Click here: to donate by Credit Card
Or here: to donate by PayPal
Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794
Thank you very much and God bless you.
Posted on 08/06/2025 12:41:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
There's no doubt about it; WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert could have done without the talk following the All-Star game being about player pay.
The 2025 WNBA All-Star game, which Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark missed due to injury, saw the players competing in the annual event wear black t-shirts beforehand that read: "Pay Us What You Owe Us." The WNBA commissioner was booed at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indiana, with talks currently taking place over a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
Since the All-Star game incident, the conversation has picked up pace. Chicago Sky star Angel Reese slammed the WNBA's meeting between the players and league, calling it "disrespectful", while Hillary Clinton has also backed the players in their pay dispute.
But despite the backlash she has received, Engelbert is in no mood to alienate Clark or any of her fellow stars. The WNBA commissioner has called the sophomore sensation, who was named the WNBA's Rookie of the Year for 2024, "a great player and a great person."
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Engelbert said: "Caitlin's such a great player and a great person. We're so thrilled to have her, and she's been such a great representative of the league."
Clark would likely have always been on the pathway to stardom in the WNBA following her stellar collegiate career with Iowa. However, since she turned professional, her popularity has reached an entirely new stratosphere.
While the league boasts the talents of A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier to name just a few, none of them have reached the levels of popularity Clark has.
However, for the WNBA to be a strong league, Engelbert believes it has to be built up by a competitive product, and not one that is coalesces around a single player like Clark -
(Excerpt) Read more at themirror.com ...
|
|
Click here: to donate by Credit Card Or here: to donate by PayPal Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you. |
She is a sophomore. It's her second season.
That’s an insult to Latvian boys high school teams!
Sophie Cunningham can get it.
If I was 25 years younger, 6 inches taller and had another zero or 2 added onto my salary I might have a chance LOL.
What I’ve seen is that the WNBA finally has someone who can actually shoot the basketball. The fact that the person is white IS the problem.
Right. Darn I forgot. thanks
From ganging up on the only player that actually puts fans in the seats, to running off the court when their wigs fall off, to throwing out fans who laugh at it, the WNBA is rapidly becoming a joke.
the “you” is the NBA
the wnba aint got no money
All these bleeding hearts that think they should be paid more should do their part and pay for season tickets in person and buy the season pass for cable or online. Until then, shut your pie holes. The “W” is a money drain.
Will Chico’s Bail Bonds spondor a team?
The league loses money. The players would have to be volunteers.
The league does not pay the players. Individual teams negotiate salaries and pay them. Pay issues would only apply to league minimums which may be more prevalent in the WNBA than other sports. I have not followed this so I don’t know the specifics.
The league loses money. The players would have to be volunteers.
The league does not pay the players. Individual teams negotiate salaries and pay them. Pay issues would only apply to league minimums which may be more prevalent in the WNBA than other sports. I have not followed this so I don’t know the specifics.
“Engelbert believes it has to be built up by a competitive product, and not one that is coalesces around a single player like Clark”
That helps but the NBA became popular due to the Magic-Bird rivalry.
2025 WNBA Contract Value Rankings
Listing the top salaries, cap hits, cash, earnings, contracts, and bonuses, for all active WNBA players.
Rank
1 Arike Ogunbowale DAL, G $725,952
22 Caitlin Clark IND, G $338,056
135-162 about 30 players $66,079
(I would have posted the whole list, but it would not copy correctly.)
Sporttrac has a Earnings by Franchise, but it is behind a paywall.
https://www.spotrac.com/wnba/rankings/player/_/year/2025/sort/contract_average
It appears the entire payroll for all the teams is $16,417,120.
Lonzo Ball with the 100th highest contract value could cover this with one year of salary.
“Something’s not jiving: players’ salaries account for just 9% of costs for the league.”
I wonder what player salary costs are as a percentage of the NBA’s budget (or NFL for that matter). If you think of all the other costs involved: facilities, coaching staff, support and admin staff, medical costs, travel, etc., 9% doesn’t seem like that small of a percentage.
They need a commissioner who is not stupid and delusional. Every big thing is built from the first building block. Get the rest of the players off of Clark, clean up the fouls, and get rid of the tranny.
OH, and get a new commissioner.
100%
They can't. Due to DEI.
OH, and get a new commissioner.
They would be far better off if Adam Silver takes over the league. He's woke. And he sucks. But at least he has standards.
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert. Cathy, if you ain’t smart enough to know that Caitlin Clark IS your league, then I figure two things are going to happen: One, your league is going to go bankrupt and two, you won’t have a job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1tI9Wcw-8A
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.