Britney Griner released

Yet it's what you said, and even taking it as a hyperbole, it is still sexist and false.

The athletes have no control over the operating costs. Operational mismanagement is not their fault.

And they bring in tens of millions in revenue. Sorry, but this is a lame excuse. Plenty of businesses have been successful while pulling in less revenue.

At no point did I "blame men" for anything.

 

*LOL*

Irony abounds.

 

I just googled, and it seems that the WNBA loses about 10 million a year.

I wasn't blaming the players for it not being profitable BTW.

There aren't enough women interested in watching sports for the WNBA to stand on it's own.

 

Trump entered into a treaty with the Taliban. Excluding the Afghan government from the negotiations.

 

Again, you are blaming operational inefficiencies on lack of interest, which makes no sense. Did you look at revenue?

 

Yep, and negotiating for the release of thousands of Taliban soldiers.

 

Yeah, what a "dipshit" take. *LOL*

 

Russia demanded that a spy held in Germany be freed in exchange for Paul Whelan
By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Sean Lyngaas and Jennifer Hansler, CNN
Updated 1:49 PM EST, Fri December 9, 2022

Russia refused to release Paul Whelan alongside Brittney Griner unless a former colonel from Russia’s domestic spy organization currently in German custody was also released as part of any prisoner swap, US officials told CNN, even as the US offered up the names of several other Russian prisoners in US custody that they would be willing to trade.

The US was unable to deliver on the request for the ex-colonel, Vadim Krasikov, because he is serving out a life sentence for murder in Germany.

CNN first reported exclusively in August that the Russians had requested that Krasikov be released along with Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who was serving a 25-year sentence in the US, in exchange for Whelan and Griner.

... https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/09/politics/russia-paul-whelan-vadim-krasikov-germany/index.html​

 

Man, he never ever negotiated with terrorists!

What an awesome "leader"!

 

yea, they bring in about 60 million a year, that isn't enough to cover their expenses. Their attendance and TV viewer numbers are really low. I can only assume other streams of revenue like apparel sales are similarly low.

You can say that they league has to rely on the NBA to stay financially operational because of bad management, but it's clear that if their attendance was even close to 50% of what the NBA's is, they would easily be profitable.

 

Yes and so did Obama. Our government's word means little these days.

 

Which, again, is an operational problem. If your company were spending too much money, you wouldn't blame the people pulling in revenue.

Yet revenue is quite healthy.

It's also clear that they could be profitable if they were simply better at operational management. The revenue isn't the problem.

 

When did Obama cut the Afghan government out of negotiations with the Taliban and negotiate for the release of thousands of Taliban soldiers and publicly mock the fact that the Afghans could never stand against the Taliban after we pulled out?

 

I have never blamed the WNBA players. Not sure where you are getting that from.

I'm also very glad Brittney Griner is home.

 

You blamed lack of interest. Which clearly isn't the case, otherwise there would be a lack of revenue. The revenue is fine. Many, many businesses operate on far less revenue. If they aren't solvent, that's a spending problem, not a revenue problem.

 

Yea, i do blame lack of interest. That isn't the players fault.

But, I think we are going to have to just agree to disagree about the WNBA.

 

The scientific theory of why some Americans didn't want Brittney Griner to come home from a Russian prison (msn.com)
I think Vladimir Putin wanted to release Brittney Griner so he would look good doing it. I don't know what else the reason.

 

If you are bringing in 10s of millions in revenue, there is plenty of interest. If you can't understand that, then yes, we do have to disagree.

 

I'd like the answer to this one as well.

 

I’m pretty sick of having to use political capital to save my fellow Americans from themselves.

My gay friends will never go to Russia, because it is illegal for them to be gay in Russia.

I had to renew a script for Xanax last year so I could have anxiety meds in Honduras. I didn’t even risk taking a gummy.

If you can’t follow another country’s laws, don’t go there.

Righties… please go review my policy on illegal aliens before trying to throw gotcha juice on me.

 

Warsaw: President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended a prisoner swap deal with the Taliban to free a US soldier held for five years, following attacks from his Republican foes.

Obama said that he saw an opportunity for a swift deal amid concerns for Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's health and that he had a "sacred" obligation to try to free captured US servicemen and women.

 

Remind me how many thousands 1 is? Hint: You can count the number 1 on one hand, but you can't count thousands on one hand.

Trump wasn't negotiating for the release of any US servicemen when he negotiated the release of thousands of Taliban.

 

I said any negotiations with terrorists.

 

Then you missed my question when you were quoting it and responding to it.

 

You don't dictate the conversation.