Why aren’t women’s professional sports more popular?

Maybe because all of the really hard core sports nuts that I know are men. I know some women who are into a sport (as in one), but none of them have the same fanatacism for multiple sports as many men I know.

Maybe the question should be rephrased: why are men’s professional sports so popular?

For the same reason Americans don’t care about soccer: Sports fans are interested in the cream of the crop, the best of the best. It speaks to the core of the appeal of sports – the best usually wins, and the winner is usually indisputable. Few would argue that a WNBA player could be considered on the same level of athletic talent as an NBA player. Unfair or not, that’s why women’s athletics are considered inferior by many.

Because most women are smart enough to realize that it’s only a game, so they don’t get as obsessed about sports as men do.

As a frequent attender of the women’s college games at SCSU, I find that the women actually appear to be more technically proficient then the men and the games are less about power and more about finesse. Women’s games have less violence and blood is rare and, when it does occur, it is the result of an accidental contact rather than an intentional hit. Men’s sports appears to have become bigger, harder, faster, and more violent (concussions anyone?). In addition, at the college level, the games I have attended appear to be more family affairs with player’s families being a large part of the audience. So, maybe large audiences will only be attracted to the games where there is a chance of violence and injury. I wonder how many people watch a Youtube video of the beauty of Pele’s ball control rather than a goalee diving head first into an upright?

this is an interesting and sad question i think womans sports are more exciting than men they have more finisse and woman are closer as a team than men. but i guess it all boils down low turnouts for sports and the marketing dollars are not there so it is basically money which is sad, because i believe women>men in sports perhaps not athletically but mentally and overall how they carry themselves is much better!

For the same reasons why more people watch Major League Baseball instead of minor league baseball. Female athletes are slower, weaker, by and large less skilled, and therefore less interesting and exciting to watch. Anyone who has a problem with this honesty is a fool. Michael Jordan or Cheryl Miller? Wayne Gretzky or Cammie Granato? Given the option to watch the best or second best, people will watch the best regardless of the sport. I’m not saying men are better per se. Women are as good or better at many things, but sports is not one of them. If this makes me sexist, too bad for me. And sorry, ladies.

There is only one professional women’s team in the Twin Cities and it’s the Lynx. When do they play? May, June, July.

What Minnesotan, in his or her’s right mind, would go inside to watch basketball then. Isn’t that why the Twins moved outdoors?

There was a WNBA draft yesterday?

Yes, you don’t watch basketball in the summer. Even if the Timberwolves were good and went deep into the playoffs I’d have a hard time watching it in May or June.

But, the Lynx are owned by the Timberwolves and make bad draft decisions.

If the Lynx were my team…….

I would have done all I could have done to get Whalen and McCarville here, by trade, by draft or by thievery. It wouldn’t have mattered if they won, but you could have ridden the wave they started with the Gophers. THe win-loss record may not have been great, but think of the great attendance you would have had.

It should also be noted that there are no bylaws or rules within the respective organizations prohibiting women from competing in the NFL, MLB, or NHL etc. These pro sports are not identified as the “Men’s National Football League,” or “Men’s Major League Baseball.” Therefore, if a woman is good enough to compete against men and can prove herself as an asset to any professional team, she will be signed to play. As a matter of fact, there have been a few women who have been signed to compete in semi-pro baseball as pitchers, the most recent one being a player who was signed to play for the Duluth team in the Northwoods Baseball League, although that was several years ago now. This seems to counter the idea that bigotry or sexism is to blame for the unpopularity of female pro sports.

Very simple people, its business and money that dominates the sports world. If these old greedy (mostly white) men would not care about every bit of their dollars, maybe we would have women sports. The same can be said about who soccer which by the way is the most popular sport in the world (except here, only girls like to play) is not as popular as is should be, because again, greedy business partners don’t have time to see it grow, they want their double digit growth right NOW and not in 5 or 10 yrs. Again, it is not about gender, but ALL about BUSINESS.