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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good for WOMEN’s BASKETBALL PERIOD

WE NEED MORE VIEWERSHIP FOR WNBA

AND HIGHER SALARIES FOR THE PLAYERS

FINALLY FINALLY [/quote]

Nobody wants to watch the WNBA. Bot even the die-hard feminists who begged for the league that has had to be subsidized by the NBA so that it can exist. Women’s NCAA is having a moment, but it will pass. It is fun to watch certain players but let’s not get delusional. [/quote]

So nobody will watch these same players in the WNBA? [/quote]

WNBA regular season viewership was up 8% last year, and viewership for the finals series was up 13% over the previous year through two games when this article was written.

https://apnews.com/article/wnba-aces-liberty-tv-ratings-a9f40c0f44aaeade85dc998baad17dbe

There is zero reason to think that as famous players move from the NCAA into the WNBA, they won’t attract viewers - that’s how lots of fans get into watching the NBA.

The bigger picture though is that networks for a long time treated the women’s game with palpable disdain.  The highly criticized coverage of the 2021 tournament (and the much publicized laughable difference in facilities) kind of brought that to a head and the women’s game has been covered differently by the media over the past couple of years.  ESPN’s Web site is a great example of the change (college basketball is now “NCAAM” and “NCAAW” in menus instead of “NCAA” for men and women’s basketball coverage somewhere with skeet shooting and luge.  The 3 point shootout during NBA all star weekend is another example.

The PP who seems so threatened by coverage of the women’s game is a good example of that dinosaur attitude that’s becoming way less common.  [/quote]

Preach![/quote]

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