June 12, 2002

WNBA players threaten to strike next season : -- this would be disasterous for the NBA and their attempts to diversify their basketball product (see WNBA, NBDL, Hoop-It-Up, potential NBA Europe). In an era of niche programming, women's basketball has found a foothold with young girls around North America. The question is: can a niche product survive when it is primarily sold in the sport mega-markets of the U.S.?

posted by smithers to basketball at 12:54 PM - 3 comments

The real question is will anybody care or even notice?

posted by gyc at 01:33 PM on June 12, 2002

Well...there's "fans of certain sports"and "fans of sport" and I think the latter might "actually care or even notice." If I ever have female children, I hope that they have positive female role models in sport to look up to.

posted by smithers at 02:17 PM on June 12, 2002

Of course, if anyone watched the WNBA they could be in the right demanding more money. Toodle-oo ladies.

posted by owillis at 08:03 PM on June 12, 2002

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