Gay in the NBA

[IPD]

then we'd better delete F1 off the list too.

[sergechronos]

True enough. I don't watch the NBA either though, nor consider it to be a "major" sport. It's major in the US, but not world wide.

Tennis nets about the same viewers as MLB and NASCAR.

Soccer, football, F1 all trump tennis.

[wingnut]

Is this even worth mentioning?

not really, but the innuendos ought to be hilarious...

[GTO Assassin]

Women's basketball isn't a major sport.

WTF? Are you kidding Brian? Not a major sport because why? You don't watch it? That is just a ridiculous statement. Tell me how you judge a sport to be a major sport.....

Scotty

[sergechronos]

I would say the fact that the viewership is low, revenue is low for the teams, and most people can't name 5 WNBA teams. Or who the last team to win the championship was.

[stealthee]

Considering just about no one watches women's basketball....

In the US there are 4 major sports, MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL.

WNBA is not a major sport. It doesn't have the viewership to even be close to being considered a major sport. 2012 WNBA finals drew a very unimpressive average of 472,000 viewers. They didn't even hit 500,000. The NBA averages 2 MILLION viewers for its REGULAR season games.

Also, just because football is a major sport and there is a WNFL, does that mean that women's football is a major sport?

[GTO Assassin]

Ok. I take back my original post - not a ridiculous statement at all. And as I don't live in the US or watch WNBL or WNFL I don't know what watches what. But shirley more people watch the womens b'ball right? I mean, more people would watch the lingerie football than the normal clothed football? lol

Scotty

[Echo419]

Women's basketball isn't a major sport. Besides, there were other openly gay women in the WNBA before Griner.

WNBA averages 7,500 fans a game.

Compare that to the NBA which averages 17,300 and the NHL that averages 17,100.

It's not even fair to compare them to the MLB or NFL.

that and we already know that all women basketball players are lesbos anyways

edit:
just found out the other day that a trainer at one of my gyms plays in that lingerie football league. I would very much like to see that

[j2k4]

Not that this is significant either, but at age 34, Jason Collins is likely on the verge of retirement; he was the 18th pick in the first round of the NBA draft in 2001, so he's been around a long time.

Before his announcement the other day, I had no clue who he was - wouldn't have recognized his name to save my ass.

[IPD]

Not that this is significant either, but at age 34, Jason Collins is likely on the verge of retirement; he was the 18th pick in the first round of the NBA draft in 2001, so he's been around a long time.

Before his announcement the other day, I had no clue who he was - wouldn't have recognized his name to save my ass.

which is precisely why i feel navritalova's coming out was a much bigger ordeal. when it happened, the USA was in the beginning stages of AIDS panic. that's pretty heavy stuff.