The WNBA players association opts out of the CBA. Edit:Deal is done

[Rekkapryde]

shout out to my girl who's head of WNBA league ops for all the work she put in with these chicks

PIC VIO.

 

[Elim Garak]

They actually got more than I would have expected.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

• Players will receive full salary while on maternity leave, an annual childcare stipend of $5,000, and guarantee of two-bedroom apartments for players with children.


This the most interesting thing to me. So she get knocked up and they give her a crib?

in season housing breh, if you got a kid you gotta care for during the season, they hitting you off with a spot that can accommodate you and them in separate rooms (as opposed to a 1bd) and a child care stipend

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

You can take Miss America put her in some basketball shorts and she will start beat boxing and rolling a blunt talkin' 'bout Jim Jones should have never been capo.

 

[beenz]

Is that bump in pay really enough of an incentive to prevent players from playing overseas?

Wouldn’t the team just bump up the pay to get them to change their minds especially since they don’t have a salary cap overseas I believe?

How much can the WNBA realistically bump up pay when they've yet to turn a profit in their 25 year history?

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

The WNBA has been marketing themselves towards woman and that hasn't been working. Women don't watch women's sports in large numbers.
They need to start marketing themselves toward male fans. Which means, making the uniforms more sexy. No reason for females to be rocking the long ass shorts like men do. give them short shorts or yoga pants. Make the tops tighter. etc. Use the sex appeal to get the numbers.

I don’t think men care to watch sexy women play sports. At best, sex appeal would provide a fleeting bump. Let them dress how they feel comfortable to compete at their best.

this is not the reason women's tennis competes...women's hoop and men's hoop are day and night aesthetically, that's it, that's all. that's why women's hoop cant compete when women's tennis, track, soccer can compete better, relatively, with their male sport. until they adjust the court to women's size/strength, they'll always struggle

That’s a good ass idea. The ball is already smaller. I’m not sure what, exactly should be changed, but they should get a focus group together to come up with some changes. Put everything on the table; rim height, rim size, court dimensions, game lengths, etc. First try to define what would make the product “better” and then enact changes that move you closer to that “better” product.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

How much can the WNBA realistically bump up pay when they've yet to turn a profit in their 25 year history?

It sounds like they are hoping/expecting marketing and sponsorship deals to help make up some of the difference.

It all sounds so gimmicky and incentivized to help mask the fact that their leave is/has been struggling for years.

Even the revenue splits will be tied to reaching certain goals which may become unobtainable at some point and then what?

 

[MikelArteta]

Ehh