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Old Wed Sep 06, 2006, 02:46pm
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It wasn't only the major point, it was the only point.

Anyway, I'm getting in the middle of the real sniping, I'll let you guys get back at it.
See what happens when you stick your nose in - it might get bitten off.

I learned that a long time ago when sticking my nose into my wife's conversations with her parents...
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Old Wed Sep 06, 2006, 02:56pm
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See what happens when you stick your nose in - it might get bitten off.

I learned that a long time ago when sticking my nose into my wife's conversations with her parents...
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Shut up.
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Old Wed Sep 06, 2006, 02:57pm
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So.......

Shut up.
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Old Thu Sep 07, 2006, 06:19am
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I don't find it hard to believe Lambeer was complaining. I think he is an entertaining interview, but once the game starts, he was always a cry baby. Secondly, it looks like there were 3 people watching the WNBA? Is that an all time ratings high? Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Just to let you know they had 14,213 people at the WNBA Finals game last night in one arena, not the whole country!
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Old Thu Sep 07, 2006, 07:07am
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Just to let you know they had 14,213 people at the WNBA Finals game last night in one arena, not the whole country!
And about the same number of people watching it on tv in the whole country......

Hate to say it, but the WNBA basically is irrelevant anymore, as boxing and track and field are also. The general interest simply isn't there.
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Old Thu Sep 07, 2006, 07:40am
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Hate to say it, but the WNBA basically is irrelevant anymore, as boxing and track and field are also. The general interest simply isn't there.
I guess it is all one perspective. If you take a look into how many young girls look at the WNBA just like young men look at the NBA. So to say that no one watches the WNBA it's your own opinion. I think it give young girls a goal to work for.

IMO and only IMO.
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Old Thu Sep 07, 2006, 07:44am
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And about the same number of people watching it on tv in the whole country......

Hate to say it, but the WNBA basically is irrelevant anymore, as boxing and track and field are also. The general interest simply isn't there.

The WNBA is 10 years old, how many people were watching the NBA or going to their games in their first 10 years?
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Old Thu Sep 07, 2006, 08:41am
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The WNBA is 10 years old, how many people were watching the NBA or going to their games in their first 10 years?
Good point. The Celtics rarely sold out Boston Garden when they were winning all those championships in the 50's and 60's. In fact, the Garden was usually half-empty.

As far as Bill Laimbeer's ref-baiting, it's part of the show. The NBA and the WNBA are entertainment first, sports second. This type of behavior is clearly encouraged by the league. Coaches get paid big bucks, officials get paid small bucks. Survival of the richest applies here.
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Old Thu Sep 07, 2006, 10:14am
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The WNBA is 10 years old, how many people were watching the NBA or going to their games in their first 10 years?
Yes, let us compare a different time and a different situation. I hope the WNBA has more to hang on to than what the NBA was doing at that time.

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Old Thu Sep 07, 2006, 11:26am
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Man, for someone who supposedly doesn't care about the WNBA or women's basketball in general, JRutledge sure seems to need to reply to any post/thread that has anything to do with said topics which he doesn't care about...kinda weird, huh?

Sorry, Woody...the Ignore button is going back on now...
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Old Thu Sep 07, 2006, 11:33am
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Talking NOW I feel better.
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Man, for someone who supposedly doesn't care about the WNBA or women's basketball in general, JRutledge sure seems to need to reply to any post/thread that has anything to do with said topics which he doesn't care about...kinda weird, huh?

Sorry, Woody...the Ignore button is going back on now...
Why does someone that is so hell bent on everything I say is wrong, spend so much time commenting on everything this person says. (Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm)

PLEASE KEEP THE IGNORE BUTTON ON. YOU ARE A NOBODY TO ME ANYWAY!!!

Good luck with your season.

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Old Thu Sep 07, 2006, 11:35am
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Man, for someone who supposedly doesn't care about the WNBA or women's basketball in general, JRutledge sure seems to need to reply to any post/thread that has anything to do with said topics which he doesn't care about...kinda weird, huh?

Sorry, Woody...the Ignore button is going back on now...
You noticed that?

I don't watch much WNBA.. maybe an occasional few minutes when I'm channel surfing (Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson are pretty darn good). But I do hope the WNBA sticks around. Some of my friends have daughters and they are so glad to see their daughters taking a big interest in the Seattle Storm. They much prefer that to their daughters being interested in Brittney Spears and the other hoochies.
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Old Thu Sep 07, 2006, 11:46am
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Some of my friends have daughters and they are so glad to see their daughters taking a big interest in the Seattle Storm.They much prefer that to their daughters being interested in Brittney Spears and the other hoochies.
Amen!

I have a daughter who has played basketball since she was in second grade, It's the WNBA which has given her hope thoughout her middle and High school years. With today's teenage pregnancy. I kiss the floor on that I officiate everyday becuase she didn't become a statistic. Basketball is what gave her hope....
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Well the NBA has not helped the inner-cities very well. Not sure how the WNBA is going to make women any better.

The women in my life make more than most WNBA players do working a single season. I guess expectations for women are really, really low in this country.

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Old Thu Sep 07, 2006, 12:15pm
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I guess it is all one perspective. If you take a look into how many young girls look at the WNBA just like young men look at the NBA. So to say that no one watches the WNBA it's your own opinion. I think it give young girls a goal to work for.

IMO and only IMO.
REFVA, lets get sumthin' straight. It was never my intention to run down or belittle the WNBA. I'm just saying that it's simply a niche sport. It has it's following, but the general popularity of the WNBA simply isn't there. It's no different than Arena Football, the Major Lacrosse League, Major League Soccer..... or the Seattle Mariners. They all have their devoted followers, but none of them seem to have a general following, except locally maybe.
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