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1 posted on 08/06/2025 12:41:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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From the article: ...the players competing in the annual event wear black t-shirts beforehand that read: "Pay Us What You Owe Us."

Owe?

The league loses money. The players would have to be volunteers.

2 posted on 08/06/2025 12:44:26 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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If they didn’t eject fans from the game for making fun of a player when her wig was snatched off of her head, they may have more money to pay players.


3 posted on 08/06/2025 12:46:25 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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“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.”

Because her name is easier to pronounce.
Name recognition.


4 posted on 08/06/2025 12:46:43 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (There are no more conspiracy theories, only questions that further the truth.)
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If they paid you what you’re worth, you’d be paying them.


6 posted on 08/06/2025 12:50:37 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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Aside from the issue at hand, I have to wonder if Hillary Clinton could actually pick a basketball out of a lineup of 5 different sports balls.


7 posted on 08/06/2025 12:50:54 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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First Clark’s meteoric popularity rise, now Sydney Sweeney ads going viral - things are spiraling out of control.


8 posted on 08/06/2025 12:51:29 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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If you want to be paid what you’re worth, play in the NBA.


9 posted on 08/06/2025 12:51:52 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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“”Pay Us What You Owe Us.””

Take away the NBA support and you would be playing in Latvia!


12 posted on 08/06/2025 1:02:53 PM PDT by TexasGator (./There is no Sharknado system)
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Give them two choices - 1) Take what they for some reason got signed for, or 2) Divide up the gate receipts and actual tv revenue w/out any NBA money and take that. I think they’d take for former.


16 posted on 08/06/2025 1:23:49 PM PDT by FLNittany
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Does anyone care about the WNBA other than lesbians?


17 posted on 08/06/2025 1:24:38 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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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.


24 posted on 08/06/2025 2:20:25 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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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.


26 posted on 08/06/2025 3:07:52 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for the US and President Trump)
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the “you” is the NBA

the wnba aint got no money


27 posted on 08/06/2025 3:09:11 PM PDT by joshua c
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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.


29 posted on 08/06/2025 3:12:46 PM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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“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.


33 posted on 08/06/2025 3:52:50 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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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


34 posted on 08/06/2025 4:06:27 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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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.


37 posted on 08/06/2025 4:17:46 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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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


40 posted on 08/06/2025 4:29:24 PM PDT by kawhill ("What's that? Conductant. A little dab'll do ya, isnt that right Mr. Jackson?")
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They will get paid with endorsements if they are worth it to a company


43 posted on 08/06/2025 4:44:45 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don’t really care, Margaret.”)
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Make me a sandwich..


44 posted on 08/06/2025 4:47:15 PM PDT by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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