OT: and you thought the finances of the WNBA is rockbottom, look at the NWHL

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Women's professional hockey looks like it will soon be removed from North America.

Women's hockey stars to boycott pro leagues

Women's hockey players said they will boycott playing in professional leagues next season, with sources telling ESPN that the hope is the statement applies pressure on the NHL to support a women's league with financial and infrastructural resources.

www.espn.com

 

[bballnut90]

Women's professional hockey looks like it will soon be removed from North America.

Women's hockey stars to boycott pro leagues

Women's hockey players said they will boycott playing in professional leagues next season, with sources telling ESPN that the hope is the statement applies pressure on the NHL to support a women's league with financial and infrastructural resources.

www.espn.com

Can't blame them if they're making below minimum wage....unfortunately that's the harsh reality of women's team sports right now. Hopefully they can find some sponsors or the NHL can burden the cost to help grow the women's game.

 

[VaConnFan11]

My wife saw the news that the women hockey players were boycotting the season going across the bottom of the tv screen last night and said to me, "Will anyone notice?"

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

I didn't know there were any pro leagues. I found women's ice hockey to be underwhelming, although I watched in the Olympics. I don't know why - women's team sports are pretty much our favorites - I prefer softball to baseball, women's volleyball to men's volleyball and WBB by far to men's basketball. For that matter, women's Lacrosse more than men's, and while I'm neither a field hockey nor rugby fan, liked the women's games better than the men in both cases, as well (Olympics).

While I don't follow ice hockey much anymore (its been 30 years or more since I did) I still enjoy the men's version more than the women.

To the over-arching point - um, yep, the audience just isn't there to support women's sports on a pro level.