KevFu
Registered User
The G-League makes an estimated $200 million per year in revenue. They also have a set salary of $40k per player (2 way guys and call ups make more because of their NBA income).
The WNBA on a $60 million revenue has a league minimum salary of $62k, 55% more than the G-League's set salary.
The G-League is 30 teams, playing 50 games each (and G stands for naming sponsor Gatorade)
So that's 750 games vs the 12-team WNBA playing 216 total games (For the last year we have revenues for, it's increased to 40 this season).
So the WNBA plays 29% of the games, and makes 30% of the revenue. They're doing just fine.
The NBA also pays a portion of player salaries (up to four players on two-way contracts).
No one is against the WNBA or any other women's league. What they are against is the players calling the economic realities of the leagues a product of sexism. The WNBA doesn't have charter flights because the league has never made a profit in 20+ years and can't afford it, not because they're women.
That's valid. But you're not chatting about it with WNBA players, you're chatting about it with me, who's said no such thing.