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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #50 on: December 14, 2024, 01:07:09 PM »
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #51 on: December 14, 2024, 01:10:31 PM »
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #52 on: December 14, 2024, 01:12:26 PM »
CC wore a gown to a red carpet event? This is kayos(sp?)!
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #53 on: December 16, 2024, 11:04:32 AM »
Quote from: Spracne on December 14, 2024, 01:12:26 PM
CC wore a gown to a red carpet event? This is kayos(sp?)!
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #54 on: July 20, 2025, 07:31:24 PM »
The business understanders have been discussing the WNBA today

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1946992358249132369?t=8ud4WMPRLlzrIiIK5rlm1w&s=19
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #55 on: July 20, 2025, 07:35:05 PM »
And Dave Portnoy of all people seems to understand it better than most

https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1946910955029602541?t=d9OGw3VTlCTBQhmd1TY28Q&s=19


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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #56 on: July 20, 2025, 09:58:07 PM »
Isn't them getting more money inevitable starting in 2026 with the new media rights deal and adding all these expansion teams at $250M a pop? I'd guess the salary cap will at least double, the average player would be around 250k at those numbers.  Relative to the average NBA contract and the difference in media rights revenue that seems pretty much right in line with what it should be.
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #57 on: July 21, 2025, 06:08:54 AM »
Quote from: wetwillie on July 20, 2025, 09:58:07 PM
Isn't them getting more money inevitable st arting in 2026 with the new media rights deal and adding all these expansion teams at $250M a pop? I'd guess the salary cap will at least double, the average player would be around 250k at those numbers.  Relative to the average NBA contract and the difference in media rights revenue that seems pretty much right in line with what it should be.

Getting more is inevitable. Getting what the players deserve might not be. Either way, any lack of "profitability" of the league should not  prevent the players from earning more money given the overall financial picture you touched on.
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #58 on: July 21, 2025, 09:03:39 AM »
What do they deserve?  I don't understand how to calculate that other than a percentage of the revenue. 
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #59 on: July 21, 2025, 09:29:35 AM »
Quote from: wetwillie on July 21, 2025, 09:03:39 AM
What do they deserve?  I don't understand how to calculate that other than a percentage of the revenue. 

Your calculation may be the best way to determine what they deserve, but I don't think it's inevitable that the owners give them that.
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #60 on: July 21, 2025, 02:32:12 PM »
Why don't the players just go on strike until they are paid what they believe they deserve?
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #61 on: July 21, 2025, 04:17:38 PM »
It's pretty hard to strike when you only make $75k, I would assume.
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #62 on: July 21, 2025, 04:26:20 PM »
Based on their posturing, they surely are so valuable to the owners that the owners wouldn't allow a single missed game to occur.
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #63 on: July 21, 2025, 04:30:22 PM »
Quote from: CNS on July 21, 2025, 04:17:38 PM
It's pretty hard to strike when you only make $75k, I would assume.

It never stopped Boeing workers.
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #64 on: July 21, 2025, 04:53:17 PM »
Quote from: Justwin on July 21, 2025, 02:32:12 PM
Why don't the players just go on strike until they are paid what they believe they deserve?

I think the shirts are mostly a reference to the ongoing CBA negotiations, and not necessarily salaries and revenue sharing under the existing CBA.
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Re: Pittin' up the WNBA
« Reply #65 on: July 21, 2025, 07:35:53 PM »
Quote from: Justwin on July 21, 2025, 02:32:12 PM
Why don't the players just go on strike until they are paid what they believe they deserve?

Isn't that effectively what they have done by exercising their right to opt of the current CBA early?  There won't be a 2026 season if they don't agree to a deal.
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