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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you need to look at viewership and game attendance and compare the two. Salaries for any players is dependent on income brought in, with a few standouts making (significantly) more.

Viewership and attendance to the WNBA is far less.[/quote]

This.

When the WNBA is bringing in as many viewers and attendance is as good as the NBA and the merch is flying off the shelves, salaries will increase.

If anyone can help increase viewership in the the WNBA, it would be Caitlin Clark.  [/quote]

WNBA hasn't been promoted or invested in nearly as much as the men's side. So the "they don't bring in viewers" line becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. [/quote]

Completely false. ESPN has tried to jam the WNBA down our throats for years.  They air WNBA during fantastic hours on major networks and have so for years, yet hardly anyone watches.

The women's game just sucks. They chuck 3s and do layups. No dunking. Less physical. And their free throwing is often atrocious.

Women's tennis, in contrast, is good to watch because they can rally very well and don't see so hard like the men do that your just not watching ace after ace. [/quote]

WNBA viewership is up 21%. The reason the WNBA is not making money is because they’re in a s****y contract with the media companies Who are making money off the WNBA. The contact ends in a year and they can renegotiate.[/quote]

Percent changes are relative to baselines.  If my baseline is low, a 21% change could be economically meaningless.

If I have 100 people watch wnba watch one year and 121 the next, wow big whoop 21% increase!!!

Meanwhile, if 1 million watch NBA one year and 1.05 million watch the next, it's only a 5% increase yet 50,000 more people watching NBA is much more important for a marketer than 21 people more watching the wnba.  Percent changes need to be taken with a grain of salt. [/quote]

One is growing exponentially and one is practically flatlining.

Men are so fragile when women are in their heals.[/quote]

The WNBA used to have much higher viewership when it started before it tailed off. The uptick you are describing is a recent phenomenon.[/quote]

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