Alex Falcone
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Wednesday 17 April 2024 19:57:31 GMT
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Alice :
Yet when I tried to buy tix to the Mystics-Fever game the cheapest were $360. Somebody is getting rich off these women.
2024-04-18 02:36:01
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M :
My 75-yr-old mom said they were only allowed to dribble twice and then had to pass according to the rules in HS.
2024-04-17 22:14:38
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Ann DeMauro-Pineda :
My mom was the first women in NYS to ever half court a ball. They made her do it over and over because they kept calling it a fluke. It was the 50s so she never got to play pro.
2024-04-17 20:07:33
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texanmom :
Also… was it not that popular of a sport, or was it never given the advertising budget, sponsors, marketing, infrastructure investment, etc…
2024-04-18 13:06:24
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Mon :
an actual fun fact - Australia's women's soccer team the Matildas broke national TV viewing records in the recent world cup semi final
2024-04-18 11:45:55
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siren1919 :
And then you hear stories like youth girls basketball teams winning tournaments only to be told they are banned and the 2nd place boys team got the medals!
2024-04-18 03:49:02
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bellsybeth :
in middle school i told my grandma about playing bball in PE, and she said she and the other girls weren’t even *allowed* to do that in PE when she was a kid
2024-04-17 21:29:50
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katierhodes48 :
my aunt was on the first ever collegiate women’s basketball team in my state. she’s 60.
2024-04-18 00:37:46
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Stayccoob :
Also, there are 1335 MBA games a year; 239 WMBA. Comparing Rev doesn’t make sense. The WMBA needs more teams to reach the rev.
2024-04-17 22:44:12
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Annette Mullaney (ho_grammer) :
My grandma’s told me in hs in the 50s they weren’t allowed to play full-court basketball, just half, out of concern for their uteruses
2024-04-18 04:59:06
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Victoria Ying :
I don’t know why I came to the comments knowing full well it was going to be bleak
2024-04-17 21:13:03
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Lmnop :
I remember we had to take written tests about basketball in gym while the boys were playing away. We had to learn how many bumps are on a ball 😤 IN 2000!!!!
2024-04-18 04:27:45
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AJB :
I think it’s important to note this isn’t just Caitlin. It’s all of the top 4 women drafted. I get she has changed the sport in an amazing way but it’s important to note those who came b4& there now.
2024-04-17 23:07:59
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A Schultz :
Highest paid player in 1950 was 15k. Which is like $200k in today money. Maybe it takes time to build a super popular sport?
2024-04-18 19:11:03
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🐧 :
"also known as the men's WNBA" 😭😭😭😭😭
2025-04-23 23:10:57
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Archie788 :
girls high school basketball was huge in the 20s. There was a national championship tournament that got big billing in newspapers.
2024-04-18 14:16:29
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Spennyt 🇵🇸 :
One thing that basically no one brings up is that the W’s rev share is horrible. NBA’s split is 50% player 50% owner, the W is just 20% player
2024-04-18 08:01:10
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Chx2 :
I mean, they are right. It is basic economics. The same thing happened to Shaq, his paycheck as a rookie was small..But of course as the sport gets more eyes, that changes
2024-04-18 12:58:40
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yallsostoopid :
Every time someone says "it's basic economics" or "it's just econ 101" is a tell on how much they don't know or understand
2024-04-18 14:47:12
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Non-your business :
Not sure what this has to do with what the WMBA salary. I would ask you if Clarke would get a $10 million contract who would pay that salary?
2024-04-30 23:41:17
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solventbigdaddy :
Nothing you said about the past has any bearing on the present. The money is just not there to pay more, maybe in the future as interest grows it will be different.
2024-04-19 13:21:45
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BirdsArentReal :
the wnba doesn't turn a profit and is subsidized 100% by the NBA tho, right? am I wrong there cuz I'm not that well educated on this
2024-05-08 05:05:53
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metalmade1 :
Why don’t they do more equitable payments like what US soccer started. I get NBA draws huge crowds/sponsorships, but let’s spread the love!
2024-04-18 21:19:49
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Just some guy :
Sooo, when was the last time you bought a WNBA ticket? Or bought a WNBA jersey? Or spent any of your money on anything WNBA related?
2024-07-04 01:01:42
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Capablehuman :
I am so furious at how pathetically low wmba players are paid and furious HOW much nba players make. No sports man needs to make millions of dollars a year.
2024-04-18 10:24:28
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