Seriously...does ANYONE here watch ANY WNBA games? Know anyone who does? Does the league get federal subsidies under Title IX or something? How does it stay afloat?
It is tied into the NBA. Initially, NBA franchises owned WNBA teams through their affiliations. Eventually, from what I understand, some teams in the WNBA had independent ownerships but I think a relationship through finances has continued.
I never watch NBA, I do watch WNBA once in a while because What they play is more like the BB that I like.
I’m a big basketball fan but I stopped watching the WNBA years ago. Their season competes with too many other sports plus it’s in the summer time to get a big following.