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Message: [QUOTE="iri10, post: 5313460, member: 1781"] One thing to keep in mind on the subject of the WNBA's financials: you and I are playing checkers, while the WNBA and team accountants are playing chess. Just like the accountants for every other sports league. If the WNBA accountants are ever found to be juggling things to make the WNBA look as profitable as possible, they aren't doing their jobs right. Because in that scenario, only the players benefit in the form of increased bargaining power. The league, owners, and NBA don't want too much bargaining power going to the players, because that just increases their operating expenses. People will often speak of that long-running (but small compared to NBA revenue) subsidy that helped keep the WNBA running, as if it was some kind of charity. It was not. It was done with the hope of future returns, which are now being realized. And because it helped the NBA maintain itself as the only entity worth speaking of in American professional basketball. If someone else started a women's pro league that became a success, they might eventually use that foothold to help open a competing men's product. edit: Dave Portnoy, not generally known as an advocate for women's sports, has some typically brusque words on this subject: [MEDIA=twitter]1946910955029602541[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]