re: Does ESPN release the viewership numbers of the WNBA Draft?

I strongly get the sense that the vast majority of ESPN's non-sporting event viewership comes from bars and restaurants that just have ESPN by default on all their TVs.

I heard the 3v3 actually doubled investor money. Crazy but true.

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The league banked over $27 million in revenue in its first year, according to a league source. The money was likely largely from a lucrative media deal with TNT, plus a blue-chip roster of corporate sponsors.

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I wonder if the WNBA draft was on at the Wimmenz sports bar in Austin.

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Monday’s WNBA Draft, in which former UConn G Paige Bueckers was selected first overall, averaged 1.25 million viewers on ESPN — down nearly 50 percent from the all-time record set last year, when Clark was the #1 pick, but dramatically higher than any other draft in league history. The previous record prior to last year was 601,000 in 2004, when Diana Taurasi was the #1 pick and ESPN only carried first round coverage.

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I heard the 3v3 actually doubled investor money. Crazy but true.

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I saw the same thing, which is great for them. None of us watched it and they made money. As it should be, they marketed themselves to the right audience and the ladies got paid accordingly.


The WNBA could learn from that