Isn’t it frustrating when you hear some people lambast the WNBA on how “boring” they say it is?
Whatever.
Isn’t it something when a few people say the league isn’t worth watching simply because there aren’t as many dunks?
Yeah, sure.
Isn’t it something when it simply gets flack for being a women’s league?
Okay.
But we can add one more person to the tally of those who previously felt these thoughts but then saw the light.
In an article penned on SLAM Magazine’s website, one writer, Chike Atu, wrote about how women’s basketball has had an effect on his life and his fandom of the game as a whole. Atu wrote that he attended the June 26 20th anniversary game between the Phoenix Mercury and New York Liberty at Madison Square Garden and the experience made him feel like “an 11-year old kid again, watching my favorite sport.”
A big reason—the fundamentals of the game that shine through more in the WNBA than in the NBA.
He also wrote how it changed his views on how women across the board should be just as well-respected and lauded for achievements not always having to do with looks as their male counterparts.
He is not the first writer this year to express these views. Bill Plaschke, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, admitted he marginalized the greatness of the late, great Pat Summit solely because she coached women’s basketball. He also mentioned how he was planning on covering a Sparks game, but then went to an introductory press conference for new Lakers head coach Luke Walton instead.
Now that Atu has seen the light, who will be next?
(Original story: SLAM Online)
By: Akiem Bailum (@AkiemBailum on Twitter, Instagram)
