Ratings are everything in pro sports, unless you re a women s league. They have guys like Matthew Laurance. No not the cheesy Matthew Lawrence from the 80 s TV show Gimme a Break. It s the cheesy Matthew Laurance from the 90 s show Beverly Hills 90210. Most people probably just hope all the teams lose.
Pro wrestling is more exciting and overwhelmingly more popular, and it s fake.
Then there s the first WNBA All-Star game, played this season, with ads asking fans to vote for their favorite WNBA All Stars. Who s heard of any of these people. They re not even Semi-Stars. There s a reason the WNBA doesn t play during the NBA season. Absolutely everyone would watch real basketball the NBA over the apocryphal version.