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Message: [QUOTE="psconn, post: 3135152, member: 293"] I have many more questions than I have answers on this subject. Many look to the overseas leagues as some kind of example of what the W could do. I've watched a bunch of overseas games in different leagues and I see sparse attendance in small gyms. The exception being some playoff games... better attended, but still in small venues. If they aren't drawing live, could they really have lucrative TV deals. If they are on TV, is it state-run not-for-profit TV? Also, I hear a lot about these gigantic salaries... I'd like know what the salary range and the median salary is in each league. I'd also like to see a league-by-league attendance analysis. I suspect that while D and Sue were making 7 figures, living in a posh villa and being limo'd and private-jetted around by their oligarch boss (who was later assassinated), many of their league-mates were struggling on subsistence or less pay. Those numbers have no chance of being made public, of course. From the Jacob's article..."Whether it’s because of basketball-crazy oligarchs or state-sponsored initiatives, the best players can make 10 times the money in Russia, in Turkey and in China." So we expect the W to compete with that? I would be very surprised if any of these leagues are financial successes in the western capitalist sense. I would really appreciate an article researching that aspect. About half (?) of the WNBA teams have no NBA affiliate, so are they at a disadvantage in terms of NBA support? The negotiations over the next WNBA CBA will be interesting with the players becoming more strident in their demands. The outcome could potentially be very disappointing for fans of the W. I hope the players and the league(s) can find a success path. Article from last year... [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidberri/2018/07/22/the-wnba-or-the-nba-should-pay-the-wnba-players-more/#37d04c1c40fe']The WNBA -- Or The NBA -- Should Pay Its Players More[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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