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Originally Posted by Joborule
Not surprising at all. People don't care about women's hockey enough.
Perhaps if the NHL ran their own league like the NBA does with the WNBA, it would have a chance of surviving long term. The NHL could (although they may not want to since it's a business after all) afford the immediate term pains for possible long term gains. There would be lot of cross over promotion that could occur; and would give it more resource backing. But they would do that if they figure there's a lot of potential revenue growth from boosting the women's game more.
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It's a tough sell. The WNBA is not profitable but the NBA supports it because it's the right thing to do and they can afford it. Hopefully the NHL is financially stable enough to support the WNHL.