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Dave Portnoy Makes Opinion On WNBA Players Demanding More Money Clear originally appeared on The Spun.
Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, has made his opinion on WNBA players demanding more money clear.
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WNBA players wore “Pay Us What You Owe Us” shirts at the All-Star Game in Indianapolis. The league is currently negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement with its players. The current CBA expires at the end of the season.
Portnoy, who is a massive Caitlin Clark fan, has made his opinion on WNBA players demanding more money extremely clear.
The founder of Barstool Sports has thrown his support behind Clark, Angel Reese and the rest of the league’s players demanding more money.
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – NOVEMBER 8: Barstool founder and CEO Dave Portnoy is seen before the Florida Atlantic Owls and Loyola (Il) Ramblers game in the Barstool Invitational at Wintrust Arena on November 8, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)Michael Hickey/Getty Images
Portnoy called out critics of WNBA players.
“I see lots of morons trying to act like WNBA players don’t deserve more money. They are throwing around this ‘lost 50 million’ number that nobody even knows where it comes from. The finances of the league are a mess, tied in with NBA and purposely murkey,” he wrote.
“The owners don’t want to say how the league is doing cause then you gotta pay more going into bargaining agreement. The league is exploding. Franchise values are exploding. Ticket sales, merch, tv rights all exploding. The players have an opt out in their CBA. Of course they took it. It’s all about leverage in re-negotiations and for the 1st time in history of league players have power. The players make virtually nothing while the entire league explodes. Of course they deserve more money. Just the values of the team pay for it without all the other stuff.”
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Portnoy added that if he could buy a WNBA team in Boston for $250 million, he would do it without blinking.
“If somebody told me I could buy a Boston team for 250 million I would do it without blinking. That’s all you got to know about the WNBA finances.”
The WNBA recently announced that expansion teams will be coming to Philadelphia, Cleveland and Detroit.
Dave Portnoy Makes Opinion On WNBA Players Demanding More Money Clear first appeared on The Spun on Jul 21, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jul 21, 2025, where it first appeared.
