And this doesn’t even count tv ratings.
Time for a Real Discussion About Caitlin Clark
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Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier proposed starting a league for WNBA players in the off-season that is US-based, but have never heard any more about it.
WNBA stars to start U.S.-based offseason league
Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are founding a women's basketball league to give the top WNBA players a new option for playing domestically in the offseason.www.espn.com
Clark would do well in a 3 on 3 women's league. How does the 3on3 for the men and that deal that is every summer with retired players make money? All from the TV contracts?
The summer season was also a calculated move to get the best players to play in the league. They can't offer salaries to compete with some of the leagues overseas so they made the WNBA season during the offseason so the best players could play in the domestic league while still getting their bag overseas.
Football is unique in it is not something you can do by yourself for fun. You can’t play a pickup game at the gym. The physical nature is unlike any other sport also. The gap in season and only played on mostly weekends helps push it. Limited games make each one matter. You don’t sit your qb to rest him for next week unlike BB.
Football has no rival in the US.
I imagine they'll get good viewership early, between the excitement around CC and spring/early summer not exactly being a great time for sports. Once football picks up, I'd imagine interest drops a bit.
They will take nearly a month off. July 18 to Aug 14 (note: wnba all star game is on July 20)
NBA needs less games, the Pacers played 17 games in the month of January.
100% Agree. I think it will be interesting to see if CC can continue drawing crowds into the WNBA. It's undeniable what her impact has been, but the growth of the game definitely goes beyond her. There's no way men's or women's ball will ever eclipse the NFL, but they can definitely take a page out of their book and learn how to bring attention in the offseason.
KidSilverhair
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I’ve said this for years. There’s no need to have an 82-game season start in October with the playoffs lasting into June, for Pete’s sake. There’s a reason nobody pays attention until Christmas …
Christmas? I don’t pay attention until the Finals, and sometimes not even then if it’s two teams I don’t care about.
Tyrese Haliburton has fans from Asia constantly flying to see his games cheering for him specifically and making signs letting people know how far they came to see him. Iowans don't even watch the NBA in general and Iowa media covers a bench warmer for TWolves far more than an All Star starter on Indy.
That's an indication of how global the NBA is and how misleading the local Iowa media can paint things.
Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier proposed starting a league for WNBA players in the off-season that is US-based, but have never heard any more about it.
WNBA stars to start U.S.-based offseason league
Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are founding a women's basketball league to give the top WNBA players a new option for playing domestically in the offseason.
There's a great new documentary on Tubi about the WNBA's struggles/success in collective bargaining and growing the league.
It's free, not a bad watch.
Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story (2024)
Business women, athletes, superstars. Get a rare, all-access look at the lives of WNBA luminaries Jonquel Jones, Nneka Ogwumike and Breanna Stewart.
Is women's basketball gaining popularity, or is it just CC? I think it's the latter.
Hard to say. But given the volume of current star and upcoming star players in the women's game, the next 3-5 years will be very telling of how popular women's basketball will become.
I've watched some of that 3x3 on youtube and some of the teams from other countries seem pretty elite. It seems to reward length, athleticism, driving to basket and shooting over strength/size so she's probably the ideal player while some of these NCAA wbb bigs might not do well.
