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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5341317, member: 13453"] Couple of thoughts: [LIST] [*]I doubt WNBA teams can shell out [URL='https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-wnba-diana-taurasi-to-skip-season-for-russian-team-20150203-story.html']Diana’s 2015 Russian payday [/URL]for each of the 54 WNBA players in Unrivaled and the cascading effect of such paydays on the rest of the rosters; [*]Not when the WNBA is not being transparent about its financials to avoid bargaining transparently on pay; [*]Gabby, in reference to Unrivaled and International play, has already dangled an anti-trust card that the players’ association can play in the upcoming CBA negotiations; [*]It has already been revealed that Unrivaled already approached the WNBA to become its investor and the WNBA refused; Not a biggie by itself, but … [*]Typical WNBA players (probably unlike typical NBA players) don’t have the resources for WNBA offseason skills development in lieu of playing in other leagues, [I]not just[/I] Unrivaled. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]