ClayK said:
Traditionally, it's been very hard to get Euros to come play in the WNBA. The money is less than they get in Europe and the competition is much tougher -- not to mention playing year round is very hard on your body.
As for the new CBA, we'll see how that plays out. The top players want, and deserve, more money, but it remains to be seen what the new rookie scale and vet minimums will be. (And there will be a strike next spring.)
The international influx at the college level, at least in some areas, springs from different roots, especially now with a little NIL cash thrown in.
Not sure how you go down the path of "traditionally" after everything women's basketball has experienced in the last 2 years. Attendance, ratings, media (social and traditional), and you feel like the status quo will be maintained?
You want to make a ( Cal NiL) wager that there will be a quote from an international player within a year who specifically says they "came over" because they want to play against Caitlin Clark, and be part of the WNBA? Maybe international sponsors step up, I could be way off;
Of course it all has to play out, and I hope the players association has great leadership;. every American major sport has benefited from the work of their unions...I hope the women have the same success.
