• krashmo@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Have you ever seen a WNBA game? Sure, it’s the same sport but that logic applies to middle school basketball teams as well and no one gives a shit about those either regardless of the gender of the athletes involved.

    The reason professional sports are fun to watch is you get to see the best athletes in the world push the limits of what is physically possible for a human to achieve. Top level women cannot compete with top level men in any regularly televised sport, including basketball. No one wants to watch Caitlin Clark on channel 3 when LeBron James is doing way more impressive things on channel 6. That’s just the way it is. I don’t get why people pretend that isn’t obvious and get offended by it.

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      3 months ago

      They should allow light gymnastics in the WNBA to even up the entertainment value. A series of backflips down the court before hitting nothing but net on a 3 would sure get my attention.

    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Have you ever seen a WNBA game?

      Nope. Can’t say that I have. I’ve also never watched an NBA game.

      I’m not the target audience. I’m just commenting from an outsiders perspective. I don’t “get” it, and I don’t expect to.

      Have a good day.