CC might be getting a lot of rest and time to heal as it looks like a lockout for next season is looking like it's more likely than not now.
The WNBA players turned down an offer that would quadruple the salaries they currently make. That means rookies would make about $300k (up from about $76k) and a max contract would be about $1 million (up from $250k). Players want a 50% revenue share like the NBA, the problem is the WNBA only owns 42% of the league. The NBA and private investors account for the rest as the price the league had to pay to stay afloat as the NBA has subsidized the WNBA for decades and even with that private investors had to step in with a cash infusion.
A 4x pay raise seems more than reasonable to me for a league that has never turned a profit. It falls in line with the new media rights deal that is going to $260m, up from $60m.
We all know who is responsible for that media rights increase and the league is one more season or career ending injury from going under. I would assume there would be an "opt out" clause for the new media deal after a year or 2 and even with her current injury you can see the ratings slide the longer she has been out (if you can even find the ratings now, seems like they are intentionally hard to find these days).
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