04-15-2021, 04:55 PM
I'm pretty darn sure it was the ABL, not the WBL -- We had season tix from the beginning, drove from SF to San Jose for every game. Not only was Azzi on the Laser roster, so was Anita Kaplan. It was a wonderful league, but it was impossible to compete with the WNBA which had NBA backing, and the ABL was on its own.
As for the comment that few fans have an interest in the WNBA, better media coverage could change that. Right now, with no team in the Bay Area, we get almost nothing in the local papers about what's going on, and it's hard to get people interested if they don't hear anything about the league.. I find it very frustrating. There's great play going on, and if a team comes to the Bay Area, my prediction is that people will be ready to support it, assuming the local media does. I think it would.
As for the comment that few fans have an interest in the WNBA, better media coverage could change that. Right now, with no team in the Bay Area, we get almost nothing in the local papers about what's going on, and it's hard to get people interested if they don't hear anything about the league.. I find it very frustrating. There's great play going on, and if a team comes to the Bay Area, my prediction is that people will be ready to support it, assuming the local media does. I think it would.