WNBA Players Opt Out of Collective Bargaining Agreement, Will Negotiate New Deal for 2020

SI ^ | November 1, 2018 | Alaa Abdeldaiem

[C19fan]

Please go on strike!!!

[gubamyster]

There’s still a WNBA?

[alternatives?]

They want to be paid the same as men.

[C19fan]

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

[EEGator]

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

[cyclotic]

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

[NEMDF]

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

[newfreep]

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.

[Bullish]

Are these nappy headed hoes still around?

[headless_thompson_gunner]

I remember the one time I never went or even thought about going to a WNBA game.

[Buckeye McFrog]

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

[jyo19]

Fold it.

[gov_bean_ counter]

No kidding!

[HamiltonJay]

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.

[DIRTYSECRET]

I watch it for the jiggle factor.

[Secret Agent Man]

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.

[AppyPappy]

Let’s be in prayer for them.

[captaincaveman]

WNBA: Where hard wood floors meet shag carpet.

[Rummyfan]

What is the WNBA?!

[ealgeone]

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