The WNBA is GOING BANKRUPT 🚨
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- Опубликовано: 15 июн 2024
- #womensbasketball #wnba #womenssports
The WNBA is at an all time peak in viewership and fans, but they are losing more money then they’ve ever lost before, and could be going bankrupt. 
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I think it’s time for them to gain their independence and freedom from the NBA and show us how strong and independent they can be
Wnba fans thinking your comment is supporting them 😂
@@thechosen9799so true😂
😂😂😂 dats tough…
Who needs support from men, right? They are women and hear them roar...
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The WNBA is completely dependent on men, but blames men for their lack of success as a brand. It's like being married to a strong, independent women who don't need no man, but 100% does. Good luck navigating that.
Aka the modern woman in America
Uh....it has been a subsidized industry since the first jump ball 20 plus years ago.
Boom
Well if they can actually get women to watch it they'd be more profitable than the NBA That's the problem they need to find a way to get to their core audience and stop expecting men to be the ones to prop them up
Wnba exists to draw in female fans for the NBA and promote the sport in general. not to make money. Never was intended to be profitable. Derp.
No, CAITLIN CLARK has set viewership records. Not the WNBA.
You dont listing so good do ya? 😂😂 "even games that caitlin doesnt play have sold out games" 😂😂
@@thijstruyens3238it’s only cause she started playing though little bro. Use that 1 brain cell for once
@@thijstruyens3238 what WNBA games without Clark have set viewership records?
If they are smart they’ll do what my hometown team does. I’m from Ottawa and if you want to buy tickets for games against the leafs or canadiens you have to buy them in 3 game packs or stub hub scalpers
@@LordVulcan93 facts name q game caitling ain't in that sells out.
The wnba is the company a rich husband let's his wife have that makes no money
They should gain their independence from the league that started them and pours money into it at a loss for 23yrs. Now that it’s finally starting to make money for the NBA the owner of the WNBA it should leave?
Dumbest idea ever
@patr0n631 they still aren't making money though
@@JamenLS I know but it’s funded by the NBA so it’s a small percentage of the BILLIONS of profit from the NBA to run.
@patr0n631 yeah. The arrogance and entitlement would have me disband the W if I was in charge. I know it's business so you can't go off that but business-wise, I don't see a model of profit unless whole league is filled witj Cameron Brinks but it's not. Also women in general don't like watching sports and when they do, they watch the men
Have you ever thought about how the NBA is benefiting by supporting the WNBA? Those owners are billionaires, so they know something!
They should cut cost from hotel and flights simple. And these women want raises when their own league isn’t that profitable
It's not profitable at all losing millons every year is crazy any other business would have went down a long time ago. They are lucky they have NBA to prop them up or they wouldn't exist.
Hmm 🤔 think this has to do with the fact we wouldn’t let them start Leagues. How long has the nba existed ? ? These takes man
@alexromero2632 did u come with that all on your own?
Damn, treat them like WWF superstars during the house show days 😂
@@evp159google exists
The WNBA is a tax right off for the NBA😢
So called tax write offs only cover a small portion of the debt.
Just like our government... spending money they dont have 😂
Actually just like women 😂😂😂
Right. America don’t own nothing we owe them
@@ericlane132boy you said a mouth full there- fun fact: other countries like China and Canada
Maga logic never works. America is the largest gdp in the world. If yaw only saw how much china spends on their country and infrastructure compared to Americans. I swear this country is the only place where citizens cheer for their government to do nothing for them. Ahh I see you want another tax cut given by trump that put more debt on America than any prez in the past 50 years. Yes that helps us. Lmao 🤣
every year WNBA lose money, and they are still telking
'since its inception'
In 1996. Too bad you didn't mention that. People neeeed to know that the NBA has been burning their money on the WNBA for almost 30 years now.
Money Laundering 💀☠️
@@vana.johnson8845that part
“Burning” 0.5% of their revenue. Calm down drama queen or we’ll send you to the WNBA. ✂️ ✂️
@@AK-hw9ijright. They pay players more than that. It's not that much.
Welfare
It’s a charity case. It’s garbage and can’t survive on its own. NBA needs to cut the cord…
The NBA mascots makes more than the wnba players....Let that sink in
And water boys
Why? The mascots add value to profitable teams.
And WNBA players make more than us. I think they’ll survive.
Because the mascots and waterboys contribute more to the game of basketball than women do.
@@skatelifechewnba players make more money than some of us the people who go to college for engineering make more than wnba and so does lawyers and truck make more money than some wnba players not to mention someone i knows in the military makes more than the average wnba player and they offer you free education free housing for you and your family and have discounts on food where you live on base
The fact that they've been around for as long as they've been around and they haven't made a profit yet speaks volumes
So dumb its insane. Putting the cart before the horse.
They fjnally had a chance to be profitable for the FIRST TIME EVER.
Instead? Private chartered flights. Lmao
Maybe don't make such decisions until AFTER your new increased viewership leads to better TV deals
NBA needs to cut the cord
True but the NBA is making so much money 💰 that the $10 million they lose every year is just pocket change to them.
No way they'll do that. NBA and outside investors take 60% of the WNBAs revenue.
@@ranhill62 are you slow they are literally losing money they have no revenue. They pay out money for them to play every year and they are not making it back they have a $10 mil debt every year and this video was about that debt being bigger this year
Big company’s with woke dei agendas don’t care about making money. They already have enough. Just look at Disney. All of there woke trash is losing them money but they double down and shove more down our throats. Thats what happens when you have more money than you know what to do with you start influencing society with your world view.
If the NBA Cuts the Cord,the WNBA Will Immediately Fold.
They’ve been going bankrupt since year one.
Is not going bankrupt, it has been bankrupt since their inception.
Underrated and accurate comment 💪🏾
💯💯💯💯
How can they go bankrupt when the nba subsidizes for them every year.
Turning the WNBA into a Bravo reality show is the way to go.
Agreed, the most interesting thing about the WNBA is Caitlyn Clark and Angel Reese beef. I think more women would watch too if it had reality tv spin to it.
TLC
lmao
@@edgarrobles4827 Wait, you mean start the pregame show with their on camera spat, building up to a stadium lobby confrontation, with both players getting into a heated argument and only agreed to end it by settling it on the court? "I'm going to foul you so hard behind the refs, I'll be called technical but you know it's gonna be flagrant." "Yeah? Just watch me rain 3s before you even touch me."
Even deeper behind the scenes stuff, like having to compete for clothes at Big & Tall for Women.
Its the age of strong women, so let them fend for themselves. Let’s see how many women support it if the NBA cuts support.
I'm a woman and I watch the NBA but the WNBA is unwatchable
trash league can't even make a buck..
The worst WNBA player would still body you 1v1.
@@safekeeping2923 I know you're not talking to me.. I'm 6'2 50 years old can still dunk the basketball easily.. and I play 6 times a week. FOH
Totally Agree Never Watched It even With Katlin Clark 🏀😊
@@safekeeping2923 so what? They still don’t make any money and they act like Trash. What classless thugs celebrate whenever stupid Carter takes cheap shots at CC’s back? Yeah that’s right - another trashy thug, Angel Reese. You can take the girl out of the hood, but you sure can’t take the hood out of the girl.
@@hood_TheJokerdude dunking at that age and height is really impressive. Nice work😊
There isn’t enough fan base. Honestly the nba should stop funding it and let it float on its own
A subsidized league... yet they think they're hot shit...
They can cancel wnba now and nobody would notice
Not true not today at least a lot of good new talent it’s the veterans that screwed everything up because they don’t want to embrace the new gen
@@ChewbachiBULLSH*T!!! It has always been a subsidized platform from day one.
@@Chewbachiwell it would be noticed but no one will care
There’s only 10-12 teams and all their players are insufferable people who try to act like men.
Someone is stealing 😂
They been in the negative since the beginning
WNBA players asking for more pay, not realizing that their bosses are losing millions. Lmao someone tag kelcey plum in this video.
They lose money every year
These chicks can’t understand what their meal ticket is. The only relevant WNBA player is CC
That’s silly she is the only relevant player that hasn’t won anything at this level? Then how are they still losing 50m if she is so popular it takes a league and honestly real wnba fans are checking out because of the wave of racist people supporting clark
@@deeetsWhat about the racist girls in the WNBA hating on her
@@deeets”real wnba fans” how does one quantify such a general statement?
@@2CanSam1000 explain the racism make sure it’s the correct definition of the word
@@renkane3086 easy to say no one else is relevant let’s you know he or she just started watching the league! She is the most popular at this point but the only relevant player who leads the league in turnovers and barley shoots 34% from 3 she has no mid range pull up can’t get to the basket that often and has questionable handles yea ok! It’s very easy to tell especially the comment above about racism that’s absurd
Men always footing the bill
Wish the NBA would drop them, only Caitlin is watchable. The rest are whiny batches
Only way that would happen is if the NBA went bankrupt
If they’ve lost an avg of 10 million a year since 1996, they’ve lost 270 million dollars. Over a quarter of a billion dollars wasted on subpar basketball. Wow.
Wcw lost $62.3 million their last year of business nba cut the cord on the g leauge team they operated not good for the WNBA
They won’t make money for viewership this year. They’ll use viewership numbers when renegotiating their contracts next year/ in the future.
Yes, but imagine having a business that loses money for 20 years
I feel like this point is being overlooked. They’d need to continue to put up numbers and negotiate a much higher tv deal before they see significant money from this entire thing. Attendance is way up, viewership is up, and so are jersey sales so there are signs of things trending favorably
The reason they're losing money is their TV deal doesn't match their viewership now..they have more viewers than the NHL im pretty sure now
The WNBA finally has a star that people want to watch and all the other players hate her because of jealousy, how stupid
The desperate promotion of them in recent times is nauseating and cringy. They’re saying the most outlandish things to promote them 😂
It will never go bankrupt as long as the NBA supports it. It’s a charity league.
I hope the Rock Dwayne Johnson also produces the "Who Killed the WNBA" series
They need to hold 2 5-minute quarter games and air them just before a regular season nba game, and see if that will raise viewership, sort of like an opening act to the headliner. Or they need to tie the games in together somehow. Put it as the half time show. Half time is 15-mins. Extend it to 20mins and put 2 5-minute quarters within that time for the WNBA. A mini-series during halftime instead of a performer and long commercials. Sure the audience might be on their bathroom and food run, but there will still be a TV audience.
If they lower the rim to 8 feet, be more interesting, and they will be able
to dunk
@@dr.rockzo lol cheeky
You can't go bankrupt if you never had money to start with
There's no such a thing as "could go bankrupt" once the league's existence depends on NBA money, it is and it was always one call away from extinction.
They had the opportunity to showcase their saviour at the Olympics. The eyes that would have watched the players from the WNBA would be in the millions. They deserve to go bankrupt. The NBA should stop bailing them out year after year. They don’t appreciate the NBA’s help. They cry for more.
And now the step on their cash cow.
It's about to get worse I am not buying any nba or wnba products ever again
I’m sure she has a lawyer to help make sure she gets paid for her contract but she’s not being fouled she’s being assaulted. I’m pretty sure if she chooses to she can collect her contract money then sue the WNBA out of existence
Their add revenue made off of games hasn’t changed yet. I believe they still make add revenue based on previous seasons viewership, not this years. I could be wrong. But once they can negotiate new ad deals, based off this seasons viewership numbers, it should go up a lot. I could be wrong but that’s what makes sense to me
Adam silver is actually an alien
Right now people are going to the games and watching them more than they were. But when the Kaitlyn Clark thing calms down or when she quits or retires, it will go back to being absolutely nothing again.
Feminists: "Men should support more women's sports!!!!!!"
Fans: "Why don't more women support it then?"
Feminists: ~crickets~
Kaitlyn has brought some class to the WNBA. Too bad Adam Silver can't promote his way out of a paper bag.
The NBA is so popular, he couldn't FIU if he tried! He probably costs the NBA $10M/Yr...
Which would go virtually unnoticed, so profitable it is. The WNBA can't gross enough to lose much more than that (other than inflated salaries). The WNBA example should tell US Women's Soccer to STFU.
That all pales in comparison to how the WNBA handles their ONE (1) current superstar. So poorly, poison chemistry from her own teammates. She pays half the leagues salaries just from endorsements
Huh?
NBA has reached record low viewership due to Silver & Lebron. I didn't watch a single finals game this season.
Caitlin is pure classy and I'm able to say that about Michael Jordan too cause I'm not racist. I didn't see people knocking tiger Woods around when he dominate the golfing game. It definitely let you know who's racist and who's not doesn't it. If you take offense to this who cares, you're not the solution, you're the problem.
At the end of the day it is a business. Millions might seem like a lot, but not to people making billions
WNBA need to audit their spending, it’s actually insane to have the chartered jets whilst losing money 😂 That is expensive fr
They will start to make money when playoff ad revenue takws off. Most of their games are not even televised. So the more sell outs, the more tv will become interested means more revenue. It will take another year or more if they continue with this momentum.
Ridiculous. They’re talking about making 7 billion on their next TV deal. It’s a good long term investment that is gaining traction.
Are you saying the WNBA are looking to sell their tv rights for 7 billion? Have you lost your mind?
Cause of Caitlin Clark the WNBA popularity is on the rise again...
The wnba isn’t going bankrupt. They’ve been losing millions every year since it’s been a thing. The nba eats those losses
They want a raise, naw .
They want an increase in their allowance.
They’re already bankrupt, the NBA just bails them out every year 😂
I’ve never seen more than five minutes of the WNBA and I never will
It’s like this every year, the NBA picks up the tab. This isn’t news, it isn’t even new.
It’s like watching children play on one of those plastic child hoops you get from Walmart.
"It may have something to do with the fact teams are now chartering private flights" "But theres no way it accounts for a 40 mill diff" So it doesnt have to do with chartered flights at all wth
The WNBA is like paying alimony to your ex who did absolutely nothing while you were together.
I would go blind rather than watching them WNBA
Them getting chartered makes sense. U remember a few years ago there were players at the airport sleeping all night due to delayed flights. They slept very little and had a game to prepare for. It was a mess.
As soon as they smell the coins, they started writing checks they can't cash. Those women want to live the NBA life just like their male counterparts. Jealousy and greed will destroy The WNBA
If they go bankrupt, they'll be begging for donations and the nba again.
WNBA has NEVER carried itself. With Caitlin Clark rookie helping tremendously but wasteful spending doesn't help. $350 per person flights compared to $3500 private jets fly commercial.
The WNBA will survive so long as it serves a purpose for the NBA; namely, a LOSS leader. The NBA can use these losses by the WNBA to improve its balance sheet via write offs. This is the reason the WNBA is still around plus it keeps arenas and staff working.....
The WNBA needs to play like a high school JV. Before every men’s game.
Dude that runs the NBS looks like an alien for sure
I can't believe the WNBA is this close to being profitable
They wanna keep living from men's hard earned money.
They haven't turned a profit in 25yrs. They been bankrupt for a long time
Going...WNBA has never made money. Players say they want to be paid like the men. What a joke. Each woman player costs the NBA about $80k/year.
The women of America need to be told ....support this league because we are going to wind down the support from the male league.
It basically is bankrupt but at the same time can't go bankrupt
Don’t be stupid, if you read any given full article on the topic the 50 mil is easily explained and has nothing to do with 2 teams having private jets. It’s actually a sign of improvement. Because they cleared millions the NBA collected for the first time in a long time on the money they subsidized the w with
The marketing department in the wnba is bad really bad
It's about time the WNBA goes under.
They just started breaking records lmfao how fast do you think turn around is. 😂
Fans show solidarity for Miss Clark. That's how I see it.
Best news in 2024 , I can finally stop cooking eggs and get some peace of mind😂
Amazon was profitable until it wasn't. It's a marathon not a sprint
With the 150 million given for Toronto franchise, it should change that
The NBA won't let it go down
Still waiting for the reason it's going bankrupt.
And the hilarious part of this whole ordeal is that just a few months ago the WNBA commissioner said they’re considering parting ways from the NBA and be a standalone entity without the NBA😂💀
I can only imagine the illegal 💩 you would find in a league audit
Nothing about this makes any sort of sense. By every report i can find they haven't been that far off from profit in reason years. 10-20 million isnt a lot. Now in a year that their blowing away any past numbers and even being able to raise prices in some places, some how they are in a bigger hole? Charter flights only account for 25 million a year. This year they're looking to be bringing in well over 400 million. To put that into perspective, they have never brought in 300 million. The math isnt mathing.
I’d love for them to end WNBA just to see the online meltdown from twitter. 😂
Why can’t the WNBA be run like the G-League financially, with the explicit goal of sending players overseas, having tiered teams, and being a part of the FIBA World Cup?
It’s all about TV money and companies lining up behind them for commercials when they are playing. They play on ESPN and NBAtv besides the ticket sales
12 teams x 40 games x $30k private charter = $14.5 million
Who cares if your selling out games when your tickets are $2 a pop
They've been bankrupt every year since they started
They’re getting so much publicity. They’re not going anywhere. This is a well orchestrated ploy to get idiots who have NO interest in basketball and more interest in drama to watch the game.
It’s a scam to refuse to pay them
So WNBA stands for Welfare National Basketball League.😮