🧔🏼‍♂️"No one watches women's sports! If the little girls want to earn as much as manly men, they should get their numbers up! That's just like, economics man!"

But also...

Women's basketball viewership is growing faster than men's basketball, and the most viewed women's game on ESPN this year has *higher* viewership than the most viewed men's basketball game.

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/womens-college-basketball-sees-higher-tv-ratings-than-nba-women-sports-leaders-arent-surprised/89-e3591e0c-62bb-4e48-b96a-7c83fa60b4c7

All the excuses are falling away. Just like we said that they would.

@mekkaokereke I probably watch more women’s sports than men’s nowadays.

And more in person, too.

@rfpludwick

The tickets are still more affordable, but that creates this extreme rush where they are *really* hard to get. The games and matches sell out way faster.

A US Women's National Team versus England soccer match ticket is one of the most exclusive tickets in all of sports right now. So hard to get! They sold out Wembley in 15 minutes! For a friendly! Total pre-sale was under 24hrs.🤯

https://justwomenssports.com/reads/uswnt-england-october-friendly-sold-out-wembley/

It's still affordable for local teams (e.g. NWSL), but that might not last.

USWNT vs. England: Tickets for friendly sell out in 24 hours - Just Women's Sports

The Oct. 7 friendly between the U.S. women’s national team and England has sold out. Fans reported issues amid the high demand for tickets.

Just Women's Sports
@mekkaokereke are you an nwsl fan? who's your team?

@shauna

I like OL Reign, Thorns FC, and Angel City. I can't call myself a real fan though, as I still haven't been to a game in person for either club (pandemic), and don't watch every game of the season for either team. I'd fail the "So you're an OL Reign fan? Then name every goal scored this season!" test.🙂

I like certain players: Rapinoe, Rose Lavelle, and Olivia Moultrie. At age 12, Moultrie turned down an NCAA "offer" to play for free at UNC. Her Nike deal was more than tuition anyway.

@mekkaokereke I dunno I feel like if you care enough to have favorites than you're a real fan. And your favorites are good ones! I always root for the Reign unless they're playing my home team, the Washington Spirit. Partially because they have Rose Lavelle. And because the rest of their squad is full of nerds. Bethany Balcer wears number 8 so she can be BB8 and Phallon Tullis-Joyce, the goalkeeper, has an incredible 9-part video series abt octopi invading the Puget Sound https://twitter.com/phallon91/status/1534658703680753666
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@shauna @mekkaokereke just took my family to a Chicago Red Stars game yesterday! Too bad they lost to Houston 😭😭😭
@Lxtruong I'm impressed you braved the weather! My friend who also went said everyone looked like the wimdy fox
@shauna um yeah it was cold and windy af. Lots of people left at halftime but I forced my family to tough it out for full regulation time 😂 blankets and hand warmer things were key.
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