{"id":269353,"date":"2025-11-03T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/269353\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:56:10","slug":"free-event-on-friday-nov-7-at-scsu-analyzes-impact-of-wnba-featuring-minnesota-lynx-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/269353\/","title":{"rendered":"Free event on Friday, Nov. 7, at SCSU analyzes impact of WNBA, featuring Minnesota Lynx issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CLOUD \u2014 The St. Cloud State Center for Economic Education is hosting a public event on Friday, Nov. 7, to discuss the recent controversy and details surrounding the WNBA collective bargaining agreement. <\/p>\n<p>King Banaian, director of the Center for Policy Research and Communication Engagement, and Lynn MacDonald, associate professor of economics, will lead the discussion. <\/p>\n<p>MacDonald has been using real-life examples to make economic material &#8220;real and understandable,&#8221; she told St. Cloud LIVE. She&#8217;s also used the WNBA example to develop a curriculum to help teachers across the state implement lessons. MacDonald hosts webinars in partnership with the Minnesota Council for Economic Education for K-12 teachers. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most professors look for ways to tie the material to their students, make it real and understandable, so I&#8217;ve always done that, but it&#8217;s been more recently that I&#8217;ve been actually developing curriculum to help other teachers do the same,&#8221; MacDonald said.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s given similar lessons, including one about the economic impact that Caitlin Clark had on the WNBA in her rookie season. MacDonald has also analyzed Taylor Swift&#8217;s impact on the NFL. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a fan of sports personally, so I was like, &#8216;Why don&#8217;t we do it again this year?'&#8221; MacDonald said. &#8220;The Minnesota Lynx are now at the forefront of this controversy, with the collective bargaining agreement and Napheesa Collier in the news.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Collier, a forward for the Minnesota Lynx, made headlines after criticizing WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert for on-court officiating, the lack of transparency and accountability, following the conclusion of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the best players in the world; We have the best fans in the world,\u201d Collier said on Tuesday, Sept. 30. \u201cBut right now, we have the worst leadership in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA collective bargaining agreement was set to expire on Oct. 31, but has been extended to Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>The Nov. 7 event  is free and open to the public, from 9:30-10:45 a.m., Centennial Hall Room 100, 201 8th St S. It will dive into the numbers, podcasts, other revenue streams, growing pains and the future of women&#8217;s professional basketball. Parking is available in the Fourth Avenue ramp and can be validated for free by bringing the ticket to the event.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcloudlive.com\/trent-abrego\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Trent Abrego\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.forumcomm.com\/dims4\/default\/b760f68\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2832x2832+0+290\/resize\/100x100!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum-communications-production-web.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F91%2F29%2Fdffdab274d4a81a36e3238b47760%2Ftrent-abrego.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDBweCIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                Trent Abrego is a business reporter for St. Cloud LIVE and can be reached at trent@stcloudlive.com.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. 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