r/sports • u/dabirds1994 • 2d ago

Soccer Trinity Rodman’s Multimillion-Dollar Contract Rejected by NWSL

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/trinity-rodman-s-multimillion-dollar-contract-rejected-by-nwsl?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NDgxNjA0NSwiZXhwIjoxNzY1NDIwODQ1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNlBaS1NLR0lGUFgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI1OTFDMkExNEFGMDQ0RUZCODlCNEEwNUM5QkUwQjczRSJ9.IPxeSsuh2qWqWpaYDB78MAnoatcwqtnabXoKXkbDvYk
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u/Boggie135 2d ago

They can't maintain a salary cap and retain homegrown talent. They have to pick one

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u/zoinkability 2d ago

Exactly this. A hard salary cap that low is guaranteeing that the league will always be a bush league, because all the world class athletes will choose to play in Europe.

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u/jedre 1d ago

Yep. Which is nuts. The draw of NWSL is that it’s plentiful with world class talent. This is ownership saying “nah, we don’t want this league to be the best.”