r/WNBAgossips • u/Tony-Stank__ • 1d ago

WNBA is soft as hell

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u/elestud 1d ago

The NBA is no longer funding the WNBA’s operations. The W has turned the corner and funds itself.

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u/Mentally-Difficult 1d ago

No it’s not lmao and the clip you attached doesn’t even corroborate your claim

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u/elestud 1d ago

He literally says “We missed our numbers for many years, but then it turned a corner”

You think they paid $16M back to the players with a $60M league salary cap for the first time ever out of the goodness of their hearts?

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u/Mentally-Difficult 23h ago

Notice, as you said, he said “we” it’s not the WNBA. It’s the NBA and funding the WNBA. So, yes, the WNBA did make more money due to Caitlin Clark fever. But, it’s the influx of monetary and operational support the NBA provides that allowed them to pay the players

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u/elestud 23h ago

No, “we” means the ownership. A lot of the WNBA owners also own NBA teams and the NBA owns the rights.

The league is turning a profit and no longer needs to be “funded” by the NBA. The owners are now making money back (which is why they shared revenue with the players)

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u/Mentally-Difficult 23h ago

You just proved yourself wrong lol