In sports, we see certain ones that get ignored more compared to others. Lately, WNBA superstar Breanna Stewart complained that women's basketball should get more attention compared to the men's side. What she has accomplished the last ten years is impressive, but this is a spoiled, pampered bitch brat with no clue about what she is saying.
First, Stewart is a former UConn player who won championships in all four years and was part of the undefeated streak. That alone, while nice, is also something not all basketball fans care for. Add in all the games where they blow out their opponents by 30 to 50 points, and you have many shunning or changing the channel to find something better. One reason the 2017 Women's National Championship got much better ratings is because of UConn not being in it.
This doesn't apply only to just them, though. When you see the same few teams in the Final Four, that says a lot, too. Even if Notre Dame and Mississippi State do get attention for getting a championship, it would possibly still shun people from watching. The style of play is a small reason. This passing mentality for me is a turn off. Even watching high school teams, it is very low scoring affairs. Some games go like 33 to 21. Maybe even teen numbers if one of them is that horrible.
Attendances don't lie, unfortunately. Even in college, it was struggle for both men and women's basketball to get people into the gym to watch games. A little more watched the men, but it was still very small. Then there's fans who will support the home games, but some of the distances during the tournaments are prohibitive. There's probably other reasons that others may have, but is there a stigma? Kind of, but not really.
Maybe if we see different teams sometime in the future, maybe the public interest will go up instead of the same three vying for the championship every year.
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