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Message: [QUOTE="amb3096, post: 4309703, member: 11629"] My take: [LIST] [*]That's great that they had an increase in finals viewership for the last two years. But what is the trend since the league started? Is WNBA viewership increasing, decreasing, or flat? [*]The record for the finals viewership is the 2003 final with just under 850k viewers. 2021 final game had 570k viewers. That's a decrease of nearly 33%. So in 18 years, they have not been able to get back up to the high in spite of the additional investments. From articles, it seems like 2021 was their best year for viewership since 2008. So in spite of the college game exploding during this period, the interest in the WNBA actually went down. [*]Is an average of ~300k viewers/game significant enough for investors, given the player salaries and other operational expenses and the fact that the players continue to demand higher salaries and perks? IMO, those are very low numbers that wouldn't be attractive for someone looking just to break even, let alone make a profit. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]