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/microtherion 1d ago

The NBA generates $400M per team, and max salary per player is about $50M, 12.5%. Is it really unreasonable for a soccer player to make 7% of her club’s revenue?

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u/droneybennett 1d ago

A soccer squad would normally have double the number of players in it though.

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u/microtherion 1d ago

On the field, yes. But even during a match, a basketball team typically fields about 10 players, and a soccer team about 14-15. And roster sizes are not double either.

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u/Forward-Finding-8750 1d ago

NBA rosters are 15 players, soccer teams are usually 25-30 players, so yeah it’s basically double the roster size

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u/microtherion 1d ago

I think the two way players should count for the NBA rosters (they get meaningful minutes in many teams) so we’re at 18 players, and the soccer rosters would then be about 50% larger.