The WNBA couldn’t survive without subsidies from the NBA, which couldn’t survive without subsidies from China.
In business school you learn that your “core business” is that portion of the business that makes the most money.
In the case of the WNBA basketball loses money.
Their “core business” is shakedown artistry.
Caitlyn Clark, currently the best women’s player in all basketball, is going to the WNBA this year. She’s white, straight, and smart. Ha!