Comets Franchise To Be Shut Down

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• Bryant Reeves Posted: Dec.3 at 3:23 pm
  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!… Oh, wait… I don’t care - and apparently neither does anyone else

• notsexistbut... Posted: Dec.3 at 3:24 pm
  just not exciting to watch.

• blackjack Posted: Dec.3 at 3:27 pm
  This is sad, but I really just have no interest in the womens’ basketball.

• Ryne Nelson Posted: Dec.3 at 3:29 pm
  Reportedly, the Comets averaged 6,500 fans per game last season. Even that number seems high…

• Bryant Reeves Posted: Dec.3 at 3:30 pm
  When your team draws a smaller crowd than a hockey game in a desert, it is time to call it quits

• Ryne Nelson Posted: Dec.3 at 3:31 pm
  Does anyone know if the W-League is still losing money? In 2006, the NBA had to finance $12 million to keep the WNBA afloat. They seem to keep these numbers under the table.

• Et Cetera Posted: Dec.3 at 3:46 pm
  Damn. Bad sign for the WNBA

• Roy Posted: Dec.3 at 3:46 pm
  that’s so sad…

• Ryan Jones Posted: Dec.3 at 3:48 pm
  That’s actually a dope commercial. And those Coop-TT-Swoopes squads were ridiculous. None of this is to say I’m moved by the loss… just saying.

• Khalid Salaam Posted: Dec.3 at 3:50 pm
  They have a espn deal for next season. money-wise they seems alright. surprising i know but seemingly true.

• Michael Posted: Dec.3 at 3:52 pm
  Sad to see the Comets go. I remember those dynasty teams with Cynthia Cooper, Sherryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson. They were very dominant. I wouldn’t mind a few of their players relocating to San Antonio in the dispersal draft.

• TADOne Posted: Dec.3 at 3:59 pm
  The beginning of the end…..

• riggs Posted: Dec.3 at 4:00 pm
  they shouldnt bring in anymore new teams til theyre actually profiting, and they really need to market the hell out of the league because damn its the comets theyre losing thats like the nba losing the celtics (ok almost)

• riggs Posted: Dec.3 at 4:01 pm
  also i remember that commercial…who knew that lil girl was gonna turn out to be fine? (raises hand)

• John Posted: Dec.3 at 4:01 pm
  damn as a basketball fan not just an NBA fan, its disheartening that things like this are bound to happen seeing as these leagues are no longer a sport but a business

• TADOne Posted: Dec.3 at 4:02 pm
  I remember that commercial…I believe it was one of the original ones. Ryan is right, it is a dope commercial and those old Houston squads were the truth.

• Italo Posted: Dec.3 at 4:03 pm
  Kyla Pratt was hilarious in those commercials. “I think you owe Tina an apology” hahahah

• joe Posted: Dec.3 at 4:16 pm
  Riggs is right, Losing the comets is like the NBA’s Celtics, It is basically like the NBA losing the Celtics; and them shutting down instead of winding up with KG and Sweet J Ray during last summer in 07′.

• Fredo Posted: Dec.3 at 4:22 pm
  We are oversaturated with sports leagues in the US. If it weren’t because David Stern has made it one of his pets, the WNBA would have folded long, long ago. The current economy is just going to help separate the sinkers from the swimmers.

• Lang Whitaker Posted: Dec.3 at 4:28 pm
  The WNBA is turning into the ABA…

• 007 Posted: Dec.3 at 4:29 pm
  y’all wanna hit on women..?

• Tarzan Cooper Posted: Dec.3 at 4:30 pm
  why did they have to call cooper a dyke like that? thats messed up

• Tommy Patron Posted: Dec.3 at 4:30 pm
  Purer basketball than the NBA? Wow. Also, regarding the ESPN/ABC deal, it is difficult to believe that there is no correlation between the world wide follower having a contract to televise NBA games and being the only network group to televise the WNBA.

• Cheryl Posted: Dec.3 at 4:42 pm
  That’s too bad. What’s Goody’s take? Maybe this is the league that should go global. Just thinking (typing) out loud here, but maybe the WNBA may have a niche if it included teams from Europe. But that would take more money than they currently have, huh? Nevermind…

• Ryan Jones Posted: Dec.3 at 4:43 pm
  “It is difficult to believe that there is no correlation between the world wide follower having a contract to televise NBA games and being the only network group to televise the WNBA.”
  You’re not exactly stumbling across a state secret here, Tequila Man. The NBA’s influence in the WNBA’s broadcast dealings is pretty well known.

• chiqo Posted: Dec.3 at 4:44 pm
  the irony of being a former wnba player who retires and gets married and then gets to carry dyke around as a means of identification is beyond awesome. incidentally, i wrote about this yesterday if anyone wants to read it.

• Mike Posted: Dec.3 at 4:45 pm
  and in other notable news, I went to the grocery store today…

• Bryan Posted: Dec.3 at 4:52 pm
  I don’t know how people say its purer than the nba. I only see bad shooting and sloppy ball handling mostly. Not to hate on women or anything I just don’t think its on par with the mens game.

• Tommy Patron Posted: Dec.3 at 4:55 pm
  Easy, Jones. Things that are obvious to you and I may not be to everyone reading and posting on this site. I mentioned that to illustrate the un-organically manufactured nature of the WNBA, in my opinion.

• TADOne Posted: Dec.3 at 5:01 pm
  ESPN has a contract with the NBA?

• Tommy Patron Posted: Dec.3 at 5:20 pm
  Unfortunately.

• RV Posted: Dec.3 at 5:54 pm
  this has been unfolding for a while now, they moved out of the Toyota center a long time ago and moved into an arena that helf small events and still had trouble filling that up…I also don’t see as many young girls interested in basketball as when the WNBA first began, it’s like either you’re a natural or you do something else.

• Teddy-the-Bear Posted: Dec.3 at 6:28 pm
  Maybe, if they paid athletes less, they wouldn’t have to worry about selling franchises!

• what Posted: Dec.3 at 6:41 pm
  If only Lil’ Flip followed through on his promise to buy the Comets, maybe they would still be around….\

• overtime Posted: Dec.3 at 6:46 pm
  Sad Day

• RV Posted: Dec.3 at 7:24 pm
  Teddy, the WNBA didn’t really pay that much, nothing compared to the NBA or what they could get overseas. I’m not 100% sure, but top players probably didn’t reach 6 figures.

• Moose Posted: Dec.3 at 8:19 pm
  Not that I care about the WNBA very much, but I’m sorry for the Comets.

• BETCATS Posted: Dec.3 at 8:41 pm
  cherly swoopes was raw. Only wnba player i remember

• Sarah Posted: Dec.4 at 12:25 am
  Wow. I’m not a huge WNBA fan, but that’s kinda sad.

• CiB Posted: Dec.4 at 3:13 am
  cosign Tad’s first statement unfortunately.

• mat smith Posted: Dec.4 at 11:05 am
  ive tried to watch at least five WNBA games and never gotten past the 2nd Q, still hope it doesnt fold though, think if you started watching the “W” before the “N” it may be different, but the step down was too much for me

• Todd Nelkin Posted: Dec.4 at 1:50 pm
  I was a Comets season ticket holder for 7 seasons- this was a fault of the new ownership and coach- bad player moves, bad arena, bad drafting- all gave people no reason to go to a game- and the eight dollars parking a game did not help-
  if all you “haters” have to post that you dont care about the wnba- well, maybe you really do and are scared to admit it- that these women have the game you wish you did in your dreams.

• witness Posted: Dec.4 at 3:36 pm
  im from houston and i hate watching them.

• youngmuggsy Posted: Dec.4 at 4:19 pm
  You can’t really say which is purer basketball, you’re not James Naismith.

• Ryne Nelson Posted: Dec.4 at 6:08 pm
  Good call, but it might have been the best marketing ploy.

• TJ Posted: Dec.4 at 7:06 pm
  I’m a big basketball fan from college to WNBA.. I hate to see the Comets go…the women don’t get paid like the men so Teddy-the-Bear that is not an issue…they make more over seas that’s why many of them was playing over there during the off season…

• carlos sanchez Posted: Dec.6 at 3:53 am
  wow when i heard bout it i was sad ive been wathcing the wnba since 1997 since it started. and i love the comets and the big three.so much history and awsome memories its a shock it had to end.

• rudy2302 Posted: Jan.8 at 10:04 am
  this is truly unfortunate.the game of women’s basketball is a sport that needs continuous support to stay afloat and i’m going to be the one to change it.these women work too hard to have everything fold right before their eyes. the sport needs something like a supplement source to market the game of women’s basketball and i know just what it is and im currenty working on that.so stay tuned!