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re: Can college baseball ever pass women's college basketball one day?
Posted on 2/19/24 at 11:41 am to Violent Hip Swivel
Posted on 2/19/24 at 11:41 am to Violent Hip Swivel
Here's the thing about womens college basketball. Even though the WNBA exists, womens college basketball is the pinnacle for their sport, which is why rating are infinitely higher for womens college ball compared to the WNBA. It's the only college vs pro sport that's like that. College baseball will never be the pinnacle of the sport of baseball. That said, more and more elite high school players are going to college ever year. The number of drafts picks getting cut in half and the development they receive now in college compared to 20 years ago has a lot to do with it. Many times, you have a much faster track to the majors if you played college ball as opposed to going pro out of high school. Add NIL (for the larger schools at least), college baseball is a much more appealing option for high school players than it once was. So I do expect the college baseball game continue to grow.
As far as ratings, College baseball also has the issue of having the CWS right in the middle of the NBA finals and Stanley Cup finals.
As far as ratings, College baseball also has the issue of having the CWS right in the middle of the NBA finals and Stanley Cup finals.
This post was edited on 2/19/24 at 11:46 am
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Posted on 2/19/24 at 12:15 pm to lsufball19
quote:That's an issue, but not sure how big an issue it is considering men's college basketball and college football have the same dynamic. The flip side for women's sports is that even if they are the pinnacle for that particular sport, there's a pretty hard ceiling there because only so many people are going to watch in earnest an athletically inferior product.
Here's the thing about womens college basketball. Even though the WNBA exists, womens college basketball is the pinnacle for their sport, which is why rating are infinitely higher for womens college ball compared to the WNBA. It's the only college vs pro sport that's like that. College baseball will never be the pinnacle of the sport of baseball.
I'm an average dude, and me and a group of similar guys used to play pickup ball on occasion against the UA women's team. Granted, they weren't very good for a D1 team at the time, but it was never competitive. I will never have any interest in watching people worse than me at basketball play basketball unless it's my kid.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 3:45 pm to lsufball19
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Here's the thing about womens college basketball. Even though the WNBA exists, womens college basketball is the pinnacle for their sport, which is why rating are infinitely higher for womens college ball compared to the WNBA. It's the only college vs pro sport that's like that. College baseball will never be the pinnacle of the sport of baseball. That said, more and more elite high school players are going to college ever year. The number of drafts picks getting cut in half and the development they receive now in college compared to 20 years ago has a lot to do with it. Many times, you have a much faster track to the majors if you played college ball as opposed to going pro out of high school. Add NIL (for the larger schools at least), college baseball is a much more appealing option for high school players than it once was. So I do expect the college baseball game continue to grow.
As far as ratings, College baseball also has the issue of having the CWS right in the middle of the NBA finals and Stanley Cup finals.
Absolutely.
The WNBA doesn't pluck the best talent after a single year in college like the NBA does. There's a reason why most NCAA career records in men's basketball are in little danger of being broken.
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