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Yeah, they've already got a smaller ball and closer 3 point line, but a lower rim is too much. Middle school kids are out here playing on 10 foot rims, so that would be a step too far me thinks.
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Yeah, they've already got a smaller ball and closer 3 point line, but a lower rim is too much. Middle school kids are out here playing on 10 foot rims, so that would be a step too far me thinks.
- Jun 21, 2005
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Women don’t even watch the WNBA like that, which is a large part why it doesnt make any money 
Not once has a woman who wasn’t a former college basketball player herself brought up the WNBA in conversation with me. They can’t get paid more if the teams don’t even make a profit, and they can’t make a profit if nobody watches, don’t know why this conversation has to be rehashed every year.
Not once has a woman who wasn’t a former college basketball player herself brought up the WNBA in conversation with me. They can’t get paid more if the teams don’t even make a profit, and they can’t make a profit if nobody watches, don’t know why this conversation has to be rehashed every year.
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Women don’t even watch the WNBA like that, which is a large part why it doesnt make any money
Not once has a woman who wasn’t a former college basketball player herself brought up the WNBA in conversation with me. They can’t get paid more if the teams don’t even make a profit, and they can’t make a profit if nobody watches, don’t know why this conversation has to be rehashed every year.
No but just watch it then. Be the change you want to see. And buy tickets and merch so female athletes can make 10x as much as you instead of 3x as much.
- Oct 8, 2002
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Buy front row tickets and take a nap. They wont mind, you paid.
- Oct 13, 2001
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Lowering the rims has always been dumb.
Unless you are going to lower the rims for youth, HS, College, and FIBA leagues; only having them lowered in the WNBA is absolutely stupid.
Unless you are going to lower the rims for youth, HS, College, and FIBA leagues; only having them lowered in the WNBA is absolutely stupid.
- Oct 13, 2001
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darthska
If A black show is on the air and black folks are not tuning in to support, we can't cry about it being canceled after one season. We don't have the right to say, "Well white people have more of a responsibility to watch the show than we do because of the racial inequality that shows its face in the media."
I really disagree with your point of it being MORE on men to keep the league alive especially considering a men's league is keeping the league alive even though the WNBA never turned a profit.
- Jun 22, 2018
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I used to be highly upset that my female counterparts in the modeling business made 75% more than I did, and not one woman stood up for me 
- Apr 16, 2014
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The WNBA needs drama, narratives and stars.
The whole dunking argument is played. I used to think the same thing but that is really not what's needed.
The whole dunking argument is played. I used to think the same thing but that is really not what's needed.
mplsdunk
Supporter
- May 25, 2004
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They need a flat earther
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- Oct 13, 2001
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Shrinking the court makes a lot more sense than lowering the rim.
- Oct 8, 2002
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You know what? Lets just stop trying to be logical about this, lets just nod and let them say what they want to say, let time run its course so they can get to where they want to be then they can claim they did it without mens help.
- Oct 13, 2001
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Yea, once Clark doesn't pan out things will go back to normal. You are right.
- Sep 20, 2007
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That will depend on if they see this success as blood in the water.
if it sparks a change in women’s basketball then I think it’ll grow bigger than it is now for sure.
- Oct 13, 2001
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Again, the issue is people think NCAA popularity/interest is supposed to translate to the WNBA. There are so many reasons for even non-basketball fans to get behind a college program during a hot run. To expect that to translate to a pro league where most don't even know how to watch it's games and/or have a team within 2 states of their home-base is a lot to ask for.
"Women's basketball" isn't a thing.
There is Youth Basketball.
There is College Basketball.
There is WNBA.
The first two are disconnected from the last one.
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Chatty Patty drug of choice
- Oct 13, 2001
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Draymond said it best as to who the biggest supporters of the WNBA are.
Then you got goofy stuff like this being said by WNBA legends
- Mar 19, 2013
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You better slam heroin between your toes like a real man.Chatty Patty drug of choice
- Oct 8, 2002
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Have we ever seen a white WNBA player say they need a bigger salary?
- Aug 10, 2003
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womens basketball is just boring period... this place is prally appropriate to say it because in the sports thread you will get crucified for making such a comment...and watching lisa leslie ask for a donation from the nba was embarrasing
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- May 31, 2007
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The tv ratings for the “boring” women’s game exceeded the men’s Final Four for the first time in history. And the players at the forefront of that are now in the WNBA.
All this talk about the men’s vs women’s on-court product is irrelevant. It’s about marketing your stars and the WNBA has a potential megastar on their hands. Not capitalizing on Clark and co.’s momentum when the league’s broadcast deals are up for renegotiation next season would be a massive failure for the commissioner.
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WNBA skill level/athleticism is just not there. The mens product is vastly superior. Simple as that, idk what the debate is about. Lowering the rims wont change much imo when dunks still wont look athletic and mesmerizing.
