Wmn's Soccer League Kaput("a sad day for women's sports. But we are not going to give up..")

The Cincinnati Enquirer ^ | Sep 16, 2003 | BARRY WILNER

[Semper Paratus]

PC plus heavy NBA subsidies is the only thing keeping the WNBA going.

[aardvark1]

This is the same trouble the WNBA and the NHL have. Just because the "big 3" men's sports can pay big salaries, doesn't mean a start up league can do the same, even with an invented celebrity like Mia Hamm.

This is the market place at work. It may be that a league like this can only afford to pay a Mia Hamm $10k and play in high school stadiums until it really takes off. They tried to start something with no foundational support. They're not willing to be patient and build this over the long haul.

It's much like a Britney Spears or the Back Street Boys who really have little talent but are packaged to appeal for the short run.

[TopQuark]

of the 1999 World Cup won by the United States,

Is it possible -- maybe just possible -- that we won that Cup only because the rest of the world laughs at women's succer?

[Adder]

"If we only had six or seven CEOs in America that had stepped forward in the past year ..." Hendricks said. "An independent women's professional league can survive - if it has corporate support."

Gee, lady, you had 100 mil from investors in your dream. It didn't work, no one cared enough to support your effort and it failed. Thats the breaks. TS and all that.

Whats with the wailing and lamentation? Am I supposed to feel saddened by this or somethin?

[InvisibleChurch]

the libs will offer to subsidize it

[Gil4]

There was a league?

Can they take the WNBA with them?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

"If we only had six or seven CEOs in America that had stepped forward in the past year ..." Hendricks said. "An independent women's professional league can survive - if it has corporate support."

Nope. If it has FAN support, it will survive. It didn't.

[G.Mason]

[sticker]

"the libs will offer to subsidize it"

That's right they could build them multi-million dollar facilities and let the rich owners have all the income while the taxpayers foot the bill. Then they could have some players that have been convicted of DUI, are substance abusers, spousal abusers and all around thugs. Oh, wait that already has happened and a lot of "conservatives" support it because it's "our team"

[STONEWALLS]

......in our area the WUSA fan base was largely lesbian.....traditional families shied away from that type of environment.

[Hatteras]

It's the CEOs families that are the only ones that can afford to go to the games. Get real, adult ticket prices are $25 for club level, $19 for premium, and $14 for spectator seating. Youth (12 and under) prices are $25, $15, and $11 respectively. Multiply that by the number in your family for a "great family evening full of fun and entertainment..." Yeah, right.

I can take the family to the Durham Bulls for half that, ....and get two for one hotdogs in the 7th inning!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

It's the CEOs families that are the only ones that can afford to go to the games.

You are absolutely correct. Whether there weren't enough fans, or there just weren't enough fans at the artificially high price levels that they established, the end result is the same.

[Siegfried]

the libs will offer to subsidize it

Yeah, but they never offer their own money to subsidize anything.

[hotsheet]

And the WNBA is probably next..

[rabidralph]

Is it possible -- maybe just possible -- that we won that Cup only because the rest of the world laughs at women's succer?

So, when the world finally takes men's soccer less seriously, the US men might then win a world cup?

[Shmokey]

Who even knew there was a womens soccer league? Girls sports are totally unwatchable. They're better at sewing and cleaning.

[Hatteras]

I actually enjoy women's soccer a little more. Well, maybe not more, but it's a different game than men's soccer. Because they don't have the power that men do, there's a little more technical skill on display.

Okay, well, yeah, I guess I like sweaty women more than sweaty men too, especially in the white home jerseys...

[al_c]

invented celebrity like Mia Hamm

Invented? She's the leading scorer in soccer. That includes the guys in all leagues around the world. Even Pele.

[al_c]

invented celebrity like Mia Hamm

Invented? She's the leading scorer in soccer. That includes the guys in all leagues around the world. Even Pele.