how much do wnba players make overseas?
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Being away from family and friends for an extended period of time is tough. It's a sacrifice.” Nearly 90 out of 144 players on WNBA rosters in 2018 spent time playing overseas during their offseason, The Guardian reported in 2018. “In the WNBA, the maximum income a player could earn in 2016 was $109,000.
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Everyone gets paid How much depends on how popular the star is. According to Us Weekly, certain players can make around $80,000 for the season. Less popular veterans make around $3,000 to $5,000 per week that they survive on the show and rookies can make about $1,000 a week.
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The average M.L.S. player earned $411,926 in guaranteed compensation in 2018, according to the M.L.S. players' union, but the median was $179,000, indicating that outsized compensation for a few players pulled that average up. A full third of the league, 238 players, earned less than $100,000.
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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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Players from the eight Super Netball club will earn a minimum of $30,000, up from $27,375, from next season. The minimum player wage for the final year of the Trans-Tasman Championship in 2016 was $13,250.
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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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Points of comparison Last year, the average WNBA salary was US$71,635, and this year appears to be closer to $75,000. The maximum veteran salary is $113,500. Meanwhile, for the upcoming NBA season, the minimum salary of a professional NBA player is $838,464. Of course, the NBA rakes in far more revenue.
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The NWHL has an average salary of $15,000 and a salary cap of $270,000 per team. Stack is the highest-paid player in the league at $25,000 for the season.
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It has been reported that the actual salary is around $20,000. Yup, that is correct! Not much but that is also not considering if she has existing sponsorships, contracts, etc. and what she has the potential to earn outside of the pageant organization during and after her reign is over.
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That's nearly $20,000 less than the median U.S. household income. In comparison, the starting salary for the NBA for the 2018–19 season was $582,180. Overall, the average WNBA players make around $79,000 while the maximum salary caps at $117,500.
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U.S. Olympians, for example, will earn $37,500 for each gold medal they win this year, $22,500 for each silver and $15,000 for each bronze. In team sports, each team member splits the pot evenly.
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Per Us Weekly, the "Elite" players pull in close to $80,000 just to join the show, while other vets can get between $3,000-$5,000 per week. As for the rookies? $1,000 for each week they remain in the competition.
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A case can actually be made that WNBA players are actually overpaid relative to what consumers actually want. After all, the WNBA is subsidized by the NBA in a variety of ways including direct financial support, free publicity, and the fact that many WNBA franchises are owned by the city's NBA owner.
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So no, it doesn't make money or turn a profit, and since the players are now going to be paid more, the losses will likely increase. The NBA subsidizes the league, so it hasn't gone out of existence, but if the NBA owners ever get tired of it…the WNBA will go down the tubes.
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According to Us Weekly, "elite" players can make "upwards of $80,000" just for showing up, allowing them to abstain from working outside of the show. Other vets rake in $3,000 to $5,000 a week while rookies are paid about $1,000 for every week they stay on the show.
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The G League announced Tuesday that players will receive a base salary of $7,000 per month or $35,000 total for the five-month 2018-19 season. Players can earn additional money through affiliate player bonuses and NBA call-ups. Last season, the most a player could make was $26,000.
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Yet those numbers haven't led to the league and its owners making money. The WNBA says it has lost significant money the last 22 years, including $12 million last season. "On average (we've lost) over $10 million every year we've operated," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told The Associated Press in October.