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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 2812996, member: 591"] To try and understand the over seas salaries you have to start by erasing the US model from your mind. Teams are not expected to be in the black, I suspect. They advertise things on their jersey (yes, I know the W does that too, but I suspect the team owner owns some of the things advertised overseas), as has been said, some are associated with other successful (male) sports ventures. I agree about arenas, which are mostly probably smaller from anything I've seen and may be owned by a consortium, the league or a government entity. Ultimately I suspect a lot of it is, as someone above sort of suggested, a "pride" thing - we / my town / my sports organization / my company / whatever it is - can beat your "whatever it is" in any sport you name, including women's basketball. I do want to point out that attendance overseas - from anything I have ever read - is not great. [/QUOTE]