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WNBA Players Opt Out of Collective Bargaining Agreement, Will Negotiate New Deal for 2020
SI ^ | November 1, 2018 | Alaa Abdeldaiem

Posted on 11/01/2018 12:35:33 PM PDT by C19fan

The WNBA Players Association announced on Thursday that the group is opting out of its current collective bargaining agreement with the league.

After holding conference calls and two in-person meetings to discuss the possibility of opting out, the union informed the league of its decision to end the agreement, a move that is allowed due to a clause in the current CBA.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: basketball; bulldaggers; lesbians; whocares; wnba
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Please go on strike!!!
1 posted on 11/01/2018 12:35:33 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

There’s still a WNBA?


2 posted on 11/01/2018 12:36:14 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: C19fan

They want to be paid the same as men.


3 posted on 11/01/2018 12:36:26 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: alternatives?

I wonder why the WNBA does not sue for sex discrimination. They are part of the NBA umbrella.


4 posted on 11/01/2018 12:37:08 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: gubamyster

It is subsidized by the NBA. The WNBA loses money every single year.


5 posted on 11/01/2018 12:37:49 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: C19fan

The players will end up paying the teams for the chance to play.


6 posted on 11/01/2018 12:39:40 PM PDT by cyclotic ( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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To: gubamyster

Yeah, but in 5 years, expect it to be 100% made up of players who have “Male” checked on their birth certificates.


7 posted on 11/01/2018 12:40:21 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: alternatives?

WNBA....almost as good as an average small town boys HS team.

That’s the reason the crowds are so low....and, of course, the pervert/homo thing.


8 posted on 11/01/2018 12:41:01 PM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: C19fan

Are these nappy headed hoes still around?


9 posted on 11/01/2018 12:42:16 PM PDT by Bullish (I'm not going to say "I told you so" about FaceBook... I'm just going to put it in my tagline.)
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I remember the one time I never went or even thought about going to a WNBA game.


10 posted on 11/01/2018 12:45:01 PM PDT by headless_thompson_gunner
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To: C19fan

Well, I guess the Le’Veon Bell holdout won’t be the WORST financial decision in sports this year after all.


11 posted on 11/01/2018 12:47:14 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Fold it.


12 posted on 11/01/2018 12:48:06 PM PDT by jyo19
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To: C19fan

No kidding!


13 posted on 11/01/2018 12:51:09 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
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It isn’t going to fold anytime soon....

The average attendance for an WNBA is actually slightly higher than the average NBA game had at the same age...

However, Its still a LONG LONG way from overall profitability...

I don’t see it folding... but if the players want too much money, they’ll just wind up replaced with recent college grads.


14 posted on 11/01/2018 12:55:26 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

I watch it for the jiggle factor.


15 posted on 11/01/2018 12:56:53 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: C19fan

They do not report their earnings because they are paltry, and also because it would show their earnings are far less than the subsidy money they get by charity from the NBA.


16 posted on 11/01/2018 12:59:25 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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Let’s be in prayer for them.


17 posted on 11/01/2018 1:03:55 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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WNBA: Where hard wood floors meet shag carpet.


18 posted on 11/01/2018 1:10:34 PM PDT by captaincaveman
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To: C19fan

What is the WNBA?!


19 posted on 11/01/2018 1:10:44 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: C19fan

Without subsidies this league folds. It’s just not economically viable.


20 posted on 11/01/2018 1:17:50 PM PDT by ealgeone (SCRIPTURE DOES NOT CHANGE!)
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