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[QUOTE="Fairfield Fan, post: 2798646, member: 6911"]
Two things.  First, that was the argument those opposed to collective bargaining and free agency used against baseball players before Curt Flood won his lawsuit: they're having a good time playing the game they loved.  So why should they argue?

Those women have to provide for their future retirements, make a living out of their physical skills, and do so before either age or injury catch up with them.  And you're right that they could just take off to play overseas.  But if they're playing in the world's best league, why aren't they earning the world's best salaries?  That's the problem.

And, clearly, they majored in basketball, not college.  And that's the same for other top male athletes.  The NCAA is a semi-pro league.  It could be that women's basketball comes to resemble soccer, with the most talented players decamping as young teenagers for club teams in Europe, and hence to pro leagues over there.  But is that what the NCAA wants?  What the WNBA wants?
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