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Message: [QUOTE="j66kicker, post: 2700040, member: 4447"] From [I]ESPN The Magazine[/I]: [URL="http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23117307/what-nfl-nba-nhl-mlb-wnba-look-2028"]Will the NFL combine be obsolete in 2028?[/URL] From "The WNBA in 2028" section (scroll to the bottom): [I]"In 2025, the league expanded to 16 teams, with new franchises in the Bay Area, South Carolina, Tennessee and Montreal. Teams play 50 games a year, and relaxed free-agency rules have led to Jonquel Jones signing with LA and Breanna Stewart landing in Vegas." "In 2028 the dunk takes over. The heightened athleticism that hit the WNBA in the mid-2010s is stoked by Azzi Fudd, a 5-11 guard who became a teen web sensation in 2017-18. In 2028, the player once compared to Maya Moore wins her second straight MVP ... just as Moore's 17-year, nine-title WNBA career winds down with a farewell tour." "In the 2028 WNBA draft, three players from the same school go 1-2-3 for the first time since 2016. Yes, Oregon has emerged as the sport's new juggernaut, having supplanted UConn after Geno Auriemma retired in 2022 to take over as director of USA Basketball." "Under recently named WNBA president Tamika Catchings, the age for draft entry is lowered to 19.... And suddenly ... one-and-done becomes the league's most controversial issue."[/I] [/QUOTE]