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re: WNBA players have a point but of course go about it the wrong way
Posted on 7/22/25 at 4:10 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Posted on 7/22/25 at 4:10 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
So, you don't read your own posts?
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Posted on 7/22/25 at 4:16 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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So, you don't read your own posts?
If something just sold for X price, that’s its market value. That’s exactly what market value means
Posted on 7/22/25 at 4:24 pm to Tiger1242
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TLDR: there are some WNBA players that certainly deserve a significant pay raise
Then they should quit and go get paid elsewhere. No one is forcing them to be there.
That whole damn league shouldn’t exist anyway.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 4:35 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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You’re the one who doesn’t know what probably means
It means most likely or almost certainly. Someone who makes 11 million dollars almost certainly makes a million dollars. Yeah, I'm reaching there
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So magnitudes more than your dumbass thought
1 order of magnitude higher, 100 million would be magnitudes as in plural
Posted on 7/22/25 at 5:57 pm to habz007
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That whole damn league shouldn’t exist anyway.
Recent growth trends and investors buying into the league with new franchises say otherwise.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 6:06 pm to dcrews
quote:Are you telling me that a billionaire investor knows more about business than a random internet poster?
That whole damn league shouldn’t exist anyway.
Recent growth trends and investors buying into the league with new franchises say otherwise.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 6:10 pm to Tiger1242
Posted on 7/22/25 at 6:49 pm to TX Tiger
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Are you telling me that a billionaire investor knows more about business than a random internet poster?
hmmm, this post is intentionally obtuse while attempting to insult their intelligence of others. so, let’s be clear:
WNBA teams are bought not for profit, but for brand synergy, public relations, tax maneuvering, social clout, and the chance that one day, they’ll be part of a more valuable media bundle.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 7:01 pm to Klark Kent
Possibly, but everyone is viewing the WNBA of the last two years like it's the WNBA of the previous 27 years. Quite frankly it's not.
The product on the court is minimally better at its absolute best, yet viewership is up as well interest in the league and new franchises.
If the WNBA learns to market its stars starting at the collegiate level (ie, Clark and Reese), it'll create storied personal rivalries, drama, etc... that people will pay to see.
Hell, Sophie Cunningham gained over 1 million new followers between TikTok and Instagram alone after a single game where she went after an opposing player in defense of Caitlin Clark. In ONE night. Now I realize that social media followers are lost on the board boomers, but that equates to exponentially more interest, which generates more viewership and merch sales, especially among women.
If the commissioner of the league, executives and owners play this right, this league can be extremely profitable and popular.
The product on the court is minimally better at its absolute best, yet viewership is up as well interest in the league and new franchises.
If the WNBA learns to market its stars starting at the collegiate level (ie, Clark and Reese), it'll create storied personal rivalries, drama, etc... that people will pay to see.
Hell, Sophie Cunningham gained over 1 million new followers between TikTok and Instagram alone after a single game where she went after an opposing player in defense of Caitlin Clark. In ONE night. Now I realize that social media followers are lost on the board boomers, but that equates to exponentially more interest, which generates more viewership and merch sales, especially among women.
If the commissioner of the league, executives and owners play this right, this league can be extremely profitable and popular.
This post was edited on 7/22/25 at 7:01 pm
Posted on 7/22/25 at 7:11 pm to dcrews
you’re not wrong. you’re just talking in hypotheticals at this point. (other than the minor popularity boost in the last 2 years)
Posted on 7/22/25 at 7:13 pm to dcrews
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If the commissioner of the league, executives and owners play this right
Posted on 7/22/25 at 7:13 pm to Tiger1242
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WNBA players have a point
No, they actually don’t. Their league hemorrhages money and is subsidized by the NBA.
They are lucky the league doesn’t fold. Then they would have nothing.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 7:18 pm to Klark Kent
Well yeah, I can't see the future.
And the league very well may botch this opportunity.
But if they don't, the last two years could be the spark this league needed.
If they can't/don't do it now. They never will.
And the league very well may botch this opportunity.
But if they don't, the last two years could be the spark this league needed.
If they can't/don't do it now. They never will.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 7:29 pm to Tiger1242
Guess the problem with your argument is if you say certain players deserve more cause of what they bring, does the people making 80k need to receive major pay cuts that are not these special players? Both Clark and Reese are on rookie contracts as well. If your company is in the negative kind of hard to come up with more money for the employee. Just like if you have a 80,000 dollar annual salary why are you renting a place that cost 90,000 a year? That is where a player really loses the argument for me. That and the fashion they choose they need before every single game.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 7:37 pm to dcrews
So far, there is zero evidence that WNBA leadership can play anything right.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 7:54 pm to FightinTigersDammit
You're right. Although, I don't recall the league ever being in this position.
A third of me believes they will botch the opportunity
Another third of me believes this new opportunity that they haven't seen in nearly 3 decades will wake them up.
The last third of me just wants the league to become more rivalry driven, more drama driven and to succeed because I'm a fan of sports. And having another successful sports league is a positive for all fans.
A third of me believes they will botch the opportunity
Another third of me believes this new opportunity that they haven't seen in nearly 3 decades will wake them up.
The last third of me just wants the league to become more rivalry driven, more drama driven and to succeed because I'm a fan of sports. And having another successful sports league is a positive for all fans.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 9:43 am to Tiger1242
Why so many people who claim not to care for the WNBA have a opinion on everything that goes on with the league… it’s not like they asking y’all to contribute anything.,, it’s a deep seated envy of women playing a sport for money.,, some guys lack of athletic ability makes them feel small when athletic women are talked about,,, they make sure to talk “extra” tough regarding them
This post was edited on 7/23/25 at 9:50 am
Posted on 7/23/25 at 9:44 am to lepdagod
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it’s a deep seated envy of women playing a sport for money.,, some guys lack of athletic ability makes them feel small when athletic women are talked about,,, some guys lack they make sure to talk “extra” tough regarding them
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:05 pm to dcrews
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Possibly, but everyone is viewing the WNBA of the last two years like it's the WNBA of the previous 27 years. Quite frankly it's not.
The WNBA was America's sports punchline full of fringe people, top to bottom, with the unlikable play on Court and the unlikable mind virus off.
How and why it happened (the Clark movement/makeover) is something others could write books about. How a tiny girl in Iowa could make this Country's most unpopular (understatement) sports product popular and in the process be the most popular athlete in America is astounding....
Transforming a traveling clown show with empty arenas to sold out Clark venues with lines and Primetime games and jersey sales and her Shoe sold out in a Madison Avenue Minute is the craziest turnaround for not only a sport but a bankrupt business we've ever seen.
People love to say Magic and Bird saved the NBA (and they did) but people still watched the NBA...it had a real, substantial history but on hard times)...WNBA's ENTIRE history was hard times in the form of 30 years of nobody caring about this waste of money charity. I mean there are sportswriters and personalities long dismissive of this product like everyone, who got WNBA,League Pass because of Clark....I've never seen one player come into a 30 year ignored disaster and transform it overnight to where....we get Threads and threads on here once reserved exclusively for posting the occasional WNBA follies clips. It cannot be overstated the miracle Clark has done and it can't be overstated the League's response to such by being obtuse, hostile and indignant to such good fortune by pretending they were ALWAYS popular and its because of the women who built this League long before Clark.
This post was edited on 7/23/25 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:08 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
But people are watching because if angel too!
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