The WNBA Playoffs are set to begin Wednesday night...and ESPN is going into overdrive to promote it. ESPN released a press release on Tuesday...bragging about the WNBA ratings success during the regular season.
We react to the false promotion from ESPN on WNBA ratings success. We find examples of ESPN falsely inflating WNBA ratings. We discuss the decline in attendance across the WNBA...and show where the WNBA was actually more successful before the increased media coverage.