Posted on 02/16/2020 5:51:04 AM PST by C19fan
The Women’s National Basketball Association and the Women’s National Basketball Players struck an eight-year labor deal that includes boosting the average player salary to six figures, guaranteeing full pay during maternity leave and providing better travel conditions. Cathy Engelbert, the commissioner of the WNBA, was instrumental in negotiating the collective bargaining agreement. A core part of the vision is to help catapult WNBA’s players like Candace Parker and Sue Bird into global superstardom, akin to the way LeBron James and Steph Curry have become household names.
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I like college Women’s Basketball, we actually have seasons tickets, but I do not see the point in Women’s Pro basketball, then again, I dislike Men’s Pro basketball too.
Try double-headers with women’s beach volleyball - that’s at least got a *chance* of expanding the fan base!
This is the definitive, spot on assessment. Oh, and that money for maternity leave will be pretty safe, except for the occasional, artificial insemination.
Sue Bird has a “partner”
Megan Rapinoe the american hating lesbian soccer player.
They didn’t come out much when the league started and it was a nice
amusement as some of them were nice to look at.
Since they announced as carpet munchers and flaunted their partners they
have lost the visual interest of normal men.
They are not a betting commodity which had a big bearing of the growth of
men’s sports.
Learn from Roller Derby. Chick fights.
Sounds like the same problem Obama had when he couldn't get support for his unpopular policies.
The voters just don't understand our policies so we need to educate them more.
We need to give more speeches to get them to come around.
The problem wasn't that people didn't understand. It is just like this WNBA problem. It's that they don't like the product. No amount of convincing will work.
Don Imus
guaranteeing full pay during maternity
...
That’s a safe bet.
McDonalds. Their food sucks but their profits? Outstanding.
This is about the economic concept of marginal utility—that is different for each of us for each product or service.
So—for me—to get me to watch their game at Mohegan Sun (CT), my marginal utility is minus one thousand dollars per game.
That means they would have to give me casino credit of one thousand dollars to get me to watch one game.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars in not enough!
You would win that bet. The occasional pick up game between the WNBA champion team and a Boys H.S. State champion team has always resulted in a massacre of the Lesbian team.
Aren't they financed by the NBA?
If your team can be beat by a team of selected high school boys,
If your team is made up of people who publicise a particular angry sexual lifestyle,
If your team intentionally markets to a fan base that is a particular angry sexual lifestyle,
If the sparse audience at the arena is made up of an angry sexual lifestyle,
If the men’s game is made up of powerful specimens who are the best in the world and do freakish acts of athleticism,
Chances are your product will not thrive.
Women’s college basketball does pretty good because local people feel connected to the college team. The WNBA doesn’t have that fan loyalty and never will. Maybe they could advertise free beer and food at every game. That might fill some seats.
What follows is a comparative analysis of men and women’s team sports or one on one, face to face competition. Examples would be soccer, football, rugby, baseball, boxing, wrestling, etc. What is not being considered is individual time trial, scored or judged events such as swimming, track and field, golf, gymnastics, etc.
So…..the foundation ancient team sports were related to military training. The training was intended to give the soldiers the best chance of surviving and victory in battle. It included strategy, tactics, and physical skills. The tactics included, introducing deception, creating fear, creating unequal advantage, and showing no mercy. These armies were men only. Why?
There is a basic observation that women have a civilizing effect on men when they are present and there is some kind of relationship. If you have ever gone camping or hunting with your buddies leaving the ladies at home, you know what I am talking about. Men’s behavior among men is much “baser” than when women are present. People expect women to be civil and even nurturers. I could discuss the effect of having women alongside men in the military in the context of the above paragraph but that is for another time.
Now, fast forward to sports of today. Team sports allow people to exhibit antisocial war-like behavior under a carefully constructed set of rules. Deception is allowed, overpowering without mercy is allowed, double teaming is allowed, taunting and humiliation is allowed. It seems to me, that this being a setting for a mach war, men are more acceptable in these antisocial roles than women. Why people enjoy watching antisocial behavior is another question.
Somehow the image of a woman linebacker clothes-lining as wide receiver does not play as well as if it is a man doing it to another man (penalty flag aside). What seems natural for a man to be doing is unseemly for a woman to be doing it.
This is why I do not watch women’s sports. It is a bunch of women trying to act like men (lesbian or not) and I do not find it entertaining. And the whole sport thing IS only about entertainment.
They are subsidized by the NBA, but they still manage to lose $10M a year!
They truly have a product with a value below zero.
The free food better be Bloomberg event quality... ;-)
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