Comments on: The WNBA Is Pioneering A Change In American Sports

By: smoove chips

smoove chips — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:10:37 +0000

hate where this is headed.
four things I need on my NBA jersey

1.team logo
2.player name
3.player number
4.optional could do without(outfitter nike,reebok whatever in small logo at bottom of jersey.)

that’s it.otherwise it ain’t worth it anymore esp if you gon have a diff sponsor every year.

By: sunsetinaz

sunsetinaz — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:12:18 +0000

OK – I am not wild about logo’s other than the team’s. And certainly not more than two or three logos per team.

BUT – as an avid Mercury fan, my focus is on the team surviving financially to play another season. Money is tight everywhere – this is simply reality. The Mercury are worth the sponsorship.

It’s easy to spout off and say ‘let the league die’ – afterall it only ‘a women’s league’. It’s convenient to forget how long it took the NBA to become profitable.

These women are tough. They are survivors. They love the game and play it well. Have you watched a WNBA game recently? These women are professional. They deserve your respect and support.

Europe, Australia, and Russia are way ahead of us regarding women’s sports, demonstrated by decent salaries, benefits, TV and media coverage, and sponsors.

Getting up to speed by having sponsors is a win/win for the Mercury, LifeLock, and the WNBA.

My suggestion?
Get off your behind, invest in season tickets for this year. Actually attend all the home games, watch the away games on TV, get to know the teams, support them and their sponsors. You’ll be happy, as will the team and their sponsors. Problem solved! I knew you could figure this out!

Sponsorship -\is a good

By: Sacto_J

Sacto_J — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:25:17 +0000

So much hating on the ladies’ game, I thought we’d moved past the 1950’s. Honestly all this talk about the inferiority of the WNBA and its players, but I’d wager over 98% of those posting such comments have never played a WNBA player. To concede, they aren’t the physical specimens of athleticism that Kobe, Lebron, D-Ho, or D-Wade might be, but I can personally attest to the fact that they know how to play the game from a team standpoint better than most said specimens. They can generally shoot better, pass better, and understand the nuances of offensive and defensive positioning better (due to the fact they don’t have to stand and watch a team-mate take on the other team 1 on 5.) I’m a decent baller, 4 yrs. HS and played DII level for a year, I stand almost a foot taller than Edna Campbell and I couldn’t stay in front of her or block her shot, and often got picked while trying to handle the ball, and Edna wasn’t even a starter at the time. Still, I have yet to watch a whole game or attend one personally, so there is some truth to Stern needing to stump for this league to generate more buzz. The ladies need an outlet for professional sports as much as the men do….

By: doc

doc — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:16:25 +0000

@curtis g-Candace Parker would get DESTROYED in the NBA.

By: liz

liz — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:13:02 +0000

@dk

“WNBA = LMAO”

The best female basketball players in the world are not good enough to win your respect? Oh you must be better than them and that’s why your an NBA player, it makes sense now.

By: djKianoosh

djKianoosh — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:28:06 +0000

http://www.insideworldsoccer.com/2009/02/zlatan-ibrahimovic-and-kaka-worlds-best.html

top 10 best paid soccer players (from earlier this year), and that also doesn’t include sponsorships.

so the argument that soccer players don’t make as much as nba players isn’t true, and there’s a whoooole lot more soccer players in the world. the great thing about the NBA is that it’s such a small pool of great athletes and players, so the ’supply’ is smaller, which drives up the price.

back to topic, ya’ll will buy the 2018 Budweiser Lakers jersey. Or the 2021 Volkswagon Wizards jersey. ya’ll will buy it cause that’s what people do. it will be another collector’s item type thing. if the organization needs the money, do it. period. the game doesn’t change.

By: Sweet English

Sweet English — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:23:52 +0000

I dont like the looks of this either. I think football (soccer) teams show absoloutely NO pride in there own team by sprawling ‘VODAFONE’ and ‘FLYBE’ and ‘AIG’ in massive capital letter across there shirts, and then having a tiny badge in the corner with the team name. Who do you want to play for? Your town and city or an insurance broker?

By: Hey!!

Hey!! — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:54:15 +0000

It’s not just soccer teams that have corporate sponsorship on across the chest of their jerseys. Check out Euroleague basketball. They also have logos on their basketball jerseys.

By: "Tha Boddy" DOCTOR LOVE!!!

"Tha Boddy" DOCTOR LOVE!!! — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:37:30 +0000

I agree with Spliff 2 My Lou I don’t want my favorite sports teams looking like an explosion from a coupon book

By: bakedbeing

bakedbeing — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:52:45 +0000

pps: Being a first doesn’t automatically require the throwing around of the term “pioneering”. The chick at school who got pregnant in year 10 is as much a pioneer as Stern is on this.

Maybe on your next article I can get in the first comment and throw up a “PIONEER!11!1″