WNBA New Salary Numbers

[23UNC]

Heading in the right direction.

The salary cap will rise from $1.5M to $7M, per ESPN, a 466% jump.

Supermax contracts are up 561% to $1.4M, from around $250K

Minimum salaries above $300,000, with the average salary around $600,000

 

[Jriv23]

I am so happy for the women in the WNBA. They deserve this massive increase in salaries. It is about time. Justice has finally prevailed.

 

[Southern01]

Is the league still losing money and being subsidized by the NBA?

 

[23UNC]

Is the league still losing money and being subsidized by the NBA?

Yes, but with the new 2.2 billion dollar media rights deal things are getting better.

 

[Jriv23]

No the league is not still losing money. Caitlyn Clark and Angel Reese affect has helped the league tremendously for the past two years, ever since they came into the league. The attendance has sky rocketed across the league since these two came into the league. The WNBA showed a increase over 100% in ticket sales, sold out games in every city, etc. This is why the players were upset because the revenue for the entire league had increased exponentially and they felt that they deserve a pretty good proportion of that money since they help make it. This is the main reason why they were going to go on strike.