8 million total, to players active in the last 5 years.
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8 million total, to players active in the last 5 years.
I saw that when I watched Ben Daniel yesterday. Today however, I heard that Adam Silver gave the WNBAPA until March 10 to make a deal.
That's almost as good as the entire Illinois team was the night they played Iowa.
Why isn’t team USA pumping up the games in Puerto Rico? They play in one week and you’d never know it.
Saved is a relative term. As of now they're going to throw it all in the trash and set it on fire. The gals are spitting on the latest offer. They're either entitled or really stupid. ALL the momentum of the last two years, then go on strike and start all over {maybe) eventually with a pissed off fan base. Nice job dumb asses.....
An 85/15 (owners) split is a lowball offer. Players were right to turn it down.
The players are demanding 26% of gross revenue. The league is offering 70% of net (revenue minus league-specified operating expenses) revenue. Once expenses and salaries are deducted, what's wrong with 70%?
AND, what are they going to get if they don't play and interest in their league wanes? If they go back to the pre Clark era? Maybe for a bit more rev share they'll give up those charter plane rides. Basically they've had 1-2 good years based mostly on Clarks arrival and they want to turn this whole thing upside down while the league still loses money. And NO I don't think unrivaled or some of this other side show basketball can subplant the W. Its a gimmick, and its not real basketball. Lets see what happens to the endorsements many are getting now if they don't play. (You notice how many more players are getting commercials since Clark joined the league)?
Honestly, where is the coverage? They have to be down in Puerto Rico already practicing - their first game is in 6 days. Why not send a reporters down there? People will consume it.
According to Sophie Cunningham, CC is only making $2 on a $100 jersey sale the league takes $98!!!
CC is #2 in the WORLD behind Steph Curry and the NBA and him split 50/50.
This part of player revenue sharing needs to be fair.
Burn the billionaire WNBA down. They are stealing!!!
Sophie Cunningham Calls Out WNBA Over Clause Affecting Caitlin Clark
Caitlin Clark, a WNBA star from the moment the Indiana Fever selected her in the 2024 draft, drove a reported 1,000% year-over-year increase in merchandise sales during her rookie campaign. On Wednesday, Cunningham took to her "Show Me Something" podcast to address the WNBA’s financial...
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Update: Kate Martin was #4 in sales. What an opportunity she had stolen from her by the league.
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The WNBA is so far in debt, they need to take a lot of the money that would otherwise go to these players.According to Sophie Cunningham, CC is only making $2 on a $100 jersey sale the league takes $98!!!
CC is #2 in the WORLD behind Steph Curry and the NBA and him split 50/50.
This part of player revenue sharing needs to be fair.
Burn the billionaire WNBA down. They are stealing!!!
Sophie Cunningham Calls Out WNBA Over Clause Affecting Caitlin Clark
Caitlin Clark, a WNBA star from the moment the Indiana Fever selected her in the 2024 draft, drove a reported 1,000% year-over-year increase in merchandise sales during her rookie campaign. On Wednesday, Cunningham took to her "Show Me Something" podcast to address the WNBA’s financial...
Update: Kate Martin was #4 in sales. What an opportunity she had stolen from her by the league.
This was never going to be an easy or overnight fix.
And the unfortunate thing is the older players are impatient little sh**s and want their raise now, rather than helping to secure a better financial future for the league over time.
Thus they would rather burn it all down, to spite these younger players, simply because they aren't gonna get what they think is theirs right now.
A sad deal all around.
Thugs. No defense.
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Arike Ogunbowale arrested on battery charge after Unrivaled win
Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery in Miami early Thursday morning after she allegedly punched a man in the face, according to police records.
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FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournament
San Juan, Puerto Rico
March 11-17
The USA team features 2024 Olympic Gold Medalists Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young. Additionally, Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese are expected to make their highly anticipated senior national team competitive debuts.
The qualifying tournament broadcast schedule will be as follows:
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
March 11-17
The USA team features 2024 Olympic Gold Medalists Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young. Additionally, Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese are expected to make their highly anticipated senior national team competitive debuts.
The qualifying tournament broadcast schedule will be as follows:
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup | Platform |
| Wednesday, March 11 | 4:45 p.m. | USA vs. Senegal | truTV, HBO Max |
| Thursday, March 12 | 7:45 p.m. | Puerto Rico vs. USA | truTV, HBO Max |
| Saturday, March 14 | 4:45 p.m. | USA vs. Italy | truTV, HBO Max |
| Sunday, March 15 | 1:45 p.m. | New Zealand vs. USA | truTV, HBO Max |
| Tuesday, March 17 | 4:45 p.m. | Spain vs. USA | TNT, HBO Max |
TNT Sports Acquires Exclusive U.S. English Language Broadcast Rights to World-Class FIBA Men’s and Women’s Tournaments
TNT Sports and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have reached a multiyear deal for exclusive U.S. English language rights for all Men’s and
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Glad to see the owners come to their senses. A lockout would have killed the momentum
Does anyone know if either side proposed that underclassmen should be allowed to declare for early entry? I haven't paid attention to any other aspect of the negotiations other than salary proposals.
I also wonder if there is anything for the women drafted in the past few seasons who will be playing for relative peanuts to free agents now.
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I did read somewhere that those under rookie deals would be adjusted to whatever is the equivalent in the new CBA.
Is there any kind of special bonus clause for CC for basically making this whole thing possible?
You do realize that all but two players did not sign a contract beyond this year.
This CBA was in the works long before the world knew who was Caitlin.
(This is where you all tell me I am stupid and the league is only one person.)
Yeah, they probably would have been able to demand a $250,000 max salary without CC. They really didn’t need her.
Do you think they would've been able to pay players what they're going to be paying them without the impact CC has had on viewership, TV ratings, attendance, ticket/merch sales, etc.?
You do realize that more people tuned in ESPN to watch an Indiana Fever preseason exhibition game at CHA last year than Game 2 of the WNBA Finals on ABC?
But yeah, keep telling yourself that the chartered planes, games being moved to NBA arenas, $1 million salaries, etc., would've happened without CC in the league. Lol.
Caitlin's the biggest star in the league but this is a disingenuous comparison.
That Fever exhibition game was in the middle of May with no other sports competition on tv. Game 2 of the WNBA Finals was going against Sunday Night Football.
Kind of piggybacking off this idea, but does anyone think the new deal for the WNBA might influence JuJu's decision to not use her redshirt year and turn pro after the 26/27 season?
Just curious because she'll likely threaten CC's scoring record.
Valid point. Let's just go with the fact that CC's games draw twice as many or sometimes three times as many TV viewers on average than non-CC WNBA games.
They better have every Clark game on “regular” TV or the NBA will be writing even bigger checks.
The W started playing in 1997 and the women have played all of these years for peanuts, but it was probably just a coincidence that the players all organized right after CC came into the league.
Usually they do them every 4 years or so and the last one was 2020 where they increased the salary cap by 30%, introduced the Supermax, and established revenue sharing.
But ya, right after Clark came into the league.
