Sports World Reacts To WNBA Salary Suggestion
Do WNBA players deserve higher salaries?
NO!
There’s been a lot of talk about raising the salaries of WNBA players, especially following the Brittney Griner situation in Russia. Griner, like many of her colleagues, played overseas to make more money in the offseason.
In the early days of pro-sports leagues, the players WORKED other jobs. It is part of growing the league/sport.
“FYI this league LOSES money. The players don’t deserve more, they actually deserve less from an economic standpoint. The games only average 5,600 paid (not actual seats filled) attendance. It’s fine to supplement the league if the owners want to but don’t say it’s DESERVED…” one fan added.
I agree!
“The NBA brings in $7.4 billion/year The WNBA brings in $60 million/year Only way they gonna make more is if WNBA can actually bring in money,” one fan added.
So the WNBA brings in 0.8% that the NBA does (even with NBA subsidies).
According to google, the average NBA salary in 2021 was $8.5 Million. (0.11486% of revenue per player.)
According to google, the average WNBA salary in 2022 was $102,751 (0.17125% of revenue per player.)
So they are on average getting a bigger share of revenue that the NBA player does… and they think they “DESERVE” more?
Should WNBA players make higher salaries?
Without them doing MORE to attract fans, improve the game, increase merchandise sales, etc…. HELL NO!
They are already overpaid for what they are producing. At 0.11486% of revenue per player, the wnba player on average should only be getting $70K.
If the WNBA only brings in 0.8% of the revenue, then their salaries should be: