Notice THE OFFICIAL WNBA CBA Lockout/Strike Thread………

[THE HCP]

 

[THE HCP]

Sucks that this might end up in a strike/lockout situation during our inaugural season.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[THE HCP]

 

[inconceivable]

Sucks that this might end up in a strike/lockout situation during our inaugural season.

That sucks. I hope we get Juju Watkins.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Min WNBA contract last year was $66k. Max contract was $249k. Managers at buc ee's gas station here in Texas earn more.

I side with the players. No reason they should get less than the 50% of revenue like the men get. No that doesn't mean they'll earn as much dollars as NBA. Only that they earn a similar percentage.

That's still plenty of increased revenue for the owners with the $2.2 billion TV contract.

If teams still will have losses it's because they're managed poorly.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

If I'm WNBA players I get three super wealthy former NBA players and a couple investment bankers to put a proposal out to start a new league. It's not like the NBA where the dollars are insane - could legit bankrole that proposal pretty easily with just a handful of investors. Or get the Saudi royal fund to back it or such.

They do that and the WNBA owners will easily cave to the 50% revenue split.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[THE HCP]

 

[THE HCP]

 

[kjironman1]

Min WNBA contract last year was $66k. Max contract was $249k. Managers at buc ee's gas station here in Texas earn more.

I side with the players. No reason they should get less than the 50% of revenue like the men get. No that doesn't mean they'll earn as much dollars as NBA. Only that they earn a similar percentage.

That's still plenty of increased revenue for the owners with the $2.2 billion TV contract.

If teams still will have losses it's because they're managed poorly.

Wait what gas station manager makes 250K a year? I have a hard time believing that.
I agree they should get a raise but the league needs to start making money.

Now one point though. That gas station is probably making a bunch of money every day.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[HailBlazers]

I agree they should get a raise but the league needs to start making money.

Can't lose money for a decade and then scream fairness the second a profit is turned.

 

[kjironman1]

Can't lose money for a decade and then scream fairness the second a profit is turned.

And I don’t think profit has been turned yet either.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[kjironman1]

Someone somewhere better get their head on straight. You have zero leverage if the league is broke.

 

[inconceivable]

Wait what gas station manager makes 250K a year? I have a hard time believing that.
I agree they should get a raise but the league needs to start making money.

Now one point though. That gas station is probably making a bunch of money every day.

CC me when you get a reply regarding the $250k/yr gas station manager.

 

[kjironman1]

CC me when you get a reply regarding the $250k/yr gas station manager.

Yeah not thinking I’m gonna get a response but I’ll keep ya in the loop.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

They need to earn enough so they don't have to play in Russia during the offseason.

It benefits their team and the fans.

 

[Quatro44]

CC me when you get a reply regarding the $250k/yr gas station manager.

Yeah not thinking I’m gonna get a response but I’ll keep ya in the loop.

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[Phatguysrule]

If I'm WNBA players I get three super wealthy former NBA players and a couple investment bankers to put a proposal out to start a new league. It's not like the NBA where the dollars are insane - could legit bankrole that proposal pretty easily with just a handful of investors. Or get the Saudi royal fund to back it or such.

They do that and the WNBA owners will easily cave to the 50% revenue split.

Agreed. And if the WNBA doesn't go for it, just start the league and move on.

 

[Phatguysrule]

And I don’t think profit has been turned yet either.

From what I've read, I believe they are profitable (even with the WNBA's creative calculations) if you include the new media rights deal. The NBA would need to take a much smaller cut to get the players to 50% of basketball related revenue.

If they aren't willing to do that I am fully on board with the players starting their own league. Get some billionaires to help start it up and hire some elite executives to make it as profitable as possible while still paying the players 50% of basketball related revenue. This league would get all of the best talent.

Then if the NBA still wants a piece of the action it can buy the league out (as long as the players approve the sale).

Once you start setting this in motion I expect the WNBA and NBA will be far more motivated. I think the players would even happily accept a path to 50% of basketball related revenue within 5 years.

 

[HailBlazers]

From what I've read, I believe they are profitable (even with the WNBA's creative calculations) if you include the new media rights deal. The NBA would need to take a much smaller cut to get the players to 50% of basketball related revenue.

If they aren't willing to do that I am fully on board with the players starting their own league. Get some billionaires to help start it up and hire some elite executives to make it as profitable as possible while still paying the players 50% of basketball related revenue. This league would get all of the best talent.

Then if the NBA still wants a piece of the action it can buy the league out (as long as the players approve the sale).

Once you start setting this in motion I expect the WNBA and NBA will be far more motivated. I think the players would even happily accept a path to 50% of basketball related revenue within 5 years.

The NBA invested millions to get to this stage. You don't think it deserves some ROI?

 

[Phatguysrule]

The NBA invested millions to get to this stage. You don't think it deserves some ROI?

When did I say they don't deserve ROI? I said they would need to take a smaller cut. They'd still be getting ROI, just not the 40-60% of revenue they're getting now.

Or they can just let the players start their own league and actually lose any chance at ROI.

I'm just saying the players shouldn't accept less than a path to 50% of basketball related revenue in 5-ish years.

*Edit*That's the way it goes. Sometimes owners don't make money. I don't feel sorry for any billionaires taking a smaller cut.

It's insane that any of these women are playing on national television for less than they can make at McDonald's.

You could pay every player over $500,000 per year and it wouldn't negatively impact the lives of any of the owners (or the NBA) one bit.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The NBA invested millions to get to this stage. You don't think it deserves some ROI?

They are getting ROI. Look at the record prices the NBA franchises are selling for and the latest NBA TV deals. Huge. I would say more WNBA fans become NBA fans than NBA fans become WNBA fans. The WNBA is helping the NBA. It's opening the game to new fans and demographics.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[THE HCP]

 

[kjironman1]

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Nice!
The difference was me thinking shift managers as opposed to General Manager. That does make more sense and yeah I kinda think it’s probably a reasonable salary considering.

 

[kjironman1]

From what I've read, I believe they are profitable (even with the WNBA's creative calculations) if you include the new media rights deal. The NBA would need to take a much smaller cut to get the players to 50% of basketball related revenue.

If they aren't willing to do that I am fully on board with the players starting their own league. Get some billionaires to help start it up and hire some elite executives to make it as profitable as possible while still paying the players 50% of basketball related revenue. This league would get all of the best talent.

Then if the NBA still wants a piece of the action it can buy the league out (as long as the players approve the sale).

Once you start setting this in motion I expect the WNBA and NBA will be far more motivated. I think the players would even happily accept a path to 50% of basketball related revenue within 5 years.

The NBA invested millions to get to this stage. You don't think it deserves some ROI?

That was exactly my first thought. The NBA would tie it up in court so fast their heads would spin.

Way too much invested to allow them to just walk. Even more so that now they actually are starting to get a few players that actually draw some attention. Seriously I have never even been able to name a player until this last year. Now I can name at least 3. Maybe 4.

 

[Phatguysrule]

That was exactly my first thought. The NBA would tie it up in court so fast their heads would spin.

Way too much invested to allow them to just walk. Even more so that now they actually are starting to get a few players that actually draw some attention. Seriously I have never even been able to name a player until this last year. Now I can name at least 3. Maybe 4.

You can't stop them from working if they don't have a contract.

The NBA can't tie it up. That would be kicked out of court almost instantly.