Anonymous #2 8w

Well the thing is the wnba is currently loosing like millions of dollars a year and is only surviving off the NBA propping it up. They have the salary the currently deserve if not higher.

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Anonymous #4 8w

Even then, the analogy Jason’s making makes zero sense. Imagine applying this to any other company

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Anonymous #2 8w

Want wdym because the wnba like literally has never turned profit and has had to rely on the nba to survive for the entirety of its lifetime

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Anonymous #2 8w

Historically each season the wnba has lost 10 million dollars with this season projecting to loose 50 million dollars

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Anonymous #4 8w

Amazon wasn’t profitable from 1994 to 2001. Twitter wasn’t profitable from 2010 to 2017, and 2020 onwards (not sure about 2007-2009). The only reason these companies stayed alive was because investors kept throwing money at them. Did the workers demand higher pay despite this? Absolutely

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Anonymous #4 8w

I’m shocked the WNBA is losing more than they have in the past tbh

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Anonymous #2 8w

Yea the thing is these companies were not profitable for a limited amount of time usually at the start of their life span. The wnba has been around 50 years and has never once turned a profit and is consistently losing more and more money each year because of the lavish stuff the keep trying to spend. When looking at Amazon or Twitter it’s an upwards trend for profit when looking at the wnba is a downwards trend for profit. Most tech companies start off not making any profit because of the

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Anonymous #2 8w

Start up expenses and everything so it’s takes some time. The wnba has has plenty of time and obviously just can’t make money by itself and needs to be supported by another group.

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Anonymous #4 8w

I see what you mean, and that’s a fair point. I looked into whether there’s a difference in how WNBA players are paid and their contract says they get 9.3% of league revenue while NBA players get roughly 50% of “basketball-related revenue”. Because of the distinction, even if WNBA jerseys start flying like hot cakes and way more tickets are sold, there’s no change in salaries. That’s kinda fucked, and then there’s the percentage difference

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Anonymous #2 8w

Because the wnba is literally loosing millions upon millions each year lol

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Anonymous #2 8w

Like I don’t think you are understanding. They. Are. Not. Making. Money. There is no reason to be paying them even more for something they aren’t doing.

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Anonymous #2 8w

Actually I take part of that back, looks like league revenue includes ticket sales

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Anonymous #4 8w

Profit is different than revenue. Under the NBA’s contract, the NBA could be losing money and players would still get 50% of revenue

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Anonymous #2 8w

And it looks like their new TV deal will make them profitable anyway

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Anonymous #2 8w

Cool doesn’t change the fact that they are on pace to loose 40 million dollars this season

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