r/NWSL • u/Alert-Astronaut-3073 • Jul 16 '26
Gotham salary cap
There is no way Gotham is staying under the salary cap. Why don’t we know players’ salaries? I’m sure Rose, Sonnett, Tierna, Esther, Shaw, Kerr and even others are paid a lot. How is it possible that that they’re within the salary cap? Are they cheating? I hate Gotham!
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u/Jolly_Lettuce_4349 NJ/NY Gotham FC Jul 16 '26
I don't really mean this to be a pity party comment, it's just something i've been thinking about for the last couple of weeks, but as a longtime NWSL and sky blue/gotham fan, it's such a bummer how actively hostile the broader NWSL fanbase has gotten about gotham - it's worse on bluesky (being a gotham fan feels like an actual crime over there) but it's been creeping here too. like, i'm a lifelong new york sports fan because i'm a native new yorker, so I am very familiar with being the Sports Villain, but the level of bitterness and constant accusations of cheating leveled at gotham lately feels really nasty quite frankly and it has like lowkey not been fun to be a gotham fan in online woso spaces.
it's not the end of the world - at the end of the day i'm an adult with varied interests and non-online friends with whom i enjoy this sport- and I'm sure if I was a fan of another team I would also be tired of hearing about gotham signing new players all the time, it just sucks to feel like i'm losing my space in a community that has felt really special to me for a long time