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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
as of end of august 2018, the average league attendance to WNBA games was 6,731: the trend line has been pointing down since the league's inception
the CWHL was 617... and that's with Montreal propping up the 3 other teams with their attendance of 1567, with calgary second at 480, Toronto 358 and Worcester with only 83.
the NHL is a business like any other business... investing in it would have to mean some quantifiable returns...
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This brings to my mind questions about the viability of women professional sports more generally. Yes, there are some sporting events featuring women that are successful (such as in tennis, skiing, and athletics) and most recently women have broken through in MMA and in the WWE, but how much does this has to do with the structure of individual sporting competition? How much is it. tied to the international governing bodies which oversee them, like ATP, IAAF, FIS, etc.? I think it is fairly obvious that this success does not translate into other entertainment products like in the NHL, the NBA, and the NFL. Is there a way around this? Is there a reason women competing professionally in individual sports are more commercially successful than those in team sports?