re: Washington Post: WNBA expected to lose $50m this year despite increase in popularity

You’re arguing a very small time frame. I’m arguing long term. Also, historically NHL had a much better viewership vs WNBA. Let’s discuss in 10 years and see the data then. WNBA WILL BE LOW.

Sweet baby Angel gets no coverage until it's about losing money.

These girls with all the eyes on them should gtfo and do their thing. They are being used. And used poorly.

the WNBA has proven that they are willing to cut off their nose to spite their face (despite the fact that they have never paid a bill in 25+ years, the NBA pays all of their debts.)

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think CC should just get nude and profit. No one cares that she can dribble a basketball.

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Uhhhh lol

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Women make up half the population, perhaps they should start pulling their weight and supporting their fellow women

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Google: Bill Burr WNBA

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Paying a $160 million for those rights is like having an old, shitty outdated $100,000 house, slapping a new coat of paint on it (Caitlin Clark) and bumping the price up to a million.

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This… let’s make sure it isn’t a fad

I think a lot of y'all really look at this very myopically. The WNBA was never gonna make a profit. Everybody has always known that. It's not its own entity. It's a part of the NBA. which subsidies it in order to grow the game to get more female fans to tune into the NBA. I don't know the numbers, but I bet female interest in the NBA has increased substantially enough to more than make up for the WNBA losses.

It''s the same argument when people don't think universities should invest in womens' college sports. Or baseball. People thought paying Mulkey what they did was outrageous. And they may have not made a profit like it's typically reported, you can't buy the advertising LSU Women's basketball gets. Angel, Flo, Kim are all over tv. On Sportscenter. 1st take. It increases the overall LSU brand. Which, Tate and Woodward are in alignment that the Athletic Department is the front door to the university. The bigger the LSU brand, the more attractive it is as a university. The more enrollment goes up. The more females who grew up watching LSU softball or basketball or gymnastics and[ falll in love with the university are more likely to go to school there. More out of state students paying higher tuition. Which leads to higher standards, higher tuition, a bigger student body, more research grants, the greater value of the diplomas, the overall health of the university. Look at what happened to Bama's school after Saban got there. It's about increasing the brand of LSU and leveraging that on the academic side. Excellence in all things LSU is great for Louisiana State University. And it starts with sports because that's the most visible part of any university. Take a macro view of alll this an it makes a lot more sense than the narrow minded, myopic way most of you tend to look at it.

Well unfortunately it's higher than bregmans batting average to simplify it for you.

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All the hype is because of Caitlyn Clark but it isn’t sustainable as it is a shite product as a whole.

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I don't buy that it's a "shite product". Competitiveness is relative. Why does the Little League World Series draw enough people to warrant its coverage? I mean you can't tell me it's a great product. The College World Series is on television. A team in the Florida State League would blow out the winner of the CWS. Sure Paul Skenes might have beaten a team in from the Florida State League in one game, but in a 3-5-7 game series a Florida State League team would win easily.

The worst team in the NFL would easily beat Michigan in a football game.

It's about competitive games and worthwhile storylines or human interest when it comes to sports. Pro Wrestling figured that out a long time ago.

I'll watch the WNBA if there's nothing else on or if Caitlin Clark is playing. You need to see the shower video leak. She's an attractive young woman. Sure she's no Kate Upton, but back in the day if she in full make-up and was into you at Fred's or Sports you'd take her home.