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Message: [QUOTE="Fairfield Fan, post: 2900112, member: 6911"] Here's a perceptive piece from the economics professor Berrie and Forbes contributor whom Forbes just fired: [URL="https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidberri/2018/10/03/the-challenges-and-opportunities-facing-the-next-wnba-president/#5c78dd677007"]The Challenges And Opportunities Facing The Next WNBA President[/URL] He argues for higher salaries (the players, according to him they receive just 20% of the gross of $60 million), more franchises in big cities currently not served by the WNBA, and much more independence from the NBA. The NBA owns 50% of the league outright, while NBA owners own another 20% of the teams directly. But Berri was just fired from Forbes because the WNBA objected to what he was writing. The WNBA doesn't specify what they wanted added or subtracted from his articles, however. And is it any wonder that the WNBA management would come down hard on a writer advocating for higher player salaries at the same time that the WNBA players were opting out of their collective bargaining agreement? [URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/11/02/forbes-cuts-ties-with-sports-business-columnist-deletes-piece-about-wnba-player-salaries/?utm_term=.365b023abda0[/URL] Kinda smells, no? [/QUOTE]