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Message: [QUOTE="amb3096, post: 4308610, member: 11629"] The counter argument is the popularity of women's tennis, women's gymnastics, and women's figure skating (the latter two particularly compared to their male counterparts). I think the big difference here is that a.) women's tennis has broad appeal to male audiences and b.) gymnastics/figure skating are popular with female viewers. If market research and/or historical trends indicate that it's an opportunity, then it will get coverage regardless if it's men's or women's sports. The WNBA has neither. They've been around for 25 years and there's no clear positive trend. Contrast that with the women's tennis tour that started in 1972 (without the advantage of internet and massive cable television) and where they were by the late '90s. It's night and day. My other issue with the WNBA is that it's an afterthought for the players. They come into the season late and tired. Hardly any of the top players show up for training camp, and the first few weeks of games looks like it's a pickup game where the players have never practiced together before. It borders on unwatchable. The quality improves by the playoffs, but the beginning of the season is painful to watch. Imagine new viewers who decide to give it a chance and tune in for opening games and are like, "Wow, this is bad!" International money or grow the WNBA. It's one or the other, and really they can't have both. [/QUOTE]