(Semi OT) WNBA, What's your take?

It isn’t sexist, in my opinion, to state that WNBA is not only inferior in quality to the NBA but that it’s actually extremely redundant and boring. Women’s basketball, in Highschool and College is much more vibrant and fun to watch. Better plays, more passion and the crowds are hyped … the WNBA lacks all of that. Besides the fact that I enjoy seeing cute guys playing and sweating and all that sexy stuff.

I suppose my problem is, I actually do think that women, in general , when attempting to do a physical activity started by men are going to at least appear inferior because they are never, genetically speaking, going to be bigger and stronger than men doing the same thing. That sounds incredibly sexist… ah well it is what it is, i never said I was a bra burner.

I hate the fact that if you bash the WNBA some people say that you’re anti-feminist.
I just don’t like it , I think it’s boring. I also hate polka (sorry tominhawaii…) and reality TV.

Every time the “She wouldn’t say that, would you?” Commercial comes on I am usually like “Yes!, As a matter of fact I would!”

~Nathan

I TOTALLY DIG CHICK HOOPS. TOTALLY DIG THE WNBA. THOSE CHICKS ARE HOT. AND THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL SHOULDERS AND ARMS. EXCEPT FOR THE INCIDENT A COUPLE DAYS AGO CHICK HOOPS WERE A CLASS ACT ALL THE WAY. THOSE SISTERS STAND UP FOR EACH OTHER AND CARRY THEMSELVES WITH DIGNITY AND GRACE. GOOD ROLE MODELS TOO. I HAVE NO PROBLEM ENCOURAGING MY DAUGHTER TO BE LIKE HER FAVORITE WNBA PLAYERS.

I DON’T KNOW WHY I WROTE THIS ALL IN CAPITALS. GUESS I JUST WANTED TO GO OUT ON A LIMB.

I will watch a game on occasion during the summer. I’m a basketball junkie, and the WNBA is the best option this time of year. Candace Parker is a truly special basketball player- not just the dunks- she has a tremendous overall game.

but the only way I notice the wnba is if one of them hits the cover of playboy. other wise, its like going to the gym and lifting only half of what I can. I watch bball cause every game I just might see something new. These are top flight athletes. they are pushing limits. they are telling a story. the wnba is …..well…. like decaf,,, or trying to instigate a neutered cat, just not as fun.

i feal like I shouldnt post this…

yeah, don’t you feel kind of wrong for saying you dislike the WNBA? Anyway, you are a little extreme. But your point is valid. They aren’t physically able to play like NBA players, so it’s not as much fun to watch.

I think it’s great that women have a “League of Their Own” but it isn’t all that entertaining in my eyes. I feel like the WNBA, when it was first brought onto the scene, was nothing more than the NBA’s attempt at public relations. Not only that, but the commercials to advertise for it really pushed it down our throats. Remember the famous, “We got next..” campaign? Silly. Most of the teams are losing money. You don’t see people standing in line to buy a WNBA franchise.

As far as the fight goes, it was bound to happen. Women tend to take things really personal, so sometimes those fights can be more nasty.

Either way, you can find me watching paint dry any day of the week before you’ll see me get interested in a WNBA game. Have a WNBA team play a Division III school, and that might be fun to watch.

Might be better suited cutting ties with David Stern and the immediate NBA envelope.

Dont get me wrong, They need the male franchises to help them succeed but they need a seperate entitiy overseaing their rules and practices.

...but at least the girls
...make their freethrows
...box out
...play a little D

however, I have a four year old daughter so if she starts to like it I would support it.

The WNBA is a poorer version of the NBA the same way that men’s HS basketball, minor league baseball, MLS soccer are inferior to it’s counterparts. The level of size, strength, speed, and jumping ability (men or women) is dramatically different in the NBA, MLB, NFL than it is to amateurs and most women athletes of the same sport. The reason female tennis players and golfers are the top female money earners (williams sisters, sharipova, anika sorenstam, michelle wie) and the most entertaining to watch professionally, is that they are so close to the men’s PGA and ATP athletically and physically. That’s why the WNBA has failed. It’s a poor product with unspectacular athletes.

BTW, I heart Ana and woman’s tennis. :)

“All right, I’ll ask: How come it took three seconds to euthanize Eight Belles, but the WNBA is starting Year 12?”

It’s painful to watch. It really is.

“Only years till it will suffer the same fate as professional womens soccer” is a bit ironic since there is a new Women’s pro soccer league about to start. I think this one has a better shot at lasting. We’ll see.

http://www.womensprosoccer.com/

Even though a female player dunked, they are stillBTR’s. Probably better fundamentals, as athleticism isfar less prevalent than the NBA. I can’t watch WNBA, Neckcar, soccer or Golf, but thenagain I can’t watch my Blazers either ! Cancelled TV until COINCAST does a deal ! Sattellite or Charter Cable execsneed to lock themselves in a room with COINCAST andBRING BACK OUR BLAZERS, or else !!!

What? No other WNBA player can dunk? I have a girlfriend who can dunk, and she is just a 6’0 former volleyball player. Nothing extraordinary. There are tons of girls in track and field in the high jump competitions who are way over 6 feet tall and have great elevation. I thought those were the best female basketball athletes money can buy.

If you would rather find a $5 bill on the ground than have the team from your city win a championship, it shouldn’t be considered a big-time sport.

That being said, I don’t think the WNBA is going away because it has the big-money backing of the NBA. If it were an independent league it certainly would have folded by now.