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Post by gnawitall on Oct 20, 2024 4:49:03 GMT -8
of a WNBA strike. Stay tuned.
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Post by beavaristotle on Oct 20, 2024 8:37:41 GMT -8
WOW ! That would be a “bold” move. I think the Rock said it best “ your role know it…….”
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Oct 20, 2024 8:44:46 GMT -8
I saw a story the other day where the WNBA lost $40 million this year, despite its increased Clark-driven popularity. Apparently, some of the NBA owners who subsidize the league are getting tired of throwing millions into a money pit.
I don't follow the WNBA. I don't want it to fold, but I would not miss it if it did.
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Post by 93beav on Oct 20, 2024 11:35:12 GMT -8
I'm not sure why they would strike right now. They have until Nov 1st to opt out of either the current deal or extending the current deal and then a whole year to negotiate.
I'd say it's much more likely that the opt-out and negotiate for higher salaries. The top salary is, what, $250K? And they want to be making millions.
But then I've see some random twitter peeps talking about how they should be paid as much as the men. I'm not sure where anybody got this idea that separate leagues, with one subsidizing the other, need to equivocate salaries, etc. This isn't the WNBA as presented by Title IX. I'd think that the "owners" of the league would want to go 2-3 years to see if Caitlan and Angel's popularity makes revenue consistent or if it's just a flash in the pan.
For both the WNBA AND the NBA I think they make too much. You're playing a game and getting money to do so. I'd rather everyone cut salaries and took tickets down to affordable levels, but I know that's fantasy land when everyone wants to squeeze every last dollar out.
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Post by 93beav on Oct 20, 2024 11:40:49 GMT -8
www.sportspromedia.com/news/wnba-losses-2024-media-rights-deal-cathy-engelbert-adam-silver-caitlin-clark-nba/The WNBA has been around 28 years! I didn't think it was around that long. Impressive. It's also lost at least $10 million every year and ..."National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner Adam Silver said in 2018 that the WNBA had lost an average of more than US$10 million annually since its founding and The Washington Post has now reported that the league and its teams are expected to lose around US$50 million in 2024 – a five-fold increase on the current average." However, their new media rights deal will pay reportedly $60 million per year so maybe they'll turn the corner just as PDX lands a team!
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Post by spudbeaver on Oct 20, 2024 13:24:17 GMT -8
Delusional.
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Oct 20, 2024 13:27:46 GMT -8
I don't don't mind employees making more than the owners, collectively or individually, because of the back end potential for selling a healthy bussiness down the line. However, if owners are losing money and basically paying employees out of their own pocket, employees should probably be happy to be employed and keep "demands" reasonable.
Different industries often have different payscales. Like it or not, while being the same sports, similar product, and operations, for now women's and men's sports are not exactly the same industries with similar profit potential.
I think employees should not be adverse to owners making some money, then they'd have a lot better reason to ask for a chunk of a hopefully growing pie.
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Post by bvrbooster on Oct 20, 2024 17:17:59 GMT -8
In my humble opinion, there need to be some players in the WNBA, making big, big bucks for the league to generate even more interest and get much bigger TV money. Not just Sabrina and Caitlin. They need big time players coming out of college to generate buzz for the league, Like Magic and Bird did for the NBA - and like Clark has done this year.
They also desperately need to expand significantly, lengthen their season, and market their product a lot better.
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Oct 20, 2024 18:23:26 GMT -8
In my humble opinion, there need to be some players in the WNBA, making big, big bucks for the league to generate even more interest and get much bigger TV money. Not just Sabrina and Caitlin. They need big time players coming out of college to generate buzz for the league, Like Magic and Bird did for the NBA - and like Clark has done this year. They also desperately need to expand significantly, lengthen their season, and market their product a lot better. It would be interesting to see what an 82 game season would bring. |
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Post by TheGlove on Oct 20, 2024 18:35:21 GMT -8
Yawnescue is 1-19 from the field tonight
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Post by lebaneaver on Oct 20, 2024 18:39:25 GMT -8
Yawnescue is 1-19 from the field tonight |
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Post by bvrbooster on Oct 20, 2024 18:43:18 GMT -8
In my humble opinion, there need to be some players in the WNBA, making big, big bucks for the league to generate even more interest and get much bigger TV money. Not just Sabrina and Caitlin. They need big time players coming out of college to generate buzz for the league, Like Magic and Bird did for the NBA - and like Clark has done this year. They also desperately need to expand significantly, lengthen their season, and market their product a lot better. One more thing - they need to have teams from places like New York, not Minnesota, win their championship, and that one just happened. |
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Post by rgeorge on Oct 20, 2024 18:47:52 GMT -8
Not often you can win a deciding game for a title when three starters combine to go 9-45 from the field.
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Post by Judge Smails on Oct 20, 2024 18:52:17 GMT -8
Not often you can win a deciding game for a title when three starters combine to go 9-45 from the field. Well when 3 starters for the other team go 5-26, it works. |
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Post by messi on Oct 21, 2024 9:13:23 GMT -8
The Queen finally got her ring. And the o fans are left asking, what if? And the answer is, you'd have lost to South Carolina.
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