WNBA, NY Liberty players leave court during national anthem
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What would you like Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell, Richard Blumenthal, Dick Durbin, Bob Menendez, Kirsten Gillibrand, Lindsay Graham, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, et al to do?
Haven't they done enough damage already?
None of my posts "trashed" women. Pointing out that the WNBA players salaries are dictated by market forces isn't bashing anyone. Nor is it discrediting their athletic ability - they are great athletes. There are plenty of great athletes in the US - men and woman -- who do not get paid much compared to the major men's professional sports (or even as much as they might get in another country). That isn't due to bias or gender discrimination. It is due to what the free market dictates from fan interest. The WNBA should be happy that we have a men's professional league which subsidizes them, which the NBA does.
What the WNBA players did the other day has absolutely nothing to do with women's rights. It has everything to do with them desperately seeking to gain attention by virtue signaling on a divisive issue that would get them in the news and endear themselves to the "woke" crowd. It certainly accomplished that to some extent. But let's call it what it is, and not dress it up in something it isn't.
WNBA posts largest opening weekend audience in eight years
Saturday’s Sparks-Mercury WNBA opening day game averaged 540,000 viewers on ABC, marking the league’s largest opening weekend audience since 2012 (Mercury-Lynx: 804K). Viewership increased 19% over last year’s first game on the network, Mercury-Storm (452K).
Earlier in the day, Storm-Liberty averaged 419,000 on ESPN — likely the largest WNBA regular season audience on cable since Mercury-Lynx on ESPN in 2016 (505K). The game marked the WNBA debut of Liberty G Sabrina Ionescu. [ESPN PR 7.26]
Saturday’s Sparks-Mercury WNBA opening day game averaged 540,000 viewers on ABC, marking the league’s largest opening weekend audience since 2012 (Mercury-Lynx: 804K). Viewership increased 19% over last year’s first game on the network, Mercury-Storm (452K).
Earlier in the day, Storm-Liberty averaged 419,000 on ESPN — likely the largest WNBA regular season audience on cable since Mercury-Lynx on ESPN in 2016 (505K). The game marked the WNBA debut of Liberty G Sabrina Ionescu. [ESPN PR 7.26]
On second thought, after watching 2 minutes of it today - it was as exciting as watching paint dry especially with split screen while interviewing an NBA player.
That translates to like a 0.02 Nielsen rating. Still pathetic. But keep trying.
Actually it translates to about a .9 share...dont worry its a far better rating then anything fs1 has gotten for big east ever
You’re comparing regional college basketball to a national professional league? Really?
Same difference, regional teams with national access, you are spinning this as to how you want to portray to the board...whats the event, how many watches...i also researched some other numbers SHU was at or above 540k 3 times last season which corresponded to broadcast tv days on fox and cbs
What was the event and how many watched. I can argue well is mlb wasn't back wnba would have had more viewers Saturday.
The argument can also be made if there was no sports for 4 months and SHU was the only game on they'd exceed that number by a ton. It's as stupid as arguing if my aunt had 2 balls she'd be my uncle.
Odd thread.
WNBA exists because people believe they can make money off of the product. When they no longer believe that is the case, there will be no more WNBA.
Ratings aren’t good. Quality of basketball played is ok.
I’m not sure why the anthem is played before sporting events. Doesn’t make much sense, and even less when there is no crowd.
WNBA exists because people believe they can make money off of the product. When they no longer believe that is the case, there will be no more WNBA.
Ratings aren’t good. Quality of basketball played is ok.
I’m not sure why the anthem is played before sporting events. Doesn’t make much sense, and even less when there is no crowd.
Kinda like how Jews feel when they reminisce about the good ole days when Uncle Fritz was popping the gold out of their teeth.
I am not Jewish and so I really can't relate to what it was like to see that.
Give me break.
It's not that you can't relate. It's that certain people are not willing to believe something which they can not see from their perspective.
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I prefer to deal with facts over feelings. Anyone can feel they are targeted or discriminated against, but do the facts support it? The neutral facts are not in agreement that blacks are being held down by systematic racism or targeting for death by police.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/07/27/brooklyn-teens-shot/
Kneeling....defund the police....Really effective strategies...
But the good news, they were only 59 shootings in Chicago this weekend. Progress...:smh
Kneeling....defund the police....Really effective strategies...
But the good news, they were only 59 shootings in Chicago this weekend. Progress...:smh
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What is your point? If we're being rational the data does not back up this whole movement. I'm sorry, I can't relate to something that's not real.
