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Message: [QUOTE="azfan, post: 3398764, member: 7748"] I'm not as optimistic about the annouced CBA. Living in Phoenix I'm one of the fortunate ones to be able to access in person WNBA play. Further I've had the chance to see the GOAT for over 10 years. I consider myself very fortunate for these opportunities and thoroughly enjoy the WNBA play. I'm not optimistic that my children will have the same opportunity. The WNBA has grappled from its inception with finding and or creating a sustainable market. Over the life of the WNBA the number of franchises has fell from 16 to 12, average attendance since the initial year of 15000 + has declined steadily to approximately 6500. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association#League_founded_and_play_begins_(1996%E2%80%9397)[/URL] "Teams and the league were collectively owned by the NBA until the end of 2002, when the NBA sold WNBA teams either to their NBA counterparts in the same city or to a third party, as a result of the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble']dot-com bubble[/URL]." Since the direct assistance of the NBA ended the WNBA has stagnated. This is very disappointing in the light of exciting play, amazing athletes and very bankable stars. Surveying the sports entertainment landscape for whatever reason there does not seem to be sufficient demand for women's professional basketball in the United States to sustain a league. By most measures the WNBA has limped along. Over the same time. Their NBA counterpart has exploded in terms of attendance, viewership, revenues, profit, and exposure. It is indeed unfortunate our elite women basketball players must travel internationally in order to ply their craft. I've wondered if there would be any way to overcome the challenges and have international play that included the US. I haven't been able to figure that one out. But then again neither have the leadership of the WNBA. With this background I am so grateful that I got to share in DT's career as well as see the amazing cast of elite athletes, talented stars and marquee players. [/QUOTE]

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