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Message: [QUOTE="augustaTC, post: 2697954, member: 7216"] OK, they seem to want women in the 21-34 age bracket in the seats. My first question is, where are these women now? What do they do with their free time? Almost by definition they're urban dwellers. Presumably they have jobs to afford regular ticket purchases. My sense is (strictly from watching my nieces grow up) that young ladies are wrapped up in starting careers, exploring relationships and having fun....not necessarily in that order. And unless they played the game or otherwise grew up loving WBB, attending a WNBA game is not high on a priority list aimed toward ticking off any of those boxes. Do you meet interesting guys/girls there? Maybe, but there are probably much better ways if that's your goal. Is watching a game you never played and don't understand a great evening out? Doubtful. Yes the WNBA needs to promote players better. And at the end of the day I suppose it will be the Sue Bird's, EDD's, Maya Moore's and Skylar Diggins' who get promoted the most because they're attractive and articulate. Apologies if that statement offends anyone, but that's life. Sports need "faces". Maybe they need to experiment with changing the game a little. Seems to me Geno has been a proponent of a 9' basket for quite a while. Why not try it? Put some real $ up for the champion and somehow include some fans in the action. They certainly can experiment with what happens in the venues - Happy Hours before? BOGO ticket offers, pick the final score lotteries, etc, etc. I'm sure marketing people have a million different ways to make a game more exciting to the rank & file women they want to attract who have only the vaguest idea what's going on. Honestly not sure their stated goal is even achievable, but it is going to take time and commitment and buckets of $. [/QUOTE]

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