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Posted
6 hours ago, Brew said:

It’s kind of funny reading through pages of a bunch of middle aged white dudes bagging on the WNBA. I would say at this point with their social media presence and fan engagement, we aren’t their target market. My late teen daughters are all in. They don’t watch any other sports outside of F1, but they both have ESPN+ to watch games, follow numerous players religiously on socials, have travelled specifically for games, had a big watch party for the AllStar game, etc. Neither like Clark for the record, she has zero appeal/engagement for them.

Now is the exact right time for the players to go after more money with expansion, the TV rights contract, valuation increases, etc. Every other sport has done it, so the view around here on the WNBA players making their play for a larger split is a little odd.

Which ones that are beholden to another league, demanded increases in pay?

It ain't fucking magic.  The money has to come from somewhere.  How bout the WNBAers produce it first?  Nah.  Fuck that.  You owe us.

Posted
7 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Collier hurt her ankle unfortunately. 

They were up like a billion and never should have still been in the game 

Posted
32 minutes ago, ztejas said:

As far as actual basketball goes - sheesh.

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Didn't realize Minny is 24-5. They whippin that ass. Collier hurt her ankle unfortunately. 

In Vegas at that.   I had to triple check that score when I saw it LOL

Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, Iceman said:

Which ones that are beholden to another league, demanded increases in pay?

It ain't fucking magic.  The money has to come from somewhere.  How bout the WNBAers produce it first?  Nah.  Fuck that.  You owe us.

Would you call the new TV deal and the increased attendance numbers “producing it first” or not? That’s without getting into the valuation increases and the expansion fees.

Someone paid the bills for every league for a long time. Look into the NBA numbers for the first half of its existence. 

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Posted
4 hours ago, ztejas said:

Sorry your daughters are lame. 

The social media engagement by a number of other players is what’s bringing them and their friends to the games. They were all in on the Studbudz All Star streaming. We were moving the oldest back into college this week and she had her college friends that were with us watching Min/NY at supper Wed night. For them, it’s about engagement not what appeals to you or me and that’s one thing the players have gotten right the last few years.

42 minutes ago, Iceman said:

They hate the very agent of that increase.  Lmao

Still comes down to what is sustainable. 

Sustainability will be interesting, might be a good time to get a bigger piece of the pie while it’s there.

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Posted
27 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Yeah because you see they are the people who would be paid.

They are being paid, by a league that is insolvent.

Posted (edited)
19 minutes ago, Iceman said:

They are being paid, by a league that is insolvent.

The league is not “insolvent”. Insolvency is s financial state wherein a business cannot pay its obligations.
They league operates at a loss. Profit and loss are accounting concepts related to the relationship of revenue and costs, which are often merely operational choices. 
Either way, what business is that of yours? They aren’t your employees.

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