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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4308599, member: 12088"] I get your argument here, and if those were the only factors, I wouldn't hesitate at all. But I wonder if there haven't been historical factors that have suppressed interest in women's sports. I mean TV coverage has lagged behind existing interest, and not just in terms of what gets broadcast, but how and when. I can't say it enough how many games in the women's tournament had almost no replays available during games. Not enough cameras or crews. At times, it felt like community TV coverage of HS games. We all know there is substantial interest in WCBB, because we're all crazy about it. And many of us (mainly speaking for myself) find the men's game a bore. I would turn off the Men's NCAA tournament games if I could switch to a Women's game. This doesn't mean the audience is larger. It only means that there's an audience that could be grown if there was greater and higher quality availability on TV. You may be right that the WNBA shares the vices of the NBA. I only watch NBA games to keep company with friends who like it. But it's true that I don't watch many WNBA games either. So, yes, equity is hard to argue just looking at the current market. But invest in the Women's market and it would soon become a rival to the Men's. This is also a kind of inequity, but not one solved by a new CBA. [/QUOTE]