when it comes to ball movement and moving without the ball,
especially in comparison with the NBA.

One of the best championships I have ever seen played was a few
years ago, when the Lynx played the Sparks. I also believe it is the
highest rated game in WNBA history.

However, I have been watching women’s basketball since the NCAA days of
Sheryl Swoops ,when she did a Danny Manning and won the NCAA chip. So
I have an appreciation for the game.

The problem is revenue. The women’s game doesn’t generate anywhere near
what the men generate. And Men’s NCAA BB is carrying Women’s NCAA BB.
Women’s NCAA basketball wouldn’t be able to exist or stand on its own without
financial support from the Men’s game. The WNBA used to be the the same way.
NBA Owners were carrying the WNBA, and went years without making any kind
of profit. Also, it was the NBA that gave birth to the WNBA, riding off the hype
and success of the Women’s 1994 Olympic team...

You would think the women’s game would be more popular than what it is in this
age of advanced technology. But, in my opinion, women’s BB was way more
popular in the 90s. And Lisa Leslie and Swoopes had a large part to do with that.
They had Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan-esque appeal, and Swoopes was
the first woman to get a signature shoe deal ...Not a single women’s player in this generation Of BB has a signature show deal.

It’s crazy how women’s team sports can’t generate the massive followings that
individual women’s sports generates. Women’s Tennis and Track and field are
just as popular as the Men’s, if not more popular. And women track athletes get
paid more than Men! There is no Men’s track athlete right now as marketable as
Allyson Felix, Jenny Simpson, Molly Huddle, Shalane Flanagan,etc...That goes
for gymnastics,too. No one gives a fuck about Men’s gymnastics.

Can’t front I care way more about women running 100 meters and long distance
than what women do on the basketball court ...and I can’t explain why that is.
Men have have arguments over women’s tennis and T and F all the time, about
who the greatest and fastest is.

Women’s BB? Not so much.