Well, the NBA makes money and the WNBA doesn't and the NBA has to subsidize it.
Audi Crooks to Transfer
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Well, the NBA makes money and the WNBA doesn't and the NBA has to subsidize it.
I have only read a part of this thread but it is genuinely hilarious that so many posters can unequivocally divine the reasons behind each player leaving and all of those assessments are quite different from each other.
You can make assumptions but you don't know. You know what happens when you assume...
You can make assumptions but you don't know. You know what happens when you assume...
So in other words, it's a college sports discussion message board?
I appreciated Audi and her efforts, but I'm also going to appreciate not watching that style of basketball anymore. Good luck to her.
I disagree. She has this year to make money from endorsements. She has very little brand value around here when not in a Cyclone uniform.
Iowa State itself will be encouraging local sponsors to shift to current players.
If someone wanted to offer me 1.4 million to be a hawk fan and get all of the tattoos hawks on my belly guy has… I’d do it in a heartbeat.
UCLA players may have got paid that amount for 2025-26 in a pre-House environment.
For 2026-27, those numbers (if true and I doubt they are) for Heard, McGill and Crooks are what they are being promised. Whether they actually get paid those amounts over and above RevShare via the Clearinghouse approval process remains to be seen. If they actually do get those full amounts, it will most likely be under the table from OKSt WBB booster(s).
I will always cheer for school over player but I hope I don’t start tearing down any players for leaving if they think it’s the best move for themselves
My guess is this is a considerably larger $ number than what was on offer elsewhere and that overrode having to play one pretty uncomfortable game.
while that's true, it's also true that the WNBA isn't allowed to shop their own tv deal which artificially keeps income low. Their tv revenue is basically whatever the NBA tells them it is.
You could argue pretty credibly that since the NBA covered the losses for so many years that they're entitled to to recoup some of those losses
It’s actually better for the athletes than professional sports. Can you imagine the bidding war and free for all if the pros were unrestricted free agents every season
The NIL Go clearinghouse is not standing up. Programs have already found a way around it. Iowa State just isn’t willing to. Not saying I disagree with that philosophy but it’s a fact.
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That's just called capitalism. It's the business world that the rest of us live in every day.
Geez who could have foresaw that.
That was before $1.4 mil came out. If it was a few $100k its a discussion now not so much
I wish Audi and most all of the other transfers the best. She seems like someone I'd want my kid to look up to.
She can now advertise for Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies & Tahlequah Casino
