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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 2781398, member: 591"] I never minded the quality of play on the floor, although I did regret how ragged the season always started as players did not have enough training camp together. But I have been reflecting on the "W" and how they lost me as a potential attendee, and I came up with a few things - 1 - the strictly personal - which I am trying to ignore in the rest of the analysis - currently, we can't possibly attend any games (well, we might be able to make a single game) because of my wife's health. But personal reasons probably affect others as well, from the limited pool of folks who, at least initially, have an interest. But after having season tix for the Lib for more than the 10 first seasons, and partials for 2 seasons of the Merc after we first moved out here, these are all true: 2 - One of the reasons we gave up our Liberty tickets was the timing. It isn't a bad time for a season (and not that there's a choice), but I think for some folks it inhibits following the game. For us, summer was always catch-up time after devoting quite a bit of time to following our college sports (whether on TV or in person) Nice to have a sport of interest, but could never quite devote the same energy as we did to college. Not because we liked it less, just because of "sports fatigue". 3- With relatively few games and few locations, it is hard for a lot of people to make games. And it just isn't the same when you don't get to see some games in-person. That's why for 2 years we drove 2+ hours to Phoenix and stayed overnight in a hotel 3 or 4 times a season. Lots of fun, but not easy. 4 - Part of why it is hard to follow is the lack of games on TV. Yes, I know they are on the internet. But I'm sure I'm not the only person who prefers TV to internet sources. And I'm not not 65 yet. 5 - I don't like the WNBA web site. Maybe its better now, but I tend to find it not-well-kept, sometimes difficult to use . . . 6 - And finally, while I sometimes see a blurb in the Tucson paper, most often regarding the Mercury, it isn't like there is anything except to Boneyard to casually remind me of a game. In other words, it is disappointingly frustrating to follow the WNBA, at least for me. And I'll be blunt - they couldn't even keep up the interest of 2 fans who love women's sports, particularly love WBB, were never bothered by the differences to the college game, and had lots of folks from their college team (Rutgers) playing in the league. And it isn't that the WNBA was not fan-friendly or anything, it was just that they couldn't keep us interested. Sad. [/QUOTE]

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