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David Berri

Cedar City
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Prof. of Econ at Southern Utah University, author/co-author of six books, including "The Wages of Wins" & "Slaying the Trolls!". he/him first gen student
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How Much Money Does the NBA Make While the WNBPA Argues with Itself?

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By David Berri
| Substack
The WNBA’s Player Association has made yet another offer in an effort to resolve the labor dispute with the WNBA. As ESPN reported: According to a source familiar with the proposal, the players’ union is now asking for an average of 27.5% of gross revenue… This is less than what the players were asking for last December. As ESPN also reported, at that time the players were asking for an “average of 31% of gross revenue”. That is not where the union started.
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Groundhog Day and the WNBA Players

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By David Berri
| Substack
The 1993 movie Groundhog Day is about a weatherman living February 2nd over and over and over again. After the WNBA players and the WNBA owners (once again, the majority owner of this league is the NBA) sat down on February 2nd of this year, the players must think the WNBA labor negotiations are just another sequel to this movie.
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Can Private Equity Save Athletics at the University of Utah?

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By David Berri
| The Sling
In December, Dennis Romboy and Art Raymond of Deseret News reported that the University of Utah’s board of trustees approved a first-of-its-kind private equity deal between the school and Otro Capital to fund athletics. The decision to partner with private equity appears to be based on a crude assessment of the contributions (revenues and expenses) that can be traced directly to sports, which ignores the value added from the promotion of the university via athletics.
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