A few years ago, the Gopher women's team made it to the women's final 4 with their star Lindsey Whalen. They ran into UConn and Diana Taurasi, and got beat. But there was a lot of fanfare for the Gophers team and especially Whalen. So when she graduated, I thought the Minesota Lynx WNBA franchise should trade away their whoel team to get Whalen. Why? She'd at least in the short-term put some butts in the seats. She would've sold tickets.
There has never been any local interest in that franchise, and I'm surprised it hasn't folded or moved already. Whalen was there one chance to get some interest going, and the Lynx blew it. Whalen has been a decent WNBA player, nothin special, but it's not about talent. For a struggling league like the WNBA, it's about selling tickets!
But that's why I'm saying give the Conneticut team all the Uconn Alums. At least that would keep people in Conneticut interested in watching the team.
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