WNBA Player Demands Private Jets for Entire League

It would cost the league (which typically loses $10 million each year) $30 million annually.

What happened:

Breanna Stewart, WNBA forward Breanna said She is eager to negotiate “a deal that helps subsidize charter travel for the entire WNBA.”

Context:

Stewart, the 2018 league MVP winner, is currently a free agent and is being offered by many teams during the off-season. raised These negotiations will also include the question of private air travel. ESPN reports that it is a topic being discussed by the entire league because of the “assumption” Brittney Griner, a former Russian convict who returned to the WNBA in 2011, will be able to play. “will need to fly privately due to security concerns.”

Griner was detained in Moscow on February 2022 for drug smuggling. Griner was subsequently convicted, and sentenced to nine year imprisonment. Griner was released in December in exchange for Viktor Bout, a.k.a. “the Merchant of Death,” A notorious arms dealer was convicted of plotting the murder of Americans.

The alleged “security concerns” It is not known if Griner would be unable to fly on a commercial flight within America.

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These numbers are the most important:

The WNBA costs It costs about $60 million to operate each year and earns $70 million annually. The NBA, which makes money because people like to watch it, subsidizes the women’s league in the name of equity. To save money, WNBA players often travel on commercial airlines. An estimated $30 million per annum would be spent on chartering private planes to transport the entire league.

Why it is important:

Liberals complain WNBA players make less than their NBA counterparts. This is why Griner and Stewart are forced to play in Turkey or Russia. Griner and Stewart are the highest-paid players in the league, earning $228,000 annually (not including bonuses) plus endorsement deals of approximately $1 million.

Former president Barack Obama defined “wealthy” As an individual who earns more than $200,000 per year and required higher taxes to pay for government programs. “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money,” In 2010, he stated the following: He stated this in 2010.

Bottom line:

It’s not as profitable or popular as the men’s sport, but that’s okay.

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