Let's see. $10 million dollar franchise fee for starters.
Extremely low salary cap ( about $900,000 ).
Teams only need about 8,500 attendance to make a profit.
Sounds like the perfect deal for a small city trying to get a pro sports franchise, like Boise Idaho, Little Rock Arkansas, Portsmouth NH....
Why aren't more WNBA teams popping up all over the map ?
2007-04-17 19:41:31 · 9 answers · asked by Whitman Lam 5 in Sports ➔ Basketball
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I read a quote somewhere that the WNBA is like the unwanted puppy in the pound. No one wants a league that hasn't grown into its own self-sustaining business. They see it as a financial risk because they don't believe they have the power to push the market. It's a catch 22. If you can't fill the seats, why support the product. But you have to support and market the product in order to get people in the seats. And the people with the money making decisions don't think the seats will ever fill. So they won't put money into the product.
Case and point. The Phoenix Mercury Fan Shop has 7 items to choose from. 2 women's cut t-shirts, 1 youth t-shirt, 2 hats, 1 shot glass, and 1 DT Orange replica away jersey. Those are my only buying options from the team shop. How can you make money off of just these 7 items.
There are 18 Suns jerseys to choose from alone. How can you promote a league if you aren't trying to sell things?
2007-04-17 21:04:05 · answer #1 · answered by Jessie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The game isn't as popular yet. They jumped the gun, I think. Women's college ball is still catching on and more parity is developing in the league (it isn't just UConn/UT anymore).
There's already a team up here near to UConn, but I figure Hartford, CT should go for a team. They're working on an NHL team as well, I believe. It'd be a good start and maybe help the city out some. There are plenty of women's bball fans up here to provide fan support. Especially if past lady huskies played on the team.
My other choice is Knoxville, TN. No brainer. We love our Lady Vols in Knoxville. The Women's BBall hall of fame is located in Knoxville, so it would seem a no brainer to have a team in town.
The only problem would be that they'd be an instant second fiddle to the Lady Vols and most likely play in an inferior venue. UT can be funny about letting their facilities be used, so I would be shocked if they let TBA be used by a WNBA team.
2007-04-18 03:13:55 · answer #2 · answered by psyduck702 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The city of Seattle couldn't even keep their basketball team there. There's no way in the world they could support a hockey team on a regular basis in this economy. Hypothetically, If the were to get a team I would call them the Seattle Sea Lions
2016-05-17 23:09:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portland, because they don't have a professional team. They nearly got the Expos to come here, so why not? But even if they do get a WNBA team, I don't think anyone would really care because the NBA is the main event in basketball.
2007-04-17 20:17:33 · answer #4 · answered by *One Of A Kind* 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cleveland should get back a team i have good reasoning but wnba ignored me..
2016-01-17 19:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they need to look at the places with strong womens college basketball programs, those areas show that they are willing to support womens bball. stop looking in such big markets. put a team in tennessee, or north carolina...
2007-04-17 20:15:55 · answer #6 · answered by johnblaze143 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None. The league should fold.
2007-04-17 19:47:00 · answer #7 · answered by Hi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mexico city or vancouver city
2007-04-17 21:52:23 · answer #8 · answered by ytse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
compton. isum says to call em' the "nappy headed hoes"
2007-04-17 19:51:39 · answer #9 · answered by c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋