Why are there so many haters of the WBNA? I totally have your back YOhio (though we disagree on a variety of topics from fashion, metrosexualism, your stalking attitude, etc.) on this in that the WNBA is misunderstood and underappreciated.
From what I have heard, ESPN keeps the WNBA on air because the ratings are actually much better than they show up in Nielsen ratings. ESPN has a large spreadsheet that shows how the numbers are underestimated because large numbers of women and men in gay bars are not being counted in the official totals. ESPN actually figures the ratings to be 2.0 to 2.4 times higher than the reported number taking this fact into the equation. That is why, even with the low reported ratings, the WNBA will continue to be on ESPN even in primetime for years to come.
I think the Y fan that tries to compare its school's ESPN ratings with those of the WNBA is myopic at best.
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