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[QUOTE="Purduke, post: 2898604, member: 3568"]
Actually the contract value doubled to $25 million starting last year (see Para 24 below).

However, that change had no direct impact on salaries paid under the CBA because when negotiating the current CBA the women chose to exclude all revenue outside of regular season gate receipts when calculating their revenue sharing pool.  Presumably this was done, confronted with significantly falling attendance when the CBA was negotiated, to secure the highest % possible from the most secure stream of revenue.  I saw one estimate that the players were being paid approx. 44% of gate receipts.

It is one of the reasons I have problems with the current complaints about what the women are paid under the CBA.  In an environment of falling revenues, if the talent decides not to worry about helping to grow the business but rather just max out what they can earn from the most secure revenue stream available, they have demonstrated where their hearts are.  No risk, no reward IMHO.

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