how much does the wnba make in revenue?
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Currently, it is estimated the WNBA has about $60 million in revenue with about $12 million of this going to the players. To give the WNBA players 50 percent of league revenue would require league payrolls to increase by $18 million.
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Phoenix's DeWanna Bonner will be the league's highest-paid player in 2019 at $127,500. More than half of WNBA players spend the summers in Europe playing a second season for higher pay and more recognition.
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More specifically: "Fortnite" made $1.8 billion in 2019, according to Nielsen's SuperData tracking arm. That's the second overall revenue number for "Fortnite" that we've seen for a full calendar year of availability — the game made just shy of $2.5 billion in 2018, according to SuperData.
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Nowadays, NFL cheerleaders earn somewhere between $75 to $150 per game, and might make as much as $50 an hour for special corporate appearances.
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For the 2018/19 season, all NBA teams generated combined revenues of almost 8.8 billion U.S. dollars – regular season ticketing accounted for over 22 percent of the total.
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Most players on the U.S. women's national team play professionally in the NSWL, pulling in salaries of less than $50,000. But the NSWL isn't the only professional female soccer league in the world, and it's possible to make more money elsewhere.
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The Liberty average is tops at $22.17. The $14.54 WNBA average does not include courtside seats, which average $64.36.
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According to the ticket prices reported at WNBA.com, the average minimum ticket price for the WNBA's teams in 2018 is $17.42. Given that minimum price, the WNBA's gate revenue this season has to be at least $27.4 million (assuming attendance hasn't changed). And that means WNBA revenue should be at least $52.4 million.
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In 2018, the WNBA team attracted 7,716 fans per game, which is more than 10,000 fans below the audience attracted by NBA teams per game. Female teams attracted fewer fans compares to male teams, indicates female teams sold less ticket and hence generated less revenue.
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The ruling cited as undisputed fact that from 2015 to 2019, the women's national team averaged $220,747 per game in total payments (for a total of $24.5 million), while the men's national team averaged $212,639 per game in total payments (for a total of $18.5 million).
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ESPN has expanded its largest regular season WNBA schedule ever by including 13 more games, bringing the total for the 2020 season to 37. The new slate of games will be available across ABC, ESPN and ESPN2, as well as in the ESPN app. The 2020 WNBA regular season will run from Saturday, July 25 through Saturday, Sept.
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News of their new CBA came as athletes across women's sports are lobbying for better pay and more investment in their leagues. Under the new deal, the WNBA maximum base salary will rise to $215,000, up from $117,500 in 2019.
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With this being said, WNBA players should make more money because they have the same dedication as the male players, sometimes even more, but this can't happen unless the seats to games get filled up and endorsements, along with jersey sales, increase.
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Initially, players were making up to $26,000 a month playing for a G League team. According to Stein, however, that number is increasing by at least 35 percent for the 2018-19 season, with players making $35,000 a month, plus housing and insurance benefits in the midst of the five-month regular season of the G League.
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An average WNBA player made $71,635 last season and the number is expected to increase to approximately $75,000. The maximum salary for a WNBA player is $113,500.
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Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain have an obligation to sell some of the playing staff by June 2019 in order to balance their books. Pressured by the rules imposed on them by UEFA's Financial Fair Play, Paris Saint-Germain need to bring in more revenue, an amount close to 60 million euros, and before the summer.
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So although it appears WNBA revenues are at least $52.4 million, we don't know how much revenue the league receives from Twitter, FanDuel, Tidal, merchandise sales, corporate sponsors, local television and radio deals, and subscriptions to the WNBA League Pass. In addition, the WNBA receives some support from the NBA.