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re: WNBA Star Speaks Out: "I was bullied for being straight."
Posted on 2/22/17 at 1:00 pm to Topwater Trout
Posted on 2/22/17 at 1:00 pm to Topwater Trout
I don't think it does outside of maybe a few teams, hell its not exactly a great deal for the players either- most of them make the bulk of their money in overseas leagues.
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Posted on 2/22/17 at 1:01 pm to Topwater Trout
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does the wnba even make money?
No. They only have two teams in non-NBA cities. Seattle (only because the Sonics left) and Uncaville, Connecticut. They need the NBA to prop them up.
This post was edited on 2/22/17 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 2/22/17 at 1:03 pm to anc
I once saw a poll.
Would you rather find $5 on the street or have your local WNBA team win a championship.
Finding $5 on the street was north of 90 percent.
Its by far ESPN's biggest loser. They paid $25 million for broadcasting rights. Less than 200k people watched the WNBA Playoffs.
The Dallas Wings have won three WNBA titles, but are trying out their third city because they can't draw. It also doesn't;t help that rookie salaries are under $40k. The highest paid player is at $111k. If these women got college degrees when they were playing in the NCAA, they should be able to make more working a normal job.
And then there is women managing things:
n January, ESPN and league officials met to discuss plans for the upcoming season and narrowly avoided what could have been a major slight. The league’s original 2016 television schedule omitted an opening-night game, an oversight John Skipper, the ESPN president, said he rectified.
The Houston Comets were the league’s early powerhouse, winning the first four W.N.B.A. championships and attracting as many as 12,602 fans a game in 1998. But by 2008, they were out of business
Would you rather find $5 on the street or have your local WNBA team win a championship.
Finding $5 on the street was north of 90 percent.
Its by far ESPN's biggest loser. They paid $25 million for broadcasting rights. Less than 200k people watched the WNBA Playoffs.
The Dallas Wings have won three WNBA titles, but are trying out their third city because they can't draw. It also doesn't;t help that rookie salaries are under $40k. The highest paid player is at $111k. If these women got college degrees when they were playing in the NCAA, they should be able to make more working a normal job.
And then there is women managing things:
n January, ESPN and league officials met to discuss plans for the upcoming season and narrowly avoided what could have been a major slight. The league’s original 2016 television schedule omitted an opening-night game, an oversight John Skipper, the ESPN president, said he rectified.
The Houston Comets were the league’s early powerhouse, winning the first four W.N.B.A. championships and attracting as many as 12,602 fans a game in 1998. But by 2008, they were out of business
This post was edited on 2/22/17 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 2/22/17 at 1:09 pm to Tigeralum2008
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There is certainly something about the culture of girls/women's basketball that makes it unattractive to young female athletes.
I think it is the inability to play it like men is what turns people off. It is impossible to watch. Just imagine if women's softball fields had pro/college mens fences/base paths or if instead of softball they played baseball with basically all of the same rules/equipment.
Softball is made so it can be fun and interesting for women and spectators.
Posted on 2/22/17 at 1:09 pm to anc
We've all been boycotting the wnba in solidarity for years now
Posted on 2/22/17 at 1:11 pm to el Gaucho
pretty sure i have not seen more than a minute of it in my life. Outside of maybe highlights on espn.
Posted on 2/22/17 at 1:36 pm to OweO
quote:Yes, yes she is.
She is a coach in the WNBA
Posted on 2/22/17 at 1:38 pm to anc
Don't even care that they're gay. I would lick Elena Delle Donne and her fiance's bootyholes:
Posted on 2/22/17 at 1:42 pm to Green Chili Tiger
Lebron James and Candace Parker need to be forced to procreate and have 8 male kids and field an NBA team on their own.
Also Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin need to be forced to have children.
And Usain Bolt and a freakishly fast woman.
And Bo Jackson and Serena Williams (yikes).
Eugenics could be fricking cool.
Also Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin need to be forced to have children.
And Usain Bolt and a freakishly fast woman.
And Bo Jackson and Serena Williams (yikes).
Eugenics could be fricking cool.
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