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FuzzyRabbit

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8. Misleading

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 10, 2022, 03:06 PM

Dec 2022

The MSN article contains this misleading statement:

WNBA players typically receive low pay in America compared to the millions they command playing overseas

This implies that many players make many millions. Not true. Only a small handful of top players make anything close to a million dollars overseas.

But some star players can make several times the $60-100,000 that they make playing in the US. So they go overseas in order to make a living playing ball.

Perhaps in another 25 years the WNBA will be on a more solid financial footing that it can pay the players what professional athletes everywhere else make.

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After Brittney Griner's detention and release, nearly half of WNBA players are still opting to play [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2022 OP

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My First Thought, Too! ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #11

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One Problem ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #12

Misleading FuzzyRabbit Dec 2022 #8

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