I saw on sportscenter last week that the WNBA's Houston Comets have been discontinued as a franchise. I was very surprised to see this. The Houston Comets were one of the eight original franchises in the WNBA and actually won the first four titles. Some of the greatest players have gone through their organization. Nonetheless, no one was willing to buy the organization as a result of the mediocre seasons they have had over the past two years. I thought it was interesting this story barely even made headlines. Even one of the guys on sportscenter joked, "hey you don't think this gets enough coverage?" Although he is joking it is true. This would be a huge story in the NBA. Imagine if a teams like the Lakers or Celtics all of a sudden were discontinued. Just because it is in the WNBA, no one payed to much attention to it. The whole segment about this took less than 30 seconds on sportscenter, yet the whole next hour was about how Plaxico Burress (receiver for the New York Giants) shot himself in the leg. This further demonstrates how under covered women's sports really are
Kory Hoertz
Kin 332i Sec 03
1 comment:
I completely agree with you. I actually did a search for the Houston Comets and was very surprised that nothing really came up regarding the demise of the Houston Comets. The official website came up but I really had to look for anything concerning the discontinuation of the WNBA Houston Comets. Unfortunately, this just goes to show how the popularity of women's sports suffers due to media coverage.
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