WaltFrazier wrote:DreamTeam09 wrote:ForeverTFC wrote:
I do t think this is true. I posted an Athletic article a page back that said a few teams are profitable.
lol it was a buzz line that came out a few yrs ago that everyone seems to have run with.
I guess it's the league that has had a loss every year, as a whole. We'll see if the lady Raps can draw enough to make money. It would be good to get Natalie Achonwa and Kia Nurse on the team, and other Canadians.
There seems to be a bit of a pr war going on re salaries and the players’ cut of revenues.
You have intel coming out saying the league is doing better than public perception and that salaries account for less than 10% of league revenues.
https://frontofficesports.com/wnba-players-not-reaping-leagues-revenue-gains/
Then you have the other side no doubt supported by some owners that keeps repeating financials from before this period of growth along with the usual misogynistic tropes.
Makes it hard to rely on operating financials as a measure of the league’s performance. As I keep repeating the valuations are growing like crazy and that is public info. The window of opportunity where expansion fees are relatively low is going to close soon. It’s going to end up like MLS soccer. The expansion fee for TFC was $10 million. San Diego paid $500 million last year.