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Message: [QUOTE="jdote33, post: 4936348, member: 11252"] Huge Paige fan. I agree with some of what she's saying and get the sentiment but I think it's not as black and white. Sue bird had this quote in the article. “[I]Women's college basketball has a huge-state platform, rightfully so it's earned, it's deserved,” Bird said. “There's this misconception that the WNBA is less than. That you're taking the pay cut. [B]There are gonna be some college kids that are making more in their NIL in college than they will as a pro. That's going to be real. And there's some that made less in college and will make more as a pro. [/B]And what it all really comes down to is your game.[/I]” So Paige's point which others have hammered home is that college athletes don't necessarily just lose there deals once they become pro and so the narrative some have alluded to is inaccurate, especially because often times they are talking about the elite players who one would hope would continue to have value after they graduate from school. But there are other athletes that are on the opposite end of the spectrum. Additionally, and Paige is super young, but she commented about how people speculate about her salary but it's nowhere near how much they mention because of taxes and needing to pay your agent. I just think that's the case with most athletes, like reporters don't do the calculations of their net pay and then report salary. Most ppl also say their gross income or what their job offers when reporting their salary as opposed to net pay. [/QUOTE]

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