• ragnar_ok@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    The NBA owns the WNBA de jure: the trademarks, all the intellectual property. The WNBA Enterprises LLC is owned by the NBA.

    The NBA doesn’t own the WNBA teams though - although a handful of them belongs to NBA owners. So basically the WNBA teams participate in a league they don’t own.

    The W.N.B.A. is currently owned half by the 30 N.B.A. teams, and half by the 12 W.N.B.A. teams.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/sports/basketball/wnba-capital-raise-investors.html

    The NBA website literally mentions the WNBA in the “Our Leagues” page:

    The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League

    https://careers.nba.com/our-leagues/

    That being said, “misogynist is a buzzword” is a hilarious thing to say. I can tell what type of person you are already, and blocking you will not deprive me of literally anything of value.