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Basketball: Women's

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Profitability

can someone discuss the fact that the WNBA has never been profitable and has to be subsidized by the NBA 2601:14E:8000:F780:B181:9215:5F4D:35F6 (talk) 17:14, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

if you can find a source backing up the claim, then it can be added to the article. Assadzadeh (talk) 18:11, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.sportspro.com/news/wnba-losses-2024-season-nba-team-investment-adam-silver/ 2601:14E:8000:F780:6521:CA44:2991:4838 (talk) 16:39, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/wnba/2024/06/14/666cacddca4741476b8b459b.html 2601:14E:8000:F780:6521:CA44:2991:4838 (talk) 16:42, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Under the Finance section, the article already states "Overall, the league is expected to lose $50 million for the 2024 season." I also added the two sources to this section. Assadzadeh (talk) 18:01, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]