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A WNBA Lockout Could Be Coming After Decision By Players
The Spun ^ | Oct 21, 2024 | Andrew Holleran

Posted on 10/21/2024 7:25:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

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To: Runner4life

“ No.....CC did not go to Barcelona ...”
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LOL — Some folks are of the mind that if they see it on the internet it MUST be true.


41 posted on 10/21/2024 7:57:18 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Let them all walk and draft the next college class. A league that doesn’t turn a profit has no room for this stupidity.


42 posted on 10/21/2024 7:59:17 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: MinorityRepublican
The WNBA is subsidized by the NBA.

In spite of record income in 2024, the WNBA still lost money.

If they cannot break even after Caitlin-mania, they will never break even.

43 posted on 10/21/2024 8:00:26 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: MinorityRepublican

OMG The huge manatee.

Will anyone notice?


44 posted on 10/21/2024 8:02:38 PM PDT by Texas resident (Que Mala= Bad Juju.)
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To: zeestephen
If they cannot break even after Caitlin-mania, they will never break even.

New TV contract will start in 2026.

45 posted on 10/21/2024 8:03:23 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Translation: We’re gonna lockout if you don’t want to lose $40M next year.

Decision made!!!


46 posted on 10/21/2024 8:11:50 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: BobL

The owners should just say nothing and let the strike happen indefinitely.

The owners are getting zero profit either way.


47 posted on 10/21/2024 8:14:50 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The WNBA will likely start allowing chicks with dicks to start playing against the guys they currently have playing with no dicks... After that... Who knows what type of viewership they’ll get.


48 posted on 10/21/2024 8:15:06 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: cgbg

“The owners should just say nothing and let the strike happen indefinitely. The owners are getting zero profit either way.”

Agree, and the ‘babes’ there are FINALLY giving the owners a way out of their misery - all the owners have to do is hold out.


49 posted on 10/21/2024 8:19:33 PM PDT by BobL
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To: MinorityRepublican

50 posted on 10/21/2024 8:38:33 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I guess when you live on credit of the NBA and haven’t turned a profit in 27 seasons one doesn’t have a firm grasp on the concept of money or business


51 posted on 10/21/2024 8:41:33 PM PDT by txeagle
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To: MinorityRepublican
Re: "New TV contract will start in 2026."

It will dramatically increase distribution.

I scanned three articles, but no mention of money.

I am thinking Disney must have a back door contract escape clause if WNBA still registers basement ratings in ten new channels.

52 posted on 10/21/2024 8:44:06 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: MinorityRepublican

How will I even notice.


53 posted on 10/21/2024 8:44:39 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The who are threatening to do what?


54 posted on 10/21/2024 8:45:50 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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55 posted on 10/21/2024 8:47:24 PM PDT by Allegra (“As I was saying…” )
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To: New Perspective

It’s amazing to me that the NBA owners are willing to lose that much money on women’s basketball.

I’m sure they want to show that they are supportive of women’s basketball. But did any of them think they would have to subsidize women’s basketball for decades?

Did the WNBA ever have any business plan?
Where they would start making a profit after a certain number of years?


56 posted on 10/21/2024 8:48:09 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: dfwgator

>> Will anyone notice?

Why, it’ll cut the number of games I watch in half!

Of course, half of zero is still zero.


57 posted on 10/21/2024 8:48:44 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Replace them with third and fourth string college guys that are not claiming to be trans.


58 posted on 10/21/2024 8:59:53 PM PDT by gunnut
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To: MinorityRepublican
Clark kept most of her college NIL deals....approx. 3.1 million worth.
Angel Reese complains about her WNBA salary not covering expenses.
https://nypost.com/2024/10/17/sports/angel-reese-reveals-8k-rent-as-she-laughs-over-wnba-salary/
nobody put a gun to her head to take on all that debt...
Angel's NIL deals are worth 1.3 million...

The new contract bargaining should be a good show...
59 posted on 10/21/2024 9:45:28 PM PDT by stylin19a (America-has citizens who will cross an ocean to fight for freedom but won't cross the street to vote)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The great 50s-60s Celtic teams had “Jungle Jim” Loscutoff to intimidate their opponents.


60 posted on 10/21/2024 10:13:40 PM PDT by devere
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