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JRUT
I only quibbled with your statement of ALWAYS. I hope if you teach, you understand the difference between usually and always. Always means without exception. You now grant exceptions, therefore my point that you saw fit to argue - girls ball is not always subordinate to boys, although it frequently is.
As for ABL, it didn't have the financial backing that the WNBA had, and I think they also went through the roof on player salaries. The WNBA worked to put them out of business, and succeeded. But I think backing an ABL with NBA cash, and not making them compete with WNBA, would make the whole thing more viable. Who knows?
You are right that the current market won't sustain the WNBA, another point I readily grant. I also said that it is hard to say whether further investment will pay off, or whether it is already time to give up. I think that the success of the Mystics, even without winning championships, might be cause to analyze their success factors and try to align with those factors across the league. One of those factors, IMO, is the presence of a strong women's sports market. When successful teams can't draw fans, maybe they need to be in a different market.
The NFL left LA, UCLA doesn't sell out home football games against marquee opponents - maybe it's not the place to put a football team or a women's basketball team. And maybe other places that do well with men's sports are the wrong place as well, while Storrs Connecticut may sell more tickets than major pro men's markets. Just a thought.
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