Knicks · OT: From Soup to Nuts - All Things WNBA (page 24)
Clean wrote:Rookie wrote:The short version. The two sides are stuck on revenue sharing. The players want a percentage (27%) of gross revenue. The league is countering that they are willing to discuss net revenue sharing. The players want the guarantee of gross revenue which is unrealistic and pretty much a non starter.Exactly. During the WNBA ALl-Star weekend the owners said the players just did not understand the basics of business and a few months later I understand why the owners said that. I also hate how negative the players union has gone. They are literally trying to paint the owners who have funed a league for 30 years that has never made a profit as greedy and exploitive.
Two of the main reasons why the owners will not even consider gross is because They only own 42% of their own league so every team will have to share only that 42% and they are still adding expansions. They have also lost money every season for like 30 years. So as protections from having to lost more money the owners want to give the players net rev share and not gross. The basic explaination of net is the amount after deductions and expenses. This gives the owners protections from losing money. The players want gross which is before deductions and expenses. With gross if the WNBA popularity is a bubble they will now be having years of even larger money losses because of how much the salaries are increasing this CBA.
WHen you hear the players explain it they are talking about the owners wanting to pay themselves and give the players whats left over when a simple google search on net vs gross will tell you it's just the deductions and expenses of the league. I am guessing this is why the owners made that statment on the players lack of basic business literacy.
If the league did not have to sell a majority of itself to survive 30 years of losses I could understand giving the players gross but if I was in the owners situation I would be doing the same. The players don't even like the player responsible for the popularity and have done everything in their power to kill her hype. So no way would I trust them to keep the growth of the WNBA going. They been actively trying to kill it for 2 years. The WNBPA is also the most chilish union I have ever seen. The amount of unprofessional things they have done in the short time I been paying attention to them is staggering.
I agree with this 100. I keep trying to see the players side, but all I keep coming back to is these players are so unlikeable, so petty. From the pay us T shirts to the constant NBA money bullshit. I'm just tired of them.
The WNBPA is fighting for a share of gross revenue, while the league is still offering a share of net revenue -- that is, the revenue remaining when league-specified operating expenses are removed from the pot.The WNBPA's most recent proposal would see the players receive an average of 26% of the gross revenue over the course of the agreement (with a $9.5 million salary cap in 2026). The league's most recent proposal would offer the players 70% of net revenue over the course of the deal (with a $5.65 million salary cap in 2026).
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Caitlin is back and finally healthy after that injury filled last year.
Rim is the same size.
ToddTT wrote:I just realized the WNBA ball is smaller than the NBA ball.Rim is the same size.
Yes- girl balls are smaller than guys ballsacks
Alternatively, I don't want the drama in my NBA team. If the headline was Knicks trade 4 first round picks for their star point guards boyfriend Mikal bridges reuniting the three Villanova Wildcat lovers I'd be totally outraged as the distractions it would create would be unprofessional
Thoughts?
Rookie wrote:WNBA draft results - lesbian lovers reunited as Azzi Fudd was selected first overall by the Dallas Wings, the team that selected her lover Paige Bueckers no. 1 in last years draft. This seems like a normal story line for the WNBA. For some reason I love this sh*t. The basketball isn't very good but the drama keeps me interested. It's kind of like when I used to watch Dance Mom's and Below Deck. I can't deny that I enjoy the drama more than I shouldAlternatively, I don't want the drama in my NBA team. If the headline was Knicks trade 4 first round picks for their star point guards boyfriend Mikal bridges reuniting the three Villanova Wildcat lovers I'd be totally outraged as the distractions it would create would be unprofessional
Thoughts?
Azzi and Paige in Texas? Not a very welcoming state for same sex couples?
Thoughts? Live and let be. credit to Paige for coming out and risking her endorsements. Credit to her sponsers for being brave.
End of the day they there to play ball! Ok, that might be funny!
Indiana Fever: Sophie or Lexie? Im not a Caitlin Clark kind of guy. I do have a thing for tall thin athletic built blond women!
Funny nick name for the three: "Tres Leches".
Rookie wrote:WNBA draft results - lesbian lovers reunited as Azzi Fudd was selected first overall by the Dallas Wings, the team that selected her lover Paige Bueckers no. 1 in last years draft. This seems like a normal story line for the WNBA. For some reason I love this sh*t. The basketball isn't very good but the drama keeps me interested. It's kind of like when I used to watch Dance Mom's and Below Deck. I can't deny that I enjoy the drama more than I shouldAlternatively, I don't want the drama in my NBA team. If the headline was Knicks trade 4 first round picks for their star point guards boyfriend Mikal bridges reuniting the three Villanova Wildcat lovers I'd be totally outraged as the distractions it would create would be unprofessional
Thoughts?
Need to turn this into a torrid, lesbian soft-core drive-in flick called "Dallas Does Dallas"
BlueKnickers wrote:Rookie wrote:WNBA draft results - lesbian lovers reunited as Azzi Fudd was selected first overall by the Dallas Wings, the team that selected her lover Paige Bueckers no. 1 in last years draft. This seems like a normal story line for the WNBA. For some reason I love this sh*t. The basketball isn't very good but the drama keeps me interested. It's kind of like when I used to watch Dance Mom's and Below Deck. I can't deny that I enjoy the drama more than I shouldAlternatively, I don't want the drama in my NBA team. If the headline was Knicks trade 4 first round picks for their star point guards boyfriend Mikal bridges reuniting the three Villanova Wildcat lovers I'd be totally outraged as the distractions it would create would be unprofessional
Thoughts?
Need to turn this into a torrid, lesbian soft-core drive-in flick called "Dallas Does Dallas"
haha not bad
martin wrote:BlueKnickers wrote:Rookie wrote:WNBA draft results - lesbian lovers reunited as Azzi Fudd was selected first overall by the Dallas Wings, the team that selected her lover Paige Bueckers no. 1 in last years draft. This seems like a normal story line for the WNBA. For some reason I love this sh*t. The basketball isn't very good but the drama keeps me interested. It's kind of like when I used to watch Dance Mom's and Below Deck. I can't deny that I enjoy the drama more than I shouldAlternatively, I don't want the drama in my NBA team. If the headline was Knicks trade 4 first round picks for their star point guards boyfriend Mikal bridges reuniting the three Villanova Wildcat lovers I'd be totally outraged as the distractions it would create would be unprofessional
Thoughts?
Need to turn this into a torrid, lesbian soft-core drive-in flick called "Dallas Does Dallas"
haha not bad
They needed to put some soft porn pics on their pay us what you owe us t-shirts
What if Grady Dick transitions to a women?
Rookie wrote:WNBA draft results - lesbian lovers reunited as Azzi Fudd was selected first overall by the Dallas Wings, the team that selected her lover Paige Bueckers no. 1 in last years draft. This seems like a normal story line for the WNBA. For some reason I love this sh*t. The basketball isn't very good but the drama keeps me interested. It's kind of like when I used to watch Dance Mom's and Below Deck. I can't deny that I enjoy the drama more than I shouldAlternatively, I don't want the drama in my NBA team. If the headline was Knicks trade 4 first round picks for their star point guards boyfriend Mikal bridges reuniting the three Villanova Wildcat lovers I'd be totally outraged as the distractions it would create would be unprofessional
Thoughts?
I don't care much for the Drama or the non Caitlin Basketball. However, I love watching Caitlin play. She bring excitment like no other to me. Hopefully she's not injured the whole year this time.
It looks like the WNBA is finally trying to not allow her to be grabbed and held the entire time without getting calls.
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I tried to continue watching Fever games Without Caitlin because I do really like the players on the team but Coach WHite loves that boring dribble hand off offense. How can you go back to dribble handoffs when you experienced this.
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Clean wrote:Rookie wrote:WNBA draft results - lesbian lovers reunited as Azzi Fudd was selected first overall by the Dallas Wings, the team that selected her lover Paige Bueckers no. 1 in last years draft. This seems like a normal story line for the WNBA. For some reason I love this sh*t. The basketball isn't very good but the drama keeps me interested. It's kind of like when I used to watch Dance Mom's and Below Deck. I can't deny that I enjoy the drama more than I shouldAlternatively, I don't want the drama in my NBA team. If the headline was Knicks trade 4 first round picks for their star point guards boyfriend Mikal bridges reuniting the three Villanova Wildcat lovers I'd be totally outraged as the distractions it would create would be unprofessional
Thoughts?
I don't care much for the Drama or the non Caitlin Basketball. However, I love watching Caitlin play. She bring excitment like no other to me. Hopefully she's not injured the whole year this time.
It looks like the WNBA is finally trying to not allow her to be grabbed and held the entire time without getting calls.
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I watched some of one of the team USA games. Caitlin is clearly the most valuable player on that squad and yet they didn’t start her and her own coach took the ball out of hands. That league just can’t get out of its own way. It won’t be long before the wnba wags get their own realty tv show
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The first preseason game is today. Now that we are getting close to the season start I can give my honest opinion about the Fever team.I am not that impressed with the front office. We don't get anyone on good deals like the other good teams. Last season they signed a bunch of old players that clashed with Caitlins run and gun style. They got lucky the old players got injured so they replaced them with younger players.
It was reported the players told the FO to make sure they sign players that can handle the run and gun style this season. They did that but they signed a bunch of short guards. Now we are one of the smallest teams in the league. We did re-sign a lot of the good fitting players we got but Kelsey is on a super max so that limited us and next season AB will be on a super max. With Caitlin being up for a Max next season money is going to be short unless she takes a pay cut. SOme hard decisions will have to be made.
Our big free agent pickup was Mo Billings. She is mostly a role player but her chemistry was off the charts with Caitlin during the Team USA games. We kind of got lucky that AB got injured so Mo Billings took her spot so could see she worked so well with Caitlin. So even though she is a role player I expect her to help a lot. We drafted a really short guard but she is said to be the best defender in the draft. So lets see how that works out. There was more talented players there to be drafted but our front office sucks at drafts. Hopefully it works out this time.
Our 2nd round draft pick is who I have my eye on. She is a sniper and extremely tall. I think her position in the WNBA is PF. Her foot speed might be too slow to defend good 3's. She is a little thin to go against bruiser big. I guess you can say she was a 2nd rounder because she is a bit of a tweener right now. I like her potential though. She just needs to grow into a 4.