WNBA player Natasha Cloud says the WNBA needs to learn from a new women's basketball league called Unrivaled and they need to pay players a high salary.
Cloud commented at a press conference after a match for The Phantom, a newly formed three 3-3 league team. Unralied's schedule is intentionally made on an eight-week schedule during the WNBA offseason, giving 36 WNBA players the opportunity to play in the US rather than go abroad.
Overcomes the average salary $220,000 – Close to WNBA's maximum salary – Cloud said he believes the WNBA needs to get clues from the new league.
“We've grown so much.”
“I want Munyoung [money]and we want that now,” the player said after being asked what WNBA executives hoped they'd learn from the new league.
cloud continuation“I think we have done a really good job in the last few years, especially my 10 years of career. [WNBA]. We've grown so much, but there's still plenty of room to grow. Clearly, we're not only expanding on us, but prioritizing our players. ”
The 33-year-old continued to praise the new company to prioritize players and make them happy. She cited that if they could talk directly to league executives without having to go through their assistants, staff could jump in and say hello.
She added that she feels that others have set a league precedent on the whole.
However, the leagues are so different, so the devil is in the details of Cloud's demands. According to ESPNUnralied's eight-week season lacks one facility in Miami, serving just a dozen players, of course, in contrast to the WNBA, about four times the WNBA.
The WNBA also has to charter flights and pay for private planes for players to compete at various facilities around the country. This comes after athletes complained that star player Kate Linklark is receiving priority treatment despite being the biggest money maker in the league.
Most estimates, including previous reports by Blaze News, the WNBA lost its surroundings $40-50 million 2024, it was the most successful season in the league and the most fanfare.
Since the WNBA has never changed profits during its existence, it is always interesting to hear salaries compare to other leagues with very different business models.
The unparalleled boasts a star-studded list of investors. 2024Includes a series of delicate celebrities and businessmen.
Athletic investors include former women's soccer player and leftist activist Megan Rapinoe, fellow soccer star Alex Morgan, and former NBA players Carmelo Anthony and Steve Nash. LPGA Tour player Michelle Wie West and actor Ashton Kutcher were also listed as investors.
Belarusian business mogul Gary Weinerchuk, former ESPN President John Skipper and former President Turner David Levy concluded his list of supporters.
Combined with Unrivaled's roughly $8 million salary overhead and the maintenance costs of one facility, it could serve as a much better business model than the WNBA's operations, and could continue to provide the feed players to demand from the NBA's charity league.
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