December 2, 2008, - 4:10 pm
Shocking: Another WNBA Team Folds
By Debbie Schlussel
If a tree fell in a forest, but nobody was there to hear it, did it make a noise? What’s the sound of one hand clapping?
Both of these describe that Weird Nuisance Brought on America, that Waste of National Broadcast Airtime, that league that Will Net Bupkus Always . . . the WNBA.
I’d call it the Women’s National Basketball Association, but we’re not really sure they’re women. Only their chromosome test analyst and electrolysist know for sure.
I’ve been writing about the WNBA for years and finally got sick of even noting this non-entity propped up by the NBA for affirmative action reasons. One thing remains constant–no-one cares. No-one buys tickets, no-one goes to games when the tickets are given them for free, and no-one watches.
Maybe that’s why the Houston Coments are finito. Ya think?:
WNBA President Donna Orender said the franchise that won the league’s first four championships is disbanding.
Orender said the league-owned Houston Comets would be shut down because new owners couldn’t be found. . . .
NBA Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander, the original owner of the Comets, sold the team to Houston businessman Hilton Koch last year. The WNBA took over the Comets earlier this year and began a search for a new owner.
Yup, they can shove Title IX down people’s throats all they want, but American consumers ain’t buyin’.
And come January, lesbian pro basketball will lose a fan to the Department of Homeland Security.
Like I said, tree falling in empty forest.
New League Slogan: The WNBA . . . Man Up. Or is that, Woman Up? Hard to tell.
Some of my past WNBA coverage here, here, here, here, and here. More here. All of them still apply today, and I think you’ll appreciate the humor.
Don’t be too hasty — maybe they won’t fold. After all, affirmative action is too crucial and important to fail. Maybe the WNBA owners will decide to go to Washington and get handouts like all the unsuccessful businesses, and all the mortgage buyers who decided to live beyond their means, and are now counting on the taxpayers to bail them out.
c f on December 2, 2008 at 4:34 pm