The topic of WNBA players and their league has cropped up on a number of basketball forums I frequent.
A number of patrons of these forums actually believe the players have some kind of right to play for pay no matter what the cost because female athletes etc.
It has been explained to them that there is no league or sport that "deserves" to be subsidized if people don't want to spend money to watch them.
And if the NBA didn't subsidize the league only a tiny pct. of the population wants to watch, there would be no WNBA.
The sad truth is that few heterosexual males want to watch heavily tattooed, often lesbian women in baggy shorts play basketball.
If some people demand the league be subsidized despite lack of interest, maybe they can organize all those liberal women who would rather watch the House, food, or Kardashian channel than watch the women toss the ball through the hoop.