Why is the biggest TV ratings star in sports getting paid about the same as an office manager in a moderately successful company?
@mathowie They play half as many games and draw a third as many fans. TV ratings stink. But it's changing: ratings went up 21 percent last year, *before* Clark. (Also: Clark surely has landed some endorsement deals commensurate with her star power.)
https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/38407231/wnba-ratings-highest-decades-crowds-climb
@gruber @mathowie I was a Fever season ticket holder for years before I moved and my two biggest gripe are that a lot of teams seem to lean on marketing themselves as a cheap family entertainment, which is true, but doesn’t exactly generate buy-in from 20-30-somethings, regardless of the on-court product…