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Message: [QUOTE="tomcat, post: 2060862, member: 961"] She had very interesting -- though I'm not sure accurate -- take on why ans follow a player through college and don't continue in the WNBA. Her take was that because the WNBAs a small league with limited spots, players sometimes get cut and suddenly are not playing in the league, so fans get discouraged and don't continue to follow a team. I guess that may be true, but to me, the WNBA is basically a cross between WCBB and the NBA -- stressing more athleticism and less team play, but still mostly below the rim. I like the part that's below the rim, but the NBA part is exactly the reason why I am not really interested in the WNBA all that much. And yes, I've watched games on TV and went to one live. It's just not as interesting a game to me. I may be alone in that perception, but it's the reason why I don't care to follow the players I loved to watch when they were in college. I doubt that many WNBA players would even think of that as a reason why there aren't more fans, because in the way their world is set up, the WNBA, and all the requirements of being a "pro," are the next natural progression in their careers. It's just that some of us (maybe only a few of us) don't think of it as progress. [/QUOTE]