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I was shocked to read the article yesterday which spoke about the lack of money
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Mar 8, 2024, 12:28 PM
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in rookie contracts in the WNBA. These are the best women basketball players on the planet, and a rookie deal doesn't even crack 100K a year? The article made mention of Caitlin Clark's NIL deals being worth north of ~2 million, and she will be dropping down to THAT? Now, she said she doesn't think her sponsors will leave her when she turns pro, and in her case, since she is the most visible woman's player maybe EVER, she may be right. But, it will still be different, even for her. Michael Jordan could probably buy that whole league out of change he found in his clothes dryer. It bottles the mime.
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Re: I was shocked to read the article yesterday which spoke about the lack of money
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Mar 8, 2024, 12:55 PM
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It's hard to pay the players higher salaries when the league has never had a profitable year in its history.
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Re: I was shocked to read the article yesterday which spoke about the lack of money
Mar 8, 2024, 1:56 PM
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Yes, but with go me to subsidies we could get there. Lol
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Re: I was shocked to read the article yesterday which spoke about the lack of money
Mar 8, 2024, 1:56 PM
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Go me to = government
Wow
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Re: I was shocked to read the article yesterday which spoke about the lack of money
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Mar 8, 2024, 1:03 PM
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Your post “boggles the mind” for me too, but I gotta admit I love your take with “bottles the mime.”
The mental picture of a mime silently flailing against the interior of a giant bottle….. 🤣
Gotta love auto correct and/or speech to text gaffes. 😊
Go Tigers
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Re: I was shocked to read the article yesterday which spoke about the lack of money
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Mar 8, 2024, 1:05 PM
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if not for the NBA, the players would have to start having bake sales and yanking ta ta’s out in a attempt to keep the lights on in the building.
They should go to 9ft goals
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Re: I was shocked to read the article yesterday which spoke about the lack of money
Mar 8, 2024, 1:21 PM
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There is no interest in the WNBA. I saw a brief poll taken in a large city across the street from the venue that the ladies team played in. None of the people questioned on the street could name the team mascot. I do think it's both odd and funny that the NBA is forced to pay the WNBA to stay afloat. Why not let supply and demand fucntion and stop trying to jam it down peoples throats? Been told for the last 60 years that soccer would be bigger than college and pro football. Just had to be since the upcoming generations always participated in soccer as children and that would spark the transition. Still waiting on that change.
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Re: I was shocked to read the article yesterday which spoke about the lack of money
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Mar 8, 2024, 1:25 PM
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Revenue - expenses = Profits
Salaries are expenses.
If revenue is low, then expenses including salaries must also be low to achieve a profit (although I doubt many of the owners make a profit other than credit for being woke).
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NIL is a bubble
Mar 8, 2024, 1:25 PM
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and this is one of the bigger things that will force the pros to stop using college as the amateur farm league
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WBB suxxors***
Mar 8, 2024, 2:21 PM
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Like I said, have Jordan and The Rock team up and buy the whole league, they
Mar 8, 2024, 5:20 PM
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would have the clout to get some interest going. Defeat is a self fulfilling prophesy, but victory can be, as well.
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Re: I was shocked to read the article yesterday which spoke about the lack of money
Mar 8, 2024, 5:56 PM
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A close relative of mine used to be the vice-president of Marketing and Operations for a WNBA team. She said her main job was to reduce the amount of losses per year from 1 million to a half-million ...... which she did. Still a lot of money to lose though!
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