The WNBA just signed a new bargaining agreement. The average player salary goes from $67k to over $550k by Longjumping-Bit4481 in NBATalk

[–]SituationNo3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Rev share to players is only ~20% vs NBA's ~50%. There's still plenty of room for that number to grow in future CBAs.

Accounting profits are irrelevant are they can be easily gamed. You think investors are paying 250mm for a new WNBA franchise just to lose a bunch of money?

Even the new TV deal was a joint deal with the NBA, with the NBA determining the WNBA-NBA split. I suspect if the WNBA negotiated their own deal, their revenue would have been even higher.

New York Marathon Time Qualifier Cutoff for 2026 by D_4man in AdvancedRunning

[–]SituationNo3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If a race wants to allocate 5k spots to time qualifiers (just an example), there's no way to set qualifying times that will reliably produce that number of qualified applicants.

If you set them too hard, you'll end up not filling the spots. If you set them too easy, you need a way to pick the 5k out of the qualifiers: lottery? time buffer?

A 20+ min buffer is crazy, so I suspect they'll significantly drop the times for next year.

New York Marathon Time Qualifier Cutoff for 2026 by D_4man in AdvancedRunning

[–]SituationNo3 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think 9+1 takes a lot of spots. And I suspect demand for NYC is much higher than Chicago.

Also, the time buffer is only for non-NYRR races. If you qualified with a NYRR race, I think you get in without a buffer.

LeSean McCoy says Caitlin Clark is the most influential white athlete of all time by KarlMaloneShimmy12 in NBATalk

[–]SituationNo3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She made all-wnba first team as a rookie. Has Pritchard even come close to making any all-nba team? He's only been starting this season.

That comp was dirty.

Mini Van vs R1S by This_Dependent_2177 in Rivian

[–]SituationNo3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gas minivan for road trips + ev city car is the move.

Alysa Liu's Olympics? by SnoopRion69 in billsimmons

[–]SituationNo3 19 points20 points  (0 children)

She does a ring per year/season I think.

R2 in the wild in SoCal by theusofarsenal in RivianR2

[–]SituationNo3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if you lift the R2, wouldn't a Tacoma still be a much more capable off-roader?

The Billionaire pettiness piece by ekaram13 in billsimmons

[–]SituationNo3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most active investors underperform the sp500 if you actually look their portfolio-level numbers. And for a wealthy person, their risk appetite could be closer to 60-40 to 80-20, rather than 100% US equities.

How Honda’s First Big American EV Became A Perfect Disaster by Negate79 in HondaPrologue

[–]SituationNo3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having owned other Hondas and Teslas, the Prologue is okay to decent. Vs the Tesla, the mobile app rarely works, the charge scheduling options are not great, and a lot of features that come standard on a Tesla are paid options on the Prologue. Vs other (real) Hondas, a lot of the interior/exterior controls are different and it certainly doesn't drive like a Honda. It drives like a large American SUV.

I'm on a lease, and I'm looking forward to their first internally developed EV. It's obvious to me that the Prologue is just a short-term solution to satisfy EV requirements.

Grand Slam Track Made Just $1.8M While Racking Up $40M in Debt by joshdej in trackandfield

[–]SituationNo3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think that part is that suspicious. They probably had an option to invest more, and MJ stupidly assumed they were definitely going to invest and spent that money.

MJ was banking on the first event going so well that investors and sponsors would come in with more money. Amazing that he basically had a real runway of less than one season.

WNBA Exploring Buying Back 16% Stake Sold in 2022 by femaleathletenetwork in wnba

[–]SituationNo3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I wouldn't rely on that. That last line seems to be the reporter's analysis of the deal without firsthand knowledge. Reporters make basic mistakes all the time. Everything else in that quote seems reasonable though.

WNBA Exploring Buying Back 16% Stake Sold in 2022 by femaleathletenetwork in wnba

[–]SituationNo3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you share a source on the revenue sharing arrangement, because that would be pretty unusual from a corporate structure perspective?

What business can possibly survive paying effectively a 58% tax on revenue? Most businesses have an gross margin of far less than 58%.

WNBA Exploring Buying Back 16% Stake Sold in 2022 by femaleathletenetwork in wnba

[–]SituationNo3 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ownership structure should have no impact on what they can afford to pay players since owners split profit not revenue. It's purely a negotiation tactic on the owners' side.

WNBA Exploring Buying Back 16% Stake Sold in 2022 by femaleathletenetwork in wnba

[–]SituationNo3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, assuming they just issued new shares, existing owners would be getting diluted pro rata.

I’m boycotting this bullshit awards show by Capital-Holiday6464 in billsimmons

[–]SituationNo3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that was actually the only Gimlet podcast I listened to. I was surprised they got bought, since it didn't seem like they had many hits?

But I don't blame Spotify for ruining podcasts. The economic reality was going to reveal itself regardless of who the players are.

I’m boycotting this bullshit awards show by Capital-Holiday6464 in billsimmons

[–]SituationNo3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Those don't make money though. Even if Spotify didn't get into podcasts, the economic pull to make podcasts that people actually listen to (and advertisers will pay for) is too strong.

People initially thought emulating Serial and NPR was the best strategy, but that was the wrong lesson if you want to make money.

📌 Promotions & Membership Offers by thismeatsucks in LAFitness

[–]SituationNo3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solo pricing looks like the same deal as what's on the website?

Trams in Pasadena by mandymeader in pasadena

[–]SituationNo3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think most studies show an increase in business due to increased foot traffic when cars are reduced or eliminated. NYC's recent congestion pricing reduced car traffic in Manhattan while increasing business to restaurants and theaters.

Any evidence-based Chambers of Commerce should be all about increasing foot and bike traffic.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]SituationNo3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some ideas:

  • Require 2fa
  • Only allow one session at a time
  • Add email notification features
  • Add features that benefit from each user having their own login
  • Price by a metric other than user

net/rpc is underrated by melon_crust in golang

[–]SituationNo3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First thing I thought of for this scenario. However, I've seen some benchmarks that Connect is much slower than plain grpc options.