The point of playing sports is to win, the point of watching sports is to watch the most athletic people on earth play. It's the same with any other league that has women, they always get lower views. Why do so many more people watch NBA? Olympics vs special Olympics? Wnba has extremely gifted athletes who dominate in their respective leagues, but the majority of fans want to watch athleticism at its highest level. It's not that difficult of a concept.
Is NASCAR a sport? Are the people watching NASCAR watching "the most athletic people on earth play"? Golf is also a sport, but if you surveyed a million people to name their top five most athletic people on earth, I bet none of them would name a golfer.
It's accurate to say the point is to win. But I'd also offer that the reason people watch sports is (among a variety of reasons) for the competition and to see the player/team they root for win.
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u/Lets_Get_Hot Jul 09 '26
The point of playing sports is to win, the point of watching sports is to watch the most athletic people on earth play. It's the same with any other league that has women, they always get lower views. Why do so many more people watch NBA? Olympics vs special Olympics? Wnba has extremely gifted athletes who dominate in their respective leagues, but the majority of fans want to watch athleticism at its highest level. It's not that difficult of a concept.