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[QUOTE="JellyBean, post: 2696265, member: 1997"]
Well a shift in the season is not the answer. I believe The Commish is serious about wanting the WNBA to reach that 21-34 female market. However, as a coach of girls basketball, not many girls watch basketball. Heck I got girls that don't even watch the NBA! I would say out of our 20 member roster (Varsity and JV) we have 3 girls that watch WNBA games. The problem that I see is not about the marketing it is about loving the sport of basketball. Plus having a winning team. Here in Minnesota, when the Lynx had that dry spell of not making the playoffs, attendance was horrible!! Some nights the Target Center probably had a good thousand in the seats. There was talk of having the team play games over at Williams area because of the low turnout. Now that we are winning. The Target Center is 80%-90% full. We have a pretty wide age range of fans in attendance. Winning helps. But for me, as a fan of the women's game, I attend games no matter what.
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