https://www.yahoo.com/sports/wizard...paid-just-10000-six-figure-job-184136654.html Kristi Tolliver, Wizards assistant coach is making only $10,000 a year where everyone else makes double figures. Part of the reason is she plays for the Mystics also owned by Wizards owner Ted Leonsis. Part of the WNBA collective barganing puts a cap on what players can be paid by the team in the offseason. But, Leonsis seems to be using a loophole to pay her less. The Wizards aren't the Mystics, they are two different teams that share the same owner. She should be paid separately by each.
If you read the article, you'd see that's an unfair characterization. They would pay her more if the league permitted them to.
Thanks. Missed the Wizards agreed part. Still, her working as an assistant coach for the Wizards is seperate than working as a WNBA player. The Mystics aren't her offseason employer so there is no reason her payment for coaching should be paid for by that team or under those team rules when she isn't working for them.
Don't even need to read it to know the reason behind it. The owner could sign LeBron or someone else and sign him as an "assistant" with the Mystic for 300 million a year.
Bodyman's right on this one--if the league permitted the Wizards to compensate her in a manner disparate from how the Mystics can compensate her, it would open up a massive loophole that could allow for simple circumvention of the salary cap. Any team could simply offer to pay a prospective free agent significantly more by offering them a second job with the "other" franchise.
No NBA owner should be allowed to be a WNBA owner. Since NBA allows women to play, owning a WNBA team amounts to having a private stash of potential players above what other teams have.
The day a woman suits up for an NBA game, that might be a valid concern. Don't see that happening any time soon.
I just read an old article about this. You gotta read it to believe it. It had only been 21 years and they need to pay the players more cuz that'll help it catch on. And they try to compare the NBA 50 years ago as if that's a valid comparison in the internet age. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...nt-as-bad-as-it-looks/?utm_term=.aeee2330f717
Something like: Wizards give GEICO a rebate on their logo patch expense; GEICO gives Toliver an above-market-value endorsement deal. I'm sure the league office would never catch on...
What!!!! She's a Moron. FYI: What is the difference between a Moron, an Idiot and a Imbecile? The Moron has a mental grade equivalency of 9-12, An Imbecile has the rating of 4-6 years of age and an Idiot needs special supervision as the person cannot rate an age parameter. Miriam Webster dictionary---------
