Well ... the average salary in the WNBA is $72,000 which is certainly a living wage, but the league minimum is $35,000 which is not a lot of money. Add in that these folks unlike most people have agents who take 10% and if they want to continue playing in the WNBA and are not going to play overseas need to both maintain their fitness and hone their skills during the 8.5 months they are not with their team - which means access to both basketball courts and trainers who also need to be paid. On top of that, they realize they are honing their craft for a job that has an expiration date.
Probably not - USA basketball is usually 3-5 weeks abroad vs. an international season that is 5-7 months. And I am pretty sure that lime disease flare ups are pretty standard that are treated the same way each time, so I doubt have a specific doctor on location would be necessary.
That's a poor comparison. Skylar upped her game this year and was one of the elite players of the league in only her second year. Her looks didn't get her there. It was her hard offseason work and talent.
If I don't have that fourth glass of wine, sure ...
In a subjective area here, but I think Sky Diva's athletic accomplishments are greater than Anna's, but Anna is MUCH better looking. And the combination of the whole package for each has resulted in much more income for Anna. Of course Anna's sport is more popular and more highly commercialized than WBB, so hard to compare. But IMO Anna has "model" looks and Skylar is far from that.Great minds easttexastrash, great minds....
I compared Skylar Diggins to Anna Kournikova on another board- example of two athletes rewarded all out of proportion to their athletic accomplishments. Boy did I get criticized for that....
meh... Like I said - subjective
her and EDD are very attractive young women. As much as I hate to admit looks will effect these things, these two should be marketed to the nation at large because they are pretty an(not that they aren't great players) something that Griner or to a lesser extent D don't have. I think the WNBA needs this to reach a larger fan base (sadly).
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I think feeling the need to market to lesbians, or market pretty girls to mainstream males, or market whatever non-basketball attribute to whatever demographic, is just remedial to the main issue - making the basketball product interesting enough to attract the mainstream sports fan.
svetbird said:
Welcome to the real world
Here is the Skylar portion of it for your no-charge viewing pleasure...
EDD for all the bad blog press is one fine player with great talent. My mind is still out on what kind of person she is---I'm not sure she used her sister for too many excuses--But her mom wow what a great lady, beautiful, smart , caring and polite and she truly loves her kids. Don't know much about Dad--only that he was buying a house near Derby when EDD bolted back to Delaware, from what I was told.
To me the face of the WNBA is not Skylar Diggins or EDD but Steff Dolson. Ok the purple hair was a bit over the top but that's steff. What sets her apart is the smile, the fun, the glee--any team that gets her shall forever be happy. There are better players, true. But there is only one Steff.
But she developed a very nice tan over the summer.!!!
EDD's Mom treats all that way. I barely knew her and she was gracious, kind and open. Tell me is this what happens to your mind after watch so much WBB? Ya da ya daa ya daaaa
The WNBA and WBB College need to work hard to SELL WBB to the uninformed world. I speak to all women who wear a College shirt (Nebraska, JMU, UVa, etc) and ask them about their team or a particular player on that team--they think I'm from another planet. Football lots of women know whose on those teams, many know the Mens BB teams--women"?? What are they. I preach the gospel of WBB how pure how great , not the beautiful women (and quiet a few are fantastic).
