***WOMEN'S HOOPS THREAD*** Gold medal game: SUN, 08/11 @ 9:30am EST. Going for 8TH STRAIGHT GOLD!

[amitt5504]

Puerto Rican Drunkcess smh Plum tricked that entire game off

Also Kizer should’ve kept this up lol cuz she sholl could’ve used some W G League time

 

[pmatic]

Spoiler

WNBA’s media rights deals set league up to receive $2.2 billion over next 11 years

The WNBA’s next national media rights package has come into shape. The league is set to receive roughly $2.2 billion over the next 11 years in rights fees in its new deals — an average of $200 million a year — with an opening to earn more over that period, according to league sources briefed on the contracts.

The NBA negotiated the WNBA’s new deals during its just-completed rights talks, where it reached an agreement with Disney, NBC and Amazon on an 11-year, approximately $75 billion set of contracts. The WNBA’s national media rights agreements are with those companies as well; ESPN, NBC and Amazon will all have their own WNBA packages.

The NBA’s board of governors approved those media rights deals Tuesday but they are not yet official since Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of TNT, maintains that it has matching rights for a NBA rights package but has not yet decided whether to exercise them.

The WNBA’s current media deals, valued at roughly $50 million annually, are set to expire after the 2025 season, with Disney, Ion, CBS and Amazon as its media partners. The new rights fees could have as much as six times multiple of the league’s current media rights fees since the new deals leave room for the WNBA to bring in new partners. The league anticipates it will sell two other rights packages in addition to the ones it has already made agreements for, and projects to bring in another $60 million annually in total in those additional deals.

That would help the WNBA ride the wave of increased interest and media spending in the league and across women’s sports. The NWSL began a new media rights deal this year that is supposed to pay it $240 million over four years. The WNBA’s next contracts could surpass that annually, even outpacing commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s hopes for the league. She said earlier this year she wanted to at least double the WNBA’s rights fees.

The WNBA will exceed that. It has also built in some measure of protection if the WNBA keeps flourishing and its rights become undervalued. There is an agreement between the league and the media partners to revisit the rights deals with good faith talks after three years that could reprice them to reflect the league’s growth.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[Cashflow]

 

[pmatic]

Potential fireworks.

 

[Public Enemy]

 

[Cashflow]

The Sun needs a scorer in the worst way. Dewanna reminds me of Andrew Wiggins. You just never know which player and level of effort you’re going to get game to game. Dijonai can’t hit a layup. AT always assist hunting. I hate Ty Harris’ game so I hope she finds a permanent seat on the bench,

I don’t understand this move for the Sky unless they’re trying to tank the season

 

[dacomeup]

I applaud the pettiness on both sides

The petty here is hilarious

 

[dacomeup]

I don’t understand this move for the Sky unless they’re trying to tank the season

They’re definitely taking for Paige

 

[dacomeup]

Fever should’ve called for this price. Might’ve been able to swing a 3 team and send Na’Lyssa elsewhere and not having to give up the 2025 1

 

[Cashflow]

They’re definitely taking for Paige

Monica McNutt and friends are going to be upset their ROY is whoever makes the playoffs take is out the window now.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Huge get for the sun.

 

[Public Enemy]

 

[Public Enemy]

Mabrey had some nice handles but she had an atrocious shot selection the last month or two. It was so so so bad. Made me mad.

 

[HIM]

Marina said enough with the statpadding, get me
Outta here

 

[dman14]

Marina a scrappy player. If her shot is going down, she will be a great addition.

 

[amitt5504]

Sun was on fraud alert after this current stretch. EYE understand

 

[sneaksoy]

Fever should’ve called for this price. Might’ve been able to swing a 3 team and send Na’Lyssa elsewhere and not having to give up the 2025 1

Sun looking good out of this - if Chicago is going for the tank, that ‘25 second round pick only gonna be like three or four slots behind the Sun’s first rounder. And the swap in ‘26 looks unlikely, which makes this basically Mabrey for two bench players?

 

[Cashflow]

I don’t see how the Sky will manage to be worst than ATLANTA, LA & WASHINGTON for that automatic number one.

Chennedy is going to win them some games by herself.

Out of all the options, I hope the Sparks end up with Paige!

Paige & Brinky

 

[Cashflow]

Sun sold high on that Rachel girl. She set that off the bench 3s record and they moved her out of there expeditiously.

 

[dacomeup]

Marina said enough with the statpadding, get me
Outta here

She probably not happy to be moving on from her boo though

 

[Cashflow]

 

[HIM]

That’s funny cuz I thought Angel and Chen were dating

I wounder if it’s tougher dating a teammeate or opponent

 

[amitt5504]

O/U the amount of games til DiJonai and Mabrey scrap