oldman_Ghost!
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Women's college hoops>>>>>WNBA
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OPINION this is ridiculous
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Los216
The Game Is The Game
This post is accurate and it's also very sad for me because I really thought that Kobe's daughter Gigi was going to be that next generation women's basketball star.
If Swoopes, Cooper, Leslie were the equivalent to Wilt, Russell, Big O era than Taurasi, Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson were the Jordan, Magic, Bird era.
There's a new era right now with Stewie, A'ja, Arika O but Gigi was going to be that LeBron level star. She was going top usher in that new era. The new generation of female athletes. The WNBA would've been more than 30 years old by then. Thee NBA was 30 until the 70's. She was gonna be the one who we followed all through high school. It makes me sad just thinking about it.
Theres a reason why you almost never hear a good women’s college basketball player ever say they are gonna forgo their remaining years to go pro. Almost all stay in college for the full 4 years
Dwayne
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That shit is :pathetic: too
Los216
The Game Is The Game
I think he was just trying to compare the timelines.
It's not like the WNBA has been around forever. In it's first 25 years the NBA didn't even have that many 7 footers or high flyers. They didn't even have a 3 point line yet.
It makes more since to compare the first 25 years of the WNBA to the first 25 years of the NBA. It wouldn't be fair to compare them right now at two completely different stages.
For example. 30 years ago the NBA was not a global brand that it is now. Then in 1992 The Dream Team happened and the rest is history. Today's NBA looks nothing like the NBA in 1991. Just like today's WNBA looks nothing like the WNBA in 1997. We gotta give it time.
Dwayne
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Compare the first 25 years then and you would see completely different trends for women vs men.
oldman_Ghost!
If u Google who gives a fuck. My name ain't there!
Sorry you do not like it..but that ish is enjoyable to watch. Especially when Pat Summit was alive and you get those Tenn vs Uconn matches with chicks like Chamique Holdsclaw or Diana Taurasi. Those games use to be lit...
Dwayne
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757'sFinest
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WNBA ain't been the same since houston won 4 titles in a row
Bow to Royalty
Just facts
Ridiculous? Did you want the WNBA to fold due to player salary or NBA players to not get a fair cut of the revenue they generate?
Bow to Royalty
Just facts
I think comparing the first 25 years is a terrible comparison. The WNBA has multiple 24 hr sports networks to show clips of their games, way more marketing channels, the internet, most households have multiple TV's, a big televised college tournament to promote the players, and the NBA already raised interest in the sport of basketball in general. The WNBA has it waaaay easier in its first 24 years than the NBA did.
AZTG
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Tell yall what, the WNBA is super necessary. I remember the first time watching a wbna game with my sister after a bunch of NBA games and noticed it hit different for her.
I cant sit here and say wbna players should get paid as much as nba players. Thats a false equivalency. What I can say though is that im glad they got more money in their last CB deal. Their pay went up alot, and theyll get paid way more on average now.
I cant sit here and say wbna players should get paid as much as nba players. Thats a false equivalency. What I can say though is that im glad they got more money in their last CB deal. Their pay went up alot, and theyll get paid way more on average now.
I’ll say this: the WNBA needs to make more money. Their current tv deal pays them a whopping $12 million per season thru 2022. Yea that can’t be happening. They need to get on another network other than ESPN too.
TheMadLionsFan
Out chea thuggin in my home office.
It doesn't matter is there isn't enough fan interest
Playmaker88
G Money is Cash
Women dont support the wnba enough... or womens sports in general with consistency
Bow to Royalty
Just facts
@Race Jones just make the thread then bounce?
Blue_London
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Women football (soccer) this argument holds weight.
The women national team draws a bigger audience form TV and ticket sales and is far more successful yet they are paid less than the men's team.
The women national team draws a bigger audience form TV and ticket sales and is far more successful yet they are paid less than the men's team.
SeaSnake
OG
the crazy example I saw was the NCAA women’s weight room. They gave them like some weights and small space.
But this is based on fam interest the difference is wide but WNBA just does not get watched by enough people.
Blue_London
OG
Tennis is another perfect example a lot of male players are against equal pay because they play the best of 5. However if tennis was done by views a lot of the women will be paid a lot more