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Message: [QUOTE="Beemer, post: 4309812, member: 5218"] What opportunities for growth haven't they been given??? It took DECADES for the NBA, NFL, MLB, & NHL to become what they are today. For years athletes had to work regular jobs in the off season because they couldn't make enough money during the playing season..the revenue simply wasn't there. It isn't going to be any different for the WNBA, NWSL, women's pro hockey etc. It takes time and a great deal of money to build a successful sports league- sports history is littered with leagues that have failed, usually because the revenues weren't enough to sustain large salaries promised to the athletes. These women look at the NBA as it is today and complain about how unfair it is that they don't make the same $ as the men, don't have the same perks etc. They probably don't know the history of the NBA and other major sports leagues & think things have always been the way they are today. That's understandable, we all do that. They need to get a clue. For the record I am a woman. I have been a fan of women's basketball since 1995. I want the WNBA to succeed and to grow. There's no way they can do that while they're running multi-million dollar deficits every season. Get the financial house in order first, then see about improving pay & benefits. [/QUOTE]