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WNBA is now set to begin fully chartered private flights for the entire league
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:07 pm
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This is definitely the civil rights movement of our time to get behind.
This is definitely the civil rights movement of our time to get behind.
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The WNBA plans to commit $50 million over the next two years to provide full-time charter flight service for its teams during the season, the league's commissioner announced Tuesday in a move that addresses years of player safety concerns.
Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a meeting with sports editors that the league will launch a charter program "as soon as we can get planes in places." She said it's projected to cost around $25 million per year for the next two seasons.
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That means no more long security lines, bodyguards in public spaces, cramped legroom or layovers for the professional athletes who have been lobbying for better travel since long before Caitlin Clark's celebrity brought newfound interest to the league.
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Most importantly, Lynx forward Napheesa Collier says, it means safety for the players.
"All these players and these faces are becoming so popular that it really is about that as much as it as about recovery," Collier said, noting how last season Brittney Griner was harassed by what the WNBA called a "provocateur" while traveling commercial.
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Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:15 pm to tiggerthetooth
Is the NBA paying for this?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:15 pm to tiggerthetooth
Should read the NBA plans to fork over an extra $50M
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:16 pm to tiggerthetooth
Guess climate change doesn’t matter anymore to the woke left
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:16 pm to tiggerthetooth
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"All these players and these faces are becoming so popular that it really is about that as much as it as about recovery," Collier said,
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:19 pm to tiggerthetooth
Surely the girls/boys/they/them will bow down and thank Caitlyn Clark for this, right?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:21 pm to tiggerthetooth
I am really rooting for this league to fold, but I don’t think it will because the NBA wants to keep it.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:23 pm to tiggerthetooth
I’d rather a bigger paycheck if I was a player
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:25 pm to tiggerthetooth
WNBA actually hot right now
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:43 pm to tiggerthetooth
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The WNBA plans to commit $50 million over the next two years
And yet players and teams are shitting on Caitlin Clark who 100% made this happen. What a confused League.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:46 pm to tiggerthetooth
I’d be interested to know if this extra $50 million comes out of the NBA owners split of revenue only or if it comes out of the players split as well.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:59 pm to tiggerthetooth
Honestly man good for them. Not coming out of my check and if the NBA is OK with the extra expense then I hope they enjoy the upgrades.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 9:07 pm to tiggerthetooth
what about the environment
Posted on 5/7/24 at 9:13 pm to tiggerthetooth
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$25 million per year for the next two seasons.
That seems high, comes out to just over $2 million per wnba team. NBA teams spend around $3 million per year each and travel a lot more in a bigger footprint.
Each NBA team plays 41 road games in a season and each wnba team plays 18 road games.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 9:19 pm to tiggerthetooth
Imagine if my company lost $1.2 million last year and the next year I go to my boss and say I’m going to need another $5M in my budget for private flights 
Posted on 5/7/24 at 9:32 pm to tiggerthetooth
This is likely happening because too much of the league bitched about one team (NYC?) doing it when none of them were supposed to.
Considering they still aren’t profitable, the reasoning behind commercial over chartered was to cut overhead for all teams so they could be on an even playing field.
Considering they still aren’t profitable, the reasoning behind commercial over chartered was to cut overhead for all teams so they could be on an even playing field.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 10:11 pm to tiggerthetooth
It's honestly crazy they were making them fly commercial to begin with. The WNBA is a joke
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:29 am to tiggerthetooth
I know four WNBA players.
Griner - because we traded a weapons dealer for her
Plum - because she has that video of her rocketing a T-shirt into the stands
Clark - because I'm breathing
Reese - because I'm on this board
But that's better than MSL
Griner - because we traded a weapons dealer for her
Plum - because she has that video of her rocketing a T-shirt into the stands
Clark - because I'm breathing
Reese - because I'm on this board
But that's better than MSL
Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:08 am to tiggerthetooth
Every NBA player is going to see a new unexplained fee/tax appear on their paycheck. Do the math ~550 NBA players are going to foot the bill for the 50 million.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:47 am to tiggerthetooth
quote:
All these players and these faces are becoming so popular that it really is about that as much as it as about recovery," Collier said
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