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re: How does the WNBA make it financially?
Posted on 5/17/25 at 4:02 pm to themetalreb
Posted on 5/17/25 at 4:02 pm to themetalreb
The NBA and investors make it work. They lose money and daddy keeps them supported
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Posted on 5/17/25 at 4:03 pm to themetalreb
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So the NBA does well enough to finance two leagues? And yet all I hear about is how bad the NBA is struggling. Both can't be true.
You realize a bunch of major networks and streamers just got in a massive bidding war for the NBA rights, correct?
The NBA is doing fine from a monetary standpoint, no matter how many metrics Clay Travis cherry picks on X for clicks.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 4:15 pm to Broski
Nobody in Watson even watches the NBA
Posted on 5/17/25 at 4:58 pm to themetalreb
What’s fascinating is how the WNBA has turned into such a political issue because it has been taken over by Marxist lesbos and malcontents.
It’s so not about just females playing a game with a ball.
It’s so not about just females playing a game with a ball.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 5:05 pm to doc baklava
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Which is why they hate Caitlin Clark. She ruins their whole plan by making it watchable.
Watchable? Ha no
Posted on 5/17/25 at 5:11 pm to Havoc
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is the NBA really able to subsidize them to the point where they literally never have to turn a profit? Who is really paying for this shite?
The NBA pays for it, and they strong arm their broadcasting partners to vastly overpay for WNBA TV rights as a gateway to having access to their broadcast rights.
If you think the NBA is struggling financially, you simply aren't familiar with the finances of the league. They had over 11.3B in revenue last year, and while profitability varied among teams. Even in the COVID season, the NBA averaged a 25M profit per franchise-- normally, it was 3x that level, and that's before the latest TV deal made it even more lucrative.
They can subsidize the WNBA with relatively little pain, so they do. The moment WNBA players complain about pay and resource parity, though, the NBA privately nips that shite in the bud.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 5:32 pm to themetalreb
Imagine wanting to be taken serious as a basketball and your players show up to work like this.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 5:34 pm to themetalreb
It is paid for via profit sharing from the NBA.
Hence why I think Angel Reese and others are fricking insane for threatening to strike over pay because the league makes no money and any further funding of it outside of a new TV deal would be based off taking more money from the NBA players.
Hence why I think Angel Reese and others are fricking insane for threatening to strike over pay because the league makes no money and any further funding of it outside of a new TV deal would be based off taking more money from the NBA players.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 6:24 pm to Splackavellie
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Imagine wanting to be taken serious as a basketball and your players show up to work like this.
It’s no worse than half the NBA players showing up to work like they’re dressed to go dick shopping.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 6:50 pm to themetalreb
The players in that league, can’t even make layups
Posted on 5/17/25 at 7:00 pm to Splackavellie
Posted on 5/17/25 at 8:36 pm to themetalreb
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So the NBA does well enough to finance two leagues? And yet all I hear about is how bad the NBA is struggling. Both can't be true.
Can't believe every Clay Travis and conservative media says. The NBA is doing well financially. They just got a huge TV deal.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 8:54 pm to Havoc
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What’s fascinating is how the WNBA has turned into such a political issue because it has been taken over by Marxist lesbos and malcontents.
It’s so not about just females playing a game with a ball.
It’s not that, at least for me. It’s the fact that the media pushes it so hard when it’s such a bad product. Women’s basketball is just awful - at all levels.
There are some women’s sports that are marginally watchable - volleyball, softball, tennis, etc.
But women’s basketball is beyond bad and yet the media portrays almost equal to a men’s sport.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 8:59 pm to The Third Leg
Joe B, those flowers are just soooooooooooo cute on you, boy!
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Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:05 pm to deltadummy
It was never taken over by Marxist lesbos and malcontents by the way.
It has *always* been their home. In surveying their own fans, the WNBA identified that the league's active ticket holders were overwhelmingly lesbian-- something like 60% of the season ticket purchases were by self-identifying lesbians. I want to say that was in the first decade of their league.
It has *always* been their home. In surveying their own fans, the WNBA identified that the league's active ticket holders were overwhelmingly lesbian-- something like 60% of the season ticket purchases were by self-identifying lesbians. I want to say that was in the first decade of their league.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:09 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Thats just not true, the womens basketball college programs are like 3rd, believe it or not they make more money than mens baseball programs
Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:13 pm to themetalreb
Any funding from USAID?
Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:53 pm to themetalreb
I’ve convinced myself the only reason the WNBA is around is to serve as a tax write off for the NBA and its owners.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 4:52 am to themetalreb
Not to mention, the WNBA is trying to manufacture a Clark/Reese rivalry to get more people to watch
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