Will There Be One?

Well, for my project I decided to interview a couple of people and to start it off I interviewed a colleague of mine. She attended Georgia Tech and in high school played the very sport I'm writing about. Jewel Welch (my big sister) played for the Lady Bulldogs of Decatur High School in downtown Decatur for four years. She helped lead the Lady Bulldogs as close to the state championship as any team has ever gotten, and after her graduating class, the success of the Lady Bulldogs went down hill. She gave me her thoughts on the topic of the WNBA

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Me: The WNBA was created for women and yet women are the last to watch it, why do you think that is?

Jewel: First of all, sports are only attractive to athletic people. The WNBA was created for women yes, but only people who like sports and are athletic would be interested. Then you narrow it down to only athletic women and from there, narrow it down even more to athletic women, who like basketball. You come to realize that the target audience is very small.

Me: Why do you think the WNBA is not as popular as the NBA?

Jewel: They don't dunk. Limited genetics prohibit [women] from doing the very thing that we all love in basketball. The average women does not grow past 5'9", then add in the factors that we cannot jump as high as men and not built as strongly.

Me: Would you say this is why the WNBA is not as entertaining?

Jewel: Yes! Entertainment is all about what can sell tickets. You're not gonna sell tickets by showing off slow, fundamental basketball. But father a fast pace, throw an alley-oop in the air and dunk it basketball.

Me: What do you think can help improve the knowledge sales tickets of the WNBA?

Jewel: For one, I think advertisement. I can't remember the last time I saw a commercial for the WNBA, but I saw like nine in one hour of watching TV. Constant advertising.

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It was a short interview, but I learned a lot. So, from an old basketball player herself, the WNBA is not even appealing. I can only imagine what my non-athletic associates have to say.

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