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While the WNBA is getting sellout crowds for the finals between the New York Lib
erty and Minnesota Lynx, the league’s owners will not be making a return on the
ir investment for the foreseeable future, sources close to the situation said.
雖然本季WNBA人氣飛漲，但在可預見的未來內
依然沒辦法回收投入的成本
The NBA owns nearly 60 percent of the league.
NBA本身持有60% WNBA股份
When one combines the NBA owners’ personal stakes in WNBA teams and the WNBA it
self, the amount rises to 75 percent, a source with direct knowledge of the numb
ers said.
加上持有WNBA球隊的NBA老闆的話
會高達75%
The NBA team owners have invested hundreds of millions in the WNBA since its 199
6 formation, per sources.
NBA老闆已經投資了好幾億美金在WNBA上
“The WNBA owes the NBA so much we won’t see any windfall for years,” an NBA t
eam executive told The Post.
一位NBA球隊管理層告訴華盛頓郵報
WNBA欠NBA的錢太多
This season the WNBA will lose $40 million, a bit better than the $50 million fo
recast and reported by several media outlets months ago but still a loss, source
s said.
WNBA本季預計會虧損4000萬美金
Some NBA owners want more transparency from NBA commissioner Adam Silver about w
hen they will get to see some return from the suddenly popular WNBA.
一些NBA老闆希望阿銀能更透明的說明
他們投的錢啥時能回收
New York Knicks owner James Dolan has been pushing Silver behind the scenes, sou
rces said
是尼克老闆James Dolan帶頭施壓阿銀給回覆
There’s a bunch of owners who see Dolan as their hero for pressing Silver on th
ese questions but Silver is not giving us any answers,” the NBA team executive
said.
一位NBA球隊管理層表示一群NBA老闆
在這事情上把Dolan當成英雄
但阿銀並沒有回覆任何答案
“WNBA financials, including detailed reports on revenue and expenses, are share
d with both the NBA’s and WNBA’s Board of Governors,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass
told The Post, declining to comment further.
NBA發言人告訴華盛頓郵報
WNBA包括收入和支出的詳細財務狀況
有跟NBA和WNBA的董事會共享
“That is somewhat BS and they are consolidating it with NBA financials,” the t
eam executive said. “By consolidating numbers, you don’t have to break out any
of them.”
一位NBA球隊管理層表示這有點胡說
因為他們看到的數據是把NBA和WNBA合併在一起報XD