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WPS owners decide to cancel 2012 season

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BrendaStarr, Jan 30, 2012.

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  1. ucacm

    ucacm Active Member

    Haven't a lot of the NBA owners sold off the WNBA teams? The Rockets' owner sold Comets, only to have the franchise suspend operations a year later.
     
    ucacm, Jan 30, 2012
    #13
  2. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    I follow sports closely and the fact I had to open this thread to find out what WPS is should say a lot.
     
    MTM, Jan 30, 2012
    #14
  3. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    There's no direct link any more but there's still a lot of partial co-ownership, etc etc., mainly through the arenas.

    If the arena management doesn't think they're breaking even by throwing open the doors and selling hot dogs and popcorn to 2,000 people, they'll pull the plug.
     
    Starman, Jan 30, 2012
    #15
  4. txsportsscribe

    txsportsscribe Active Member

    i seriously did not know there was a women's pro soccer league in the u.s. whodathunkit?
     
    txsportsscribe, Jan 30, 2012
    #16
  5. apeman33

    apeman33 Well-Known Member

    If there's only one reason the WNBA will stick around, it's that it fills arena dates in the summer (which is different, of course, from filling the arenas).
     
    apeman33, Jan 30, 2012
    #17
  6. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    I thought you spelled WSOP wrong.

    Carry on.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Jan 30, 2012
    #18
  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    That's what I thought. I would have guessed the "P" stood for Poker.
     
    YankeeFan, Jan 30, 2012
    #19
  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Damn it!
     
    YankeeFan, Jan 30, 2012
    #20
  9. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    They just hemorrhaged a swimming-pool-full of their OWN money in the lockout, and it's still gushing.

    NBA attendance has crashed; TV ratings are plummeting. At some point very very soon they are going to cut bait on the WNBA and pull the plug.

    Some kind of women's pro basketball league will probably survive in some format but it'll probably be in smaller markets, in smaller arenas.
     
    Starman, Jan 30, 2012
    #21
  10. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    WNBA ain't going anywhere as long as Stern is commish.

    For them to fold would mean Stern would have to admit he failed at something. And that's not something he does.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Jan 30, 2012
    #22
  11. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    NBA TV ratings are plummeting? You sure? I've heard quite the opposite the past two seasons from just about every source. Game 6 of the Finals got a bigger audience than Game 6 of the World Series.

    Stern will have to leave before the WNBA dies. (Baron beat me to it.)
     
    Versatile, Jan 30, 2012
    #23
  12. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    ESPN's NBA ratings are up 31% over the same time period last season.

    TNT's NBA ratings are up 70% over the same time period last season.

    NBA TV's ratings are up 68% over the same time period last season.

    We should all plummet like the NBA.
     
    PCLoadLetter, Jan 30, 2012
    #24
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