Caitlin Clark salary going viral
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Ok so you have no problem that she profits on endorsements when someone already paved the way for her.
If she’s a great wnba player and the organization and the league start making money, she will pave the way for others to make more money. Including her.
They can’t just give her a crap load of money because she has a following. The league has rules and regulations.
This isn’t like being a social media influencer.
1. CC will do fine, at least in the near term until she is essentially assimilated by the Borg/black hole that is the WNBA. Thankfully, she seems to have a decent head on her shoulders and so hopefully she will invest wisely.
2. The WNBA as a going concern is not exactly a great investment, and would be worse if it were not propped up by the NBA. Poor businesses generally don't pay exaggerated salaries to their employees, no matter how much their employees may believe in the labor theory of value. It is, for all intents and purposes, a charitable endeavor.
3. If you really want to ponder a truly bizarre diminution of value curve, consider the following. The value of the 200th best (median NBA male) basketball player in the world is in the range of $4-5MM per year. The value of, say, the 500th best (male) basketball player in the world (i.e., playing in the G league) is about $40k per year. Interestingly, the annual revenue of the G league and the WNBA is about the same ($200MM). Maybe it's not actually the WNBA rookie that's underpaid. Or at worst, taking into account revenue per player, maybe the WNBA player is being paid just about right.
2. The WNBA as a going concern is not exactly a great investment, and would be worse if it were not propped up by the NBA. Poor businesses generally don't pay exaggerated salaries to their employees, no matter how much their employees may believe in the labor theory of value. It is, for all intents and purposes, a charitable endeavor.
3. If you really want to ponder a truly bizarre diminution of value curve, consider the following. The value of the 200th best (median NBA male) basketball player in the world is in the range of $4-5MM per year. The value of, say, the 500th best (male) basketball player in the world (i.e., playing in the G league) is about $40k per year. Interestingly, the annual revenue of the G league and the WNBA is about the same ($200MM). Maybe it's not actually the WNBA rookie that's underpaid. Or at worst, taking into account revenue per player, maybe the WNBA player is being paid just about right.
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Do you like your Lindell pillow?
How many Ron Paul sponsored stock certificates do you own?
Do you snack on 4Patriots survivalist food while you are listening to short wave radio?
What ever happened to Sebastian Gorka?
WNBA ticket sales are going crazy already because of her. Las Vegas rented a 20,000 seat arena for her game because their 12,000 seat arena was selling our before the draft. When they play at MN tickets are going for over $230 on average for that game, normal tickets go for $45. Courtside seats $1400. The list goes on and on. Not sure it's sustainable but season one is going to be crazy.
Tickets for Caitlin Clark's first game against Minnesota Lynx starting above $200
If you want to catch Caitlin Clark's first pro game against the Minnesota Lynx this summer, be prepared to shell out some major cash.
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The Caitlin Clark Effect Hits WNBA Ticket Prices
Caitlin Clark hasn’t been drafted to the WNBA, but teams and resellers are already jacking up ticket prices as they prepare for her arrival.
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Here’s the ticket data broken down by team for all 19 Fever away games (all listed before fees):
- Atlanta Dream: Single-game tickets are not available yet, but the StubHub get-in prices are $133 and $144 for games on June 21 and Aug. 26.
- Chicago Sky: $125 for Fever games on June 23 and Aug. 30. When the reigning champion Aces come to town, tickets are $25.
- Connecticut Sun: $88.09 and $71.45 for Fever games on May 14 and June 10.
- Dallas Wings: Single-game tickets are not available yet, but the StubHub get-in prices are $140 and $119 for games on July 17 and Sept. 1.
- Las Vegas Aces: $108.07 for the May 25 game at their usual arena. Tickets for the Aces usually start at $15, including for the T-Mobile Arena game against the Fever, and the team has already sold out five games this season, including the Fever.
- Los Angeles Sparks: The Sparks have excluded the Fever matchup from ticket availability for the games scheduled for Cal State–Long Beach.
- Minnesota Lynx: Single-game tickets are not available yet, but the StubHub get-in prices are $189 and $210 for games on July 14 and Aug. 24.
- New York Liberty: $88.35 and $115.67 for Fever games on May 18 and June 2. Tickets for Liberty games usually start at $33.85.
- Phoenix Mercury: $109 for the June 30 game against the Fever. Mercury tickets usually start at $23.
- Seattle Storm: Single-game tickets are not available yet, but tickets for both the May 22 and June 27 games against the Fever have a get-in price of $51 on StubHub.
- Washington Mystics: Only one standard ticket is available as of Wednesday afternoon for the two Fever games in Washington, and it costs $600. The cheapest Mystics games have tickets listed at $20.
if you think that's going to be sustainable, you should absolutely hop on stub hub right now. But secondary market speculation can be a real bitch.WNBA ticket sales are going crazy already because of her. Las Vegas rented a 20,000 seat arena for her game because their 12,000 seat arena was selling our before the draft. When they play at MN tickets are going for over $230 on average for that game, normal tickets go for $45. Courtside seats $1400. The list goes on and on. Not sure it's sustainable but season one is going to be crazy.
Tickets for Caitlin Clark's first game against Minnesota Lynx starting above $200
If you want to catch Caitlin Clark's first pro game against the Minnesota Lynx this summer, be prepared to shell out some major cash.
The Caitlin Clark Effect Hits WNBA Ticket Prices
Caitlin Clark hasn’t been drafted to the WNBA, but teams and resellers are already jacking up ticket prices as they prepare for her arrival.
Here’s the ticket data broken down by team for all 19 Fever away games (all listed before fees):
- Atlanta Dream: Single-game tickets are not available yet, but the StubHub get-in prices are $133 and $144 for games on June 21 and Aug. 26.
- Chicago Sky: $125 for Fever games on June 23 and Aug. 30. When the reigning champion Aces come to town, tickets are $25.
- Connecticut Sun: $88.09 and $71.45 for Fever games on May 14 and June 10.
- Dallas Wings: Single-game tickets are not available yet, but the StubHub get-in prices are $140 and $119 for games on July 17 and Sept. 1.
- Las Vegas Aces: $108.07 for the May 25 game at their usual arena. Tickets for the Aces usually start at $15, including for the T-Mobile Arena game against the Fever, and the team has already sold out five games this season, including the Fever.
- Los Angeles Sparks: The Sparks have excluded the Fever matchup from ticket availability for the games scheduled for Cal State–Long Beach.
- Minnesota Lynx: Single-game tickets are not available yet, but the StubHub get-in prices are $189 and $210 for games on July 14 and Aug. 24.
- New York Liberty: $88.35 and $115.67 for Fever games on May 18 and June 2. Tickets for Liberty games usually start at $33.85.
- Phoenix Mercury: $109 for the June 30 game against the Fever. Mercury tickets usually start at $23.
- Seattle Storm: Single-game tickets are not available yet, but tickets for both the May 22 and June 27 games against the Fever have a get-in price of $51 on StubHub.
- Washington Mystics: Only one standard ticket is available as of Wednesday afternoon for the two Fever games in Washington, and it costs $600. The cheapest Mystics games have tickets listed at $20.
Also, note that the League benefits very little from stubhub, so even accepting some short term spike in prices, it doesn't necessarily translate to long term league revenue growth unless the league thinks it's sustainable enough to raise prices 'next year'.
BTW, a word of caution. The Mystics stadium is not exactly in the best part of town, and that's saying something given that the Wizards' stadium is quickly becoming not the best part of town.
Remind me again who which woman basketball player paved the way for her with huge endorsements based upon merit and not sex appeal? And, as stated above, I understand the framework of existing contracts. My point is that the assumptions supporting the math forming the basis of the collective bargaining agreement are no longer - or likely no longer - applicable. The league will have a huge windfall. I am curious what they will do with it. In a vacuum, they would pocket it. With this glaring spotlight on the league and Caitlin, I just wonder what kind of fairy dust - if any - will be sprinkled around. Probably none. But it will be interesting, nevertheless, to see what happens.
Remember when bOTH siDEs considered OiT the board's wacky conspiracy nut? Now he barely stands out from the mainstream GOP.
It'd be funny if the implications weren't so troubling for the collective country.
Not bad pay for what, 5 months out of the year and coming from a company/league constantly losing money.
Sure tickets to games this year to see Caitlin will be a lot but they will decline. Especially if she doesn’t excel and is another lame wnba player.
Sure tickets to games this year to see Caitlin will be a lot but they will decline. Especially if she doesn’t excel and is another lame wnba player.
You could become president in November and I my brain wouldn't be as fried as your broseph.
You need to see a doctor and get rid of it...whatever "it" you have.
I saw someone else post this on here before (can't remember the poster). He gets to the WNBA around the 1 min mark.
I said I'm not sure it's sustainable, and don't worry I'm not heading to the Mystics game anytime soon. Was just passing along the facts that season one is getting crazy is all. Also 36 of her 40 games are already nationally televised which destroys the previous seasons.
No big deal though.
Most people don't feel as miserable as oit and the maga's. Right wing talking points.
Ask me how many times I've ever seen a dem call chis out for dumb shit on this board.
Just imagine if families take their kids to these games for the first time ever and love it and buy season tickets for years to come. Never know I guess.
Ask me how many times I’ve ever seen whiskeydelta call Scruddy or NorthernHawkeye for dumb shit on this board.
^This. Caitlin knew when she declared for the draft that her WNBA salary would essentially be her “walking around” money. That salary is likely a fraction of just her annual investment income alone not to mention all of her other income streams. If it isn’t something is terribly wrong.
I'm not sure how that is relevant to my post. Perhaps as an exchange, you can explain the relevance and I'll ask you your desired question?
I'll start: How many times have you ever seen a dem call chis out for dumb shit on this board?
0.
And the relevance of that is, this board does not police its extremes in any way.
Allegedly FOX and ESPN were putting together a $5,000,000 deal to entice her to return for her extra Covid year.
? I do not see anything with Scruddy or NorthernHawkeye. Unless here4aday is them? I don’t know who has multiple names in this place.
It is what it is man. I'll shit in my hands and clap the first time a dem actually sits him down and tells him to knock off his nonsense.
I just laugh when people talk about "ryans" as if chis isn't the lefts version of Q and they dont sit and drink it all day.
I doubt the WNBA will ever have the potential to grow more than what they are experiencing right at this moment.
So they better figure out a way to maximize everything in front of them.
And if the current players know what's good for them, they'll protect the most valuable asset they'll ever have.
So they better figure out a way to maximize everything in front of them.
And if the current players know what's good for them, they'll protect the most valuable asset they'll ever have.
Well, this was before your time on the board. But through the Bush and Obama years, OiT was considered - by both sides, liberal or conservative - to be crazy, nutty, wacky, basically a friendlier version of Qanon before Qanon was a thing. This of course also fit with the broader political landscape as well, besides some fringe ideas like birtherism, OiT did not represent the mainstream pre-2015 GOP.
And now OiT is basically mainstream GOP, his second post in this thread could have came straight from a Trump rally or a random congressman. The point being that the GOP via the MAGA movement has loosened its grip on reality and joined OiT where he's been for years. The point of my post was not intended to have anything to do with with how this board policies extremes - whatever that may mean. Which of course is why I was confused by why you wanted to be asked about chis.
I would say this is accurate. The thing two things OIT posted that sent my anger into orbit were calling 9/11 and sandyhook hoaxes. Other stuff like contrails are adorably stupid.
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I believe this and CC would have been a bargain at $5 million. FOX had an Iowa game on every Saturday once football season was over this past year. She should have stayed at Iowa. Nobody would have blamed her given the black hole the WNBA is. Oh wait, yeah, the line of haters would have been long.
Did you cry this much when lebron was greatly underpaid as well.
He even went to a league that was profitable and had a similar following.
His high school was setting all sorts of attendance records while he was playing.
Fans went to NBA games to see him play.
I’m guessing you weren’t crying because he wasn’t a white women from Iowa.
I wasn't "crying" because Lebron wasn't a white woman for Iowa. Nice take.
