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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3143547, member: 1220"] I believe that women's college ball is the best litmus test for the prospective popularity of the WNBA. As we all know title nine is what is keeping WCBB afloat. It has over time increased the popularity of the game so that now more than just a few teams draw a decent crowd. There are quite a few teams drawing more than 5000 a game and even they are not self-supporting. I can see it's popularity increasing incrementally but not over night. The players cannot realistically expect an increase in pay until the league is more viable or teams get financial support of sponsors like the leagues overseas do. There are some very rich women ( or men ) who are constantly on record for gender equality. Well, why don't they put their money where their mouths are and buy a team to help support the league. It would be a drop in the bucket for them but might help support and give a leg up to the league. the WNBA would be a perfect vehicle to promote gender equality. I am not trying to be sarcastic. I mean this seriously. However, I have found that most people - especially high profile individuals are all talk. When it comes to them actually living what they promote the quickly become invisible. It's generally do as I say and not as I do. [/QUOTE]