Oct 15, 2026 · 13 min · 9 segments
The WNBA is days away from the WNBA Finals...but WNBA ratings for the semifinals have yet to be released. According to Christine Brennan...WNBA ratings for several games in the semifinals are not…
Yesterday, the League of Make Believe released an official statement boasting about their record growth.
This season, 51 pretend basketball games eclipsed one million viewers, with Caitlin Clark having all 44 of her games nationally televised.
Nine games eclipsed two million viewers.
Nearly four million people exchanged their dollars for pesos to buy tickets to WNBA games this season.
Attendance was up 21%.
212 games were sold out.
However, I believe there is a caveat here.
For starters, teams like the Washington Mythicals, the Atlanta Dreamers, they play their home games in run-down buildings that are smaller than your local movie theater.
As we have seen throughout the playoffs, what the WNBA considers to be a sellout and what real leagues consider a sellout, those are two different things.
In the NBA, the arena being filled to maximum capacity is a sellout.
In the League of Make Believe, the local YMCA being filled to half capacity is a sellout.
It's standing room only in here.
We've got 5,000 fans along with 4,000 mannequins.
We are sold out.
Hmm.
To their credit, there wasn't very much polish needed to disguise the stench of this turd.
Now, most people give the credit to Caitlin Clark, and rightfully so, but there are other teams that do well.
The Golden State Vikings, they consistently sell out their home games.
A'ja Wilson, the most valuable pretender, she gives the illusion of sellouts in Las Vegas, even though the arena is often filled to 80, maybe 90% capacity.
But like I said, there were some key words in that headline.
But my question is: how come the WNBA isn't proud to announce their ratings for the playoffs? How come they're not proud to announce ratings for the chase for the golden toilet? Hmm.
Yesterday, the League of Make Believe released an official statement boasting about their record growth.
This season, 51 pretend basketball games eclipsed one million viewers, with Caitlin Clark having all 44 of her games nationally televised.
Nine games eclipsed two million viewers.
Nearly four million people exchanged their dollars for pesos to buy tickets to WNBA games this season.
Attendance was up 21%.
212 games were sold out.
However, I believe there is a caveat here.
For starters, teams like the Washington Mythicals, the Atlanta Dreamers, they play their home games in run-down buildings that are smaller than your local movie theater.
As we have seen throughout the playoffs, what the WNBA considers to be a sellout and what real leagues consider a sellout, those are two different things.
In the NBA, the arena being filled to maximum capacity is a sellout.
In the League of Make Believe, the local YMCA being filled to half capacity is a sellout.
It's standing room only in here.
We've got 5,000 fans along with 4,000 mannequins.
We are sold out.
Hmm.
To their credit, there wasn't very much polish needed to disguise the stench of this turd.
Now, most people give the credit to Caitlin Clark, and rightfully so, but there are other teams that do well.
The Golden State Vikings, they consistently sell out their home games.
A'ja Wilson, the most valuable pretender, she gives the illusion of sellouts in Las Vegas, even though the arena is often filled to 80, maybe 90% capacity.
But like I said, there were some key words in that headline.
But my question is: how come the WNBA isn't proud to announce their ratings for the playoffs? How come they're not proud to announce ratings for the chase for the golden toilet? Hmm.
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