the ones that get alot of press) Their marketing, Branding and Advertising maybe professional . .. . . even on point but alot of the actually players can come off as unlikable . . . or at best indifferent Rocket River
As it is being explained now . . .. The WNBA loss 50 million this year - because the TV DEAL is for 45 million a season NEXT YEAR that TV deal is suppose to move up to 200 Million a season If the numbers hold. . . that mean they will go from a 50 million dollar loss to a 155 million dollar profit To use your analogy Imagine taking a 50 million dollar loss for 20 yrs Then finally can make some profits Then they people that have been paid the whole 20 yrs. . . now want more of the pie . . . .. From the Owners perspective they want to eat 1st . . .let them enjoy some profit for a year or two before spreading the wealth . . . get some of those losses back From the Players perspective. . .they earned that 200 million dollar contract .. .its all them so they should get the most or at least more of it Rocket River
If attractive OF models played basketball on 7-8FT rim simps all around the world would be watching and every player would make 8 figures If people pay to watch females play video games they’ll pay to watch basketball if it’s entertaining enougb
I totally agree, but imagine if women's tennis, golf, soccer etc had to have a different fixtures and implements. Nets, holes, court/field sizes, etc. It would be a significant impediment to the adoption of the sport. So much so you might even see people resenting its presence since it would start to interfere with the men's sports. So far it feels like only softball has been able to get away with having its own "space" but the reason for that feels like it's largely due to title ix.
regardless of how much the league makes, wnba players definitely need to get paid their worth, which is with dirty looks. cept for kaitlin "clark kent" superwoman. she can come off the bench for the rox.
I have no idea the source of your numbers or their accuracy but If now : Income 45 loss 50 Then Income 200 Profit 105 So either your math is terrible or you got a number wrong.
On the players salaries, WNBA owners and investors have been taking a loss for a long while, when the new TV deal comes, they will finally get out of the red on the balance sheet. Unlike the 50/50 share on the men's side, the 10/90 split on the W, allows the players to get a bump but still favors the owners. This is understandable since the owners were the ones with the risks and has been operating on a loss all this time. They should get the taste first. These stakeholders includes Adam Silver and the NBA itself. Depending on how things go if the W keeps pace, and if league is still good after Caitlin Clark retires, then in the next deal, they can argue for more than the current 9-10% in revenue sharing.
That's how I see it. Players are setting up for the TV deal that goes into effect next year. The players absolutely have right to not get f***'ed out of the new money. I'm 100% with them there. That's basic union bargaining that we've seen in all men's leagues. Lockouts happen because players aren't all nice about it So the real principle of it is, if the owners losing money every year should get their losses recouped first. I say yes. The ONE reason I'd say no is because all owners know a condition of owning the NBA team is to subsidize the WNBA. So its normalized established loss. (Still the owners took the risk so they should get something)
Right. I don't do the "You need to smile more" expectation on women expecting brownies baking congeniality or something. But they're not coming across too well I think some of that can be internet culture influence now. Like the podcasts circuit, even though its totally on record, the tone of it is like speaking "off record" and saying wild things. So its like letting out the inner "f*** it" a-hole more lol
To be fair, how is that any different from a male athlete who holds out and has a signed contract? If things were "fair", a starting QB would not make $50 million a year, and the LG makes $5 million for protecting him. I do think their "slogan" should come from empathy and not from greed...............with that said, I am a Caitlin Clark homer who also loves Angel Reese
Golf does have different areas to tee off, right? And I think Women's volleyball is a slightly shorter net? Softball is shorter net, pitchers mound, etc.
For sure, greed is greed, but it just hits different when it comes from players in a fringe league that lost money for basically their entire existence. If they were paid what they were owed....they'd owe the owners hundreds of millions. I totally get the players position though, they want to make as much money as they can and they don't care if the league folds down the line...same as players in any league, but that's why the adults need to look out for the long term interest of the league....similar to any league.
Those seem like very minor inconveniences compared to putting up separate goals for girls basketball. I referee high school and youth basketball. The logistics of putting up separate goals for girls everywhere would be very daunting. To put it in context, the state where I officiate doesn't even mandate shot clocks because it's deemed too expensive/difficult for all the school districts to implement them. Now imagine dealing with trying to get women's only goals installed (either variable height goals, or entirely separate goals on separate, likely net-new courts). Like I said, softball has propagated so much despite its logistic hurdles because of title ix. It's a sport that soaks up a bunch of girls athletic scholarships at low overhead cost.
