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Message: [QUOTE="sun, post: 4222820, member: 11664"] It seems to show good business sense. Europe doesn't have collegiate sports, and the US exports more talented players than it imports. The rule would mostly affect the highest paid WNBA players since the lower tier players can be easily replaced if they opt out of the WNBA to play overseas. It's a push & shove against the European leagues negatively impacting the WNBA which is trying to grow strong enough to become a solvent corporation. Such a small percentage of NCAA talent is successful enough in the WNBA to help in that endeavor, to help promote the stability of the WNBA. If those who want to play both leagues can't manage to prioritize the WNBA, then a financial penalty makes a lot of sense towards enforcing such a common sense contract provision. The WNBA players should put Europe on hold, not the other way around if they want to show their commitment toward the US league and the entire network that develops players for export. In part, college players are subsidized by taxpayers and the WNBA is subsidized by the profits of the NBA and US corporations. If Europe didn't need American players then they wouldn't import and pay them as much. That's just how the US free market works and exercises its influence. [/QUOTE]