00:00WNBA players are asking for an average of 27 and a half of the league's revenue and team provided housing
00:05for all players in the recent CBA discussions.
00:07The WNBA's response was, we can't do that.
00:10That will lose hundreds of millions of dollars for our teams here.
00:15And Joe, let me ask you this question too.
00:17Like we understand like high school basketball is supported by the town, property taxes, taxes pay for it.
00:22And we associate it with that.
00:24It's part of growing up here once you get 18 years old.
00:25But once you get to college, like the women's versus the men's, I'm not saying men's all around make a
00:30ton of money.
00:31But there are schools that have hundreds of millions of dollars in their war chest from football.
00:36But even like the best college basketball teams, women's side, like South Carolina, they lose on average $5 million per
00:43year.
00:44Does women's sports, is it just fun to watch and they should do it for fun?
00:47Because why is none of it ever profitable?
00:51It's never profitable, Donnie, because listen, out of sight, out of mind.
00:56The longer this drags on, Donnie, the longer we don't talk or see that.
01:00Okay.
01:02You know, listen, for 20 some odd years, they tried getting this thing up and running.
01:06And listen, they've had great moments.
01:08We've seen great players.
01:10But the bottom line is, from a business perspective, it hasn't worked.
01:15It hasn't worked.
01:16And now they're kind of drawing a line in the sand.
01:19They want housing the first couple.
01:21I mean, they're going over the top here.
01:23And the NBA is like, yeah, you know, I don't know.
01:28I really don't know that this is going to happen.
01:30So somebody is going to have to fold at some point, Donnie.
01:33Otherwise, we're not seeing the WNBA anytime soon.
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