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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 3133739, member: 7492"] Basically Jacobs is advocating that the NBA subsidize the WNBA for the good of the game. If Silver and the rest of the two leagues hierarchy actually agree, it would have to be all the NBA teams who kick in $200k (30 teams) that the 12 WNBA teams would use to pay up. The 30x$200=$6 mil or $500k per team to use. The real question is would each NBA owner do that as a “marketing” component for their league...not so sure. This is not an equal rights issue (NBA vs. WNBA) just like Baseball salaries vs. Softball salaries (BTW-there is a professional softball league) and his bringing that aspect up in the article is just stupid as many other non-revenue generating sports have great athletes who are not compensated by their sport. Heck, the greatest Olympian (Michael Phelps) of all times didn’t have a professional league to make a living. Luckily USA Swimming and Madison Avenue more than paid him handsome fees. His counterpart is Katie Ledecky who likewise can’t make money professionally so, she too must be supported by USA Swimming and with luck, endorsements. That’s the nature of lower fan support sports. [/QUOTE]