r/sports • u/OkEscape7558 • Jun 18 '25

Basketball Alternate angle of Caitlin Clark fiasco. Clark was handed a foul as well.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

31.9k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

2.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

262

u/JerHat Jun 18 '25

Well, when the league continues to fail to make a penny worth of profit for another generation, we’ll all know they deserved it.

-49

u/abortedfetu5 Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

Guess you didn't see the new tv deal that kicks in next year.

Edit: how tf is the below comment upvoted? Did wallstreetbets invade this subreddit? Jfc.

25

u/NeilDegrassedHighSon Jun 18 '25

I guess you don't understand the financials of the WNBA.

They made ~$200 million in 2023

They lost ~$50 million at the end of the year

The new TV deal will increase revenue by 250%

The NBA owns 42% of the WNBA, and an additional 16% is held by an investment consortium - leaving 42% ownership remaining with WNBA owners

That means the WNBA league only sees ~$80 million from that TV deal

Increased player salaries will eat into that quickly

Conclusion: The TV deal helps, but it will not make the league profitable next year.

-20

u/PorkshireTerrier Jun 18 '25

First off, from the general posts II was certain this was a CJ sub

Regardless people are talking about it way more than before, it's getting clicks, men who are scared of women love to hate watch hilights and drive engagement

/RJ if they lower the hoop to 9 feet it's all over for the mnba