WNBA to get $200M per year; union exec concerned
The WNBA would receive about $200 million per year as part of the NBA's recently approved media rights deals, according to multiple reports. Even with an annual increase of around $140 million, the new number still concerns the executive director of the WNBA players' union.
Executive director Terri Jackson said in a statement Wednesday that the WNBA is being undervalued at $2.2 billion over 11 years.
"We have wondered for months how the NBA would value the WNBA in its media rights deal," Jackson said. "With a reportedly $75 billion deal on the table, the league is in control of its own destiny. More precisely, the NBA controls the destiny of the WNBA."