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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2797280, member: 5798"] From its start in 1997, the Women’s National Basketball Association has had enthusiastic fans looking for good basketball and seeing in the league affirmation of the goal of sports equality. But as its 20th season gets underway, the W.N.B.A.’s modest attendance and television viewership (just below 200,000 on ESPN’s networks last season) illuminate a stubborn imbalance between men’s and women’s professional leagues, adding to the expanding debate about the place of women’s sports in society. These anxieties have increased more than 40 years after the federal law known as Title IX opened the way for millions of girls to play sports. The women’s professional leagues they move on to are still struggling to develop and hold lasting public interest. [B]Do any WNBA teams make money?[/B] Half of the [B]W.N.B.A.[/B]'s 12 [B]teams lose money[/B], and they benefit from revenue generated by the N.B.A.'s national television and sponsorship deals. “It hasn't made [B]money[/B],” “Its prospects of making [B]money[/B], at that time and even today, are still slim.” May 28, 2016. [SIZE=4][URL='https://bizfluent.com/info-8131965-average-womens-professional-basketball-player.html']The Average Salary of a Women's Professional Basketball Player[/URL].[/SIZE] [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/sports/basketball/after-two-decades-wnba-still-struggling-for-relevance.html'][Story][/URL] [/QUOTE]