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1. Wide of court
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Alex Bazzell, President, Unrivaled:
"Unrivaled is a new league. And I think we’re here to create necessary change in in the space.”
3. Angel Reese in shooting practice
4.SOUNDBITE (English) Alex Bazzell, President, Unrivaled:
“When it comes to each individual player, I think what we’re most proud of is they’re making more here per game than any league in the world."
5. Rae Burrell shooting during Vinyl practice
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rae Burrell, Team Vinyl:
"Typical options that people do during off season, it could vary as far as going overseas, you could stay at home, train. Some people go into broadcasting or some people going to coaching. So it really just depends on the player. “
7. Rae Burrell shooting during Vinyl practice
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rae Burrell, Team Vinyl:
“I’ve been overseas twice. I went to Australia after my rookie season and then Belgium this past year.
9. Vinyl clapping in a circle
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rae Burrell, Team Vinyl:
“I consider myself an extrovert and I did not enjoy that because it was so lonely, it felt out there.” Being able to still work on your game while being at home I think is ideal."
11. Vinyl team dancing after practice
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Rae Burrell, Team Vinyl:
“Being able to still work on your game while being at home I think is ideal."
13. Kate Martin shooting during Laces practice
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Rae Burrell, Team Vinyl:
"It was always the narrative that, you know, nobody watches women’s sports and that was always the narrative. And I think over these past few years, we’ve really proven that a lot of people do watch women’s sports.”
15. Tiffany Hayes shooting during Laces practice
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Rae Burrell, Team Vinyl:
“We just haven’t been on the stage to show it. So I think in these past few years we’ve been put on a better stage to show what we do. And so I think that’s what really connected to the fans. And yeah, this is just another opportunity to be on that stage and show what we can do."
17. Courtney Vandersloot shooting during Mist practice
18. Various players passing and shooting during Mist practice
STORYLINE:
Unrivaled is setting a new standard for women’s basketball.
In a word: Salaries.
The 3-on-3 league co-founded by Olympic gold medalists Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart debuts Friday featuring 36 players from the WNBA, ranging from veterans like Brittney Griner to rookie Angel Reese.
Unrivaled has the highest average salary for players of any professional women’s sports league with many earning six-figure salaries for the eight-week season.
Players in Unrivaled have an average salary of more than $220,000, which is close to the maximum base salary in the WNBA.
“When it comes to each individual player, I think what we’re most proud of is they’re making more here per game than any league in the world," Unrivaled President Alex Bazzell said.
The $8 million salary pool doesn’t include equity or revenue sharing payments which all of the initial 36 players have. And with all games being played in Miami at an 850-seat facility travel costs are minimal and enables the league to pay its players higher salaries.
The league itself also provides a viable option that gives players another option to supplement their WNBA salaries without having to play overseas during the offseason.
AP video by Brittany Peterson
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