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Message: [QUOTE="crewbear742, post: 3141798, member: 7435"] If WNBA players were actually paid what the market says they are worth, they would be paid on the same level as Arena Football. The league only exists because of NBA subsidies and would sink immediately in their absence. Elite level talent has no correlation with elite level paychecks. The only way that WNBA players will see a substantial pay raise is if the NBA chooses to pay those salaries outside of the WNBA revenue stream. Of course the NBA will never do that because the WNBA would never be able to pay those salaries on its own. It would guarantee permanent dependence. There would also be pressure to increase that pay level over time to show "respect" for women's basketball. But how exactly do you set salaries in the absence of a market? There are answers to that question but you don't want to be the guy responsible to pay the money once the answer is given. [/QUOTE]