for the love of the game? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNBA#Finance

You've got to love it to play for that much.

 

its all about the love of the game
A past big time WNBA player is one of my friends and now she works at REI and leads camps because she really needs the money

 

Well when you consider the fact that they'd be making about the same amount as a high school PE teacher it's a no-brainer.

 

Would be a pretty good argument [assuming those stats are true] since $42,000 is essentially an average-to-below-average salary for a college grad. Also factor in the fact that these are careers which will probably not last more than 10 years.

Yes, it's pretty likely that they play for love of the game more than anything else, given that most of them could make more money elsewhere.

 

They do play for the love of the game they just do in a very dull way.