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While we're talking about paying actors and athletes what they're worth...

WNBA contract renegotiation numbers just came out. The players negotiated that WNBA salaries should be a percent of league profits, just like most other major sports leagues. So you add up league revenues, take ~20% of that, and divide it among the players. Women's basketball salaries just jumped from an average of $78K a year, to $585K a year.

If you ask guys who never played in the NBA, who are the best shooters of all time, they give you a list of men, including Steph Curry.

But if you ask Steph Curry himself, he includes Azzi Fudd.

She's projected to be the number one WNBA draft pick in 2026, just in time to see that salary increase.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q9jW0jh_22A

Become The ULTIMATE Shot Creator w/ Phil Handy & Azzi Fudd

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GeePawHill 16h ago

@mekkaokereke Excellent news, and a fun video to watch.

I once saw Kobe juke a defender right-left-right-left so hard the dude fell down on the last left, and Kobe looked at him, gathered, and drained it. And he never moved his pivot foot the entire time.

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Heath Borders 15h ago

@mekkaokereke how does that work when the WNBA is still not profitable? (Or is this measure of profitability creative accounting?)

https://www.stadiumrant.com/after-nearly-3-decades-how-does-the-wnba/

After Nearly 3 Decades, How Does The WNBA Finally Become Profitable?

As the WNBA's 29th season enters its second half, the league is experiencing skyrocketing attendance and revenues. One would think that would translate into

Stadium Rant

The WNBA is growing fast. Just one of the WNBA's recently signed media deals is worth 2.2 billion over 11 years.

By contrast, if you look up a lot of tech companies, you'll see that:
* Their revenue is less than the WNBA
* Their engineers earn similar salaries to WNBA players
* Their path to future revenue is not nearly as clear as a signed $2.2 billion contract.
🤷🏿‍♂️

Major League Soccer (MLS) is also growing, but not profitable.

Other sports teams that are growing but not profitable:
* FC Barcelona
* The New York Mets
* Many NASCAR teams

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Heath Borders 13h ago

@mekkaokereke I support WNBA players making high wages. I'm just wondering how profit sharing works when the league has no profit. I'm unaware of other unprofitable leagues doing profit-sharing with players.

Maybe it's worthwhile if the league grows into profitability during this contract that would make sense 🤷🏻‍♂️

Revenue sharing. Not profit sharing.

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Alex Keane 8h ago

@heathborders @mekkaokereke I think there's is some creative accounting going on. Profits equal taxes so reinvesting would-be profits the right way to eliminate profits on paper can be useful.

Plus what the article says about having to go back and build infrastructure that should have been built 30 years ago.

Cleveland as an expansion team is an example, the Cleveland Rockers folded because the Gund family wanted to put money into men's infrastructure for the Cavs LeBron years.

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Dave 14h ago

@mekkaokereke I saw a stat that she has missed 10 free throws during her entire college career. 4 years, deep tournament runs, 10 missed FT. Thats like a Tony Gwynn stat.