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Kc current is a perfect example. Imagine that, you get mahomes involved and build a new stadium and they draw crowds and interest. Of course it is not mls caliber crowds. But bringing in 10k on the regular attendance is nothing to sneeze at and something the best teams in the wnba aren’t pulling in. By some peoples logic the empty stadiums were proof there was no interest as opposed to saying people will come if you give it the infrastructure to grow.
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I didn't "shit" on anyone. I asked why you don't watch or follow other women's sports? There are PLENTY of women close in talent.
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I chose to shit on Clark because she plays for Iowa. And I loooooove to shit on Iowa
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As far as soccer, what does Nike raking in billions have to do with viewership? Selling soccer gear to kids doesn't equal adult viewership. Not in the USA, anyway. No major sports in the US started out with world class anything, yet here they are. |
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Look at the kc current or the new pro women’s volleyball league. Or even the mls. You would have given up on the mls for the decades where they were hemorrhaging money and huge markets could only find a few thousand fans. It took decades to build fan loyalty, star power, add new markets which were willing to build great stadiums. Hell look at the kc current. Imagine giving up on women’s soccer in kc because of past failures versus saying all it took was mahomes and a new stadium to create interest. And as they make more money, they can pull in bigger media deals, and with those deals pull in better star players, and with that pull in even bigger media deals. Those fans with better experiences will raise young kids who grow up to be loyalists. That’s how this works. It doesn’t happen overnight. And it takes investment and patience which mens sports like mls got, but women’s sports largely did not. The irony is I think the one exception is the wnba who got investment and just could not grow the game. And yeah the huge sponsorships like Nike absolutely matter. Large sponsors drive media, sponsorships. Because Nike wants more viewers so they can sell more cleats and shorts. It has absolutely materialized into outstanding tv viewership for national women’s soccer games. That is in spite of lack of investment in a women’s pro league which seems to be a turning tide. So again, there is probably a lot more chicken and egg here. Where you assume investment isn’t there because of a lack of viewers, it can easily be argued just the same that viewers aren’t there because of lack of investment. Hell, is anyone going to pretend that a lot of Caitlin Clark’s and angel reeses large followings aren’t largely due to NIL that finally allows college athletes to be marketed and celebrated? |
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The only thing that would make it unrealistic is if women's sports are inherently inferior products that not even women prefer to watch over men's sports. |
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But I think you’re also missing on how much star power, game day experience and media blitzing matters. Both men and women were way more into USWNT and women’s tennis when Alex Morgan and Serena were relevant vs when they’re not. And now you see it with Caitlin clark. You have your typical fan girls who don’t know shit about ****, but lots and lots of men seemed to love watching the women’s final four even knowing it was a much more inferior product. |
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The best thing the WNBA could do is orchestrate games so that Clark bombs/makes threes all game long and then gets in a fist fight with Angel Reese.
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Of course the WNBA's version of Michael Jordan will need to explode onto the scene in the next few seasons to maintain whatever momentum they build, but that's another topic. |
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I couldn't give a shit less about Iowa I just can't help pointing out when idiots are wrong
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Gregg Doyel is such a loser.
He got downgraded from CBS Sports to the Indy Star and may lose his job… again.
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