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Message: [QUOTE="cancontent, post: 4308177, member: 10709"] I don't believe that's a fair assessment. There's nothing wrong with pointing out the disparity while working on ways to improve the situation. It's also not all on the players to improve the financial situation. The league has to do a lot of the work to help them get to that point. The NBA was bleeding money for a long time before things improved. That was decades if I remember correctly. Several of the players involved with the union are capable and have a good understanding about finance. Look at what many of them are doing off the court with their personal businesses. The CBA they negotiated made significant inroads in comparison to previous deals. In the past year, viewership has increased and the WNBA has take advantage and negotiated a better broadcasting deal which will help build viewership. These types of inroads is what will help the league. Add in the increased interest in NCAAW, I believe the momentum will continue to build. This generation of WNBA players are a lot more media and business saavy. Look at Destiny Henderson having a clothing line running before she even graduated. They're fully aware that there's more to life than basketball and are planning accordingly. Unfortunately it's going to take time even though we as fans wish it would happen faster. We have to be patient and support the game wherever we can. [/QUOTE]