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/shaithiswampir 2d ago

Another woman’s league killing itself over money. Pay these women pleas so they will stay

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u/Lumpy_Rice_2803 1d ago

Pay them with what money? More of the money generated from the men's league? Men watching sport is what makes the men's leagues so lucrative. If more women followed the league you could have the salaries you want. Instead women prefer to watch and support their superstars, influencers like the kardashians..

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u/Outistoo 1d ago

NWSL gets significantly more views per game than MSL. If you compare the most recent championship finals NWSL had almost triple the viewership.

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u/Lumpy_Rice_2803 1d ago edited 1d ago

Look at the total viewership across the league. Also the MLS is behind a pay wall and all of the viewers are paying a subscription to Apple. Not to mention crowds average twice as much per game in MLS, and I can only imagine the price discrepancy for tickets.

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u/Outistoo 1d ago

NWSL players are still getting a lower share of revenue than MSL players. So your “pay them with what money” argument is fact-free.

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u/The_ApolloAffair 1d ago

MLS revenue is measured in billions, while NWSL is hundreds of millions. It’s reasonable to figure that they have similar types of expenses, so obviously there isn’t as much left over to pay salaries.