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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 5314631, member: 1052"] The financial losses from the previous year are based, in part, on the outdated television contract. One year ago today, the WNBA announced a new 11-year media rights deal featuring partnerships with Disney, Amazon Prime Video and new rights holder NBCUniversal. The deal is valued at about $2.2 billion, or $200 million per year, [URL='https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40634341/wnba-secures-monumental-media-deal-disney-amazon-nbcu']a source told ESPN[/URL]. The deal [URL='https://apnews.com/article/wnba-media-deal-4d1a47fc4e0ee95d413322a96f8a7ce1']will begin with the 2026 season[/URL] and run through 2036. There is still an opportunity for increased earnings: The WNBA is likely to sell two additional packages for $60 million, [URL='https://www./wnba/new-wnba-media-rights-deal-soaring-metrics-player-salaries-nba-negotiators/']pushing the total to over $260 million per year[/URL]. Again, this starts with the 2026 WNBA season. To address [USER=3834]@Cuango[/USER] 's point about the 2024 season and profitability, the WNBA’s operating expenses have drastically increased, with about [URL='https://www./wnba/new-wnba-media-rights-deal-soaring-metrics-player-salaries-nba-negotiators']$25 million for chartered flights[/URL] in addition to an expanded workforce (for this year and future years). The $200 million payout annually for the WNBA is bump [URL='https://www./wnba/new-wnba-media-rights-deal-soaring-metrics-player-salaries-nba-negotiators']from the previous $65 million[/URL]. The owners of WNBA teams control about 42 percent of the total league revenue, [URL='https://www.theixsports.com/features/the-wnbas-massive-media-rights-win-explained-lynne-roberts-talks-utah/']based on ownership structure[/URL]. That means the $200 million per year will be an $84 million disbursement to the WNBA itself. It is reasonable to expect that $59 million annually will be directed to franchises ([URL='https://www./wnba/new-wnba-media-rights-deal-soaring-metrics-player-salaries-nba-negotiators/']subtracting only the cost of chartered flights[/URL]). Unlike in the NBA, athletes in the W do not enjoy a 50/50 revenue-sharing model. Instead, less than 10% of total revenue is designated for talent, resulting in a team salary cap of a little less than $1.38 million. [URL='https://www./wnba/new-wnba-media-rights-deal-soaring-metrics-player-salaries-nba-negotiators/']With the new figures, even with the 10% share[/URL], players would still take home higher salaries. Using the expected maximum amount of $59 million annually, each WNBA franchise could receive about $421,428 per year toward roster compensation solely from the media rights deal. If that share increases significantly from the approximate 10 percent figure, a team's salary cap could come close to doubling. [/QUOTE]

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