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Your GM could never.
2020-21 NBA Offseason thread: Officially a wrap
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Your GM could never.
- Aug 6, 2012
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Sexism will always play a part in the WNBA's plight, but I hate that women play dumb regarding this whole situation about NBA vs WNBA salary's.
- Mar 19, 2013
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I used to think people hated on the WNBA because of them being women, im sure some do, but man i bet on a game once and decided to watch...
The score was stuck at 35-35 for damn near an entire quarter.
The score was stuck at 35-35 for damn near an entire quarter.
- Aug 6, 2012
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There are many who hate on the WNBA solely because they are women. That and the fact that women just aren't as interested as men are, are the reasons they will never reach the NBA's level.
- Mar 16, 2010
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Them little kids are 7th graders?
- Nov 5, 2012
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Respectfully
- Jun 24, 2013
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A league full of Te’a Coopers. Mannnnnn
- Sep 23, 2012
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Gross
- Jul 16, 2002
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Well he was a bulls, yankees, cowboy fan in the 90s 
- Feb 29, 2000
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its a sad situation. what can you do? majority of women dont like sports. been like that since the beginning of time.
losing over ten million a year???
- Feb 29, 2000
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but you been a cavs heat and clippers fan?
Gross
- Aug 2, 2006
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i mean we had a whole half decade of men's NBA basketball where that could happen.
how quickly yall forget game 7 2004 pacers/pistons.
- Sep 23, 2012
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but you been a cavs heat and clippers fan?
Lmao me a fan of Lebron on the Heat?? We need to dig up those 2012-2014 threads
- Aug 2, 2006
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this whole they don't make money is a BS excuse, don't fall for it.
The WNBA exists to
1. Provide positive publicity to the NBA.
2. To increase female youth participation in basketball.
3. to create more female basketball fans.
the idea that there pay derives from how much money they make from tickets and tv contract is some BS.
They exist to create positive publicity for the league and be role models for future female basketball players.
but heres the thing, if the women get soooooo much less than the men you start to lose that positive publicity. it suddenly no longer looks like youre a league that respects and promotes women and suddenly the WNBA goes from a positive publicity to negative.
hate it or love it in our socitey, money is a proxy for respect,
and WNBA players are totally right to demand more if the NBA wants them to continue to provide them good publicity.
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I’ve said before, but the ladies need to look at the WTA and use them as a template - especially in today’s favorable environment.
- Sep 21, 2008
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Gross
This ***** really has NO SHAME man
- Sep 23, 2012
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NBA has more fans than the WNBA and grosses more revenue to which in turn players achieve varying compensation for. What am I missing?
- Aug 2, 2006
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51% of women describe themselves as sports fans.
The impacts of role models has been studied by social scientists and the effects are pretty powerful.
The NBA is lucky basketball is a sport that can be played by women and it's a significant advantage to have a professional league the generates role models that influence future women to play basketball.
The WNBA is a loss leader and maybe it stays that way for the rest of time
but it's still valuable to the NBA. And the WNBA players are right to try and leverage that value to get a better deal.
The impacts of role models has been studied by social scientists and the effects are pretty powerful.
The NBA is lucky basketball is a sport that can be played by women and it's a significant advantage to have a professional league the generates role models that influence future women to play basketball.
The WNBA is a loss leader and maybe it stays that way for the rest of time
but it's still valuable to the NBA. And the WNBA players are right to try and leverage that value to get a better deal.
- Sep 22, 2014
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Wouldn’t putting out a better product from the WNBA be the best kind of publicity? If they tied pay to performance in the WNBA, I think you would see better basketball inherently (especially without salary caps).
- Aug 2, 2006
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No one is saying the WNBA players should be payed 100% equal men.
But the WNBA value isn't based on revenue and ticket sales, if it was they'd be making $0.
Clearly the WNBA has value to the NBA beyond the revenue it generates form tickets, jerseys and tv contracts.
- Aug 2, 2006
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The league offensive rating is 105. That number is better than the NBA on the mid 2000s and basically equal to the NBA up untill the recent offensive explosion the last two years. Offense seems fine to me.
- Mar 21, 2010
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okay i'm sure the NBA appreciates the "good publicity" & all, but there not gonna dump more money into the WNBA when it's proving to be losing them money.
