Wnba Research Paper

Professional basketball started to develop. As said by Reema “Teams flourished across the country throughout the 1920s. There were thousands of men's professional basketball teams in towns and cities all over the United States. Sometimes Players jumped from team to team and teams played in different cities. Leagues sometimes came and went”(slide 9). Many teams started to develop like the Celtics and the Harlem Globetrotters.

"Brittney Griner Makes History, Dunks Twice in WNBA Game."CBSSports.com. MIke Singer, 27 May 2013. Web. 28 Oct. 2015.

“The NBA was formed in August 3rd 1949. The basketball association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (NBL) merged to form the NBA. At the beginning the NBA had 17 teams. The 17 teams were in both small and large cities and towns.” (“NBA is born.” 2014 The History Channel website. May 18 2014. Web.

Are they serious! I mean who does that! I bet you wondering what I’m talking about huh? Well I’m talking about wages in the WNBA and NBA. Have you seen those numbers NBA players get 50% interest and WNBA players get 33% interest? Oh yeah that’s a big difference. I guess because NBA get so much popularity and TV time they get paid more and I think the more tickets the WNBA sale the more interested the players will get. But that still don’t make sense let me give you an example in the next paragraph.

On April 24, 1996, women’s basketball announced “We Got Next” as the NBA Board of Governors approved the concept of a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) to begin in June 1997. Since that day in 1996 there have been many firsts for the WNBA: Val Ackerman -- the first president of the WNBA; Sheryl Swoopes -- the first player signed to the WNBA; Cynthia Cooper -- the league’s first Most Valuable Player; the Houston Comets -- the first WNBA Champions; Lisa Leslie -- the first WNBA player to capture all three MVP awards (regular season, All-Star and Championship) in one season.

Everyone knows of the famous sports organizations known as the WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association) and the NBA (National Basketball Association. While these organizations represent the same sport, there are many differences between them.

There is the idea that the WNBA is less exciting than the NBA due to the lack of dunking. The dunk, or the “alley-oop” (lob to the dunk) has become an intricate part of the men’s game but it is not so often used in the woman’s. While the average NBA player stands at about 6’3”, the average WNBA player is only about 5’10”. With this in mind, almost every single NBA player is able to

The first professional league was founded in 1898. There were only six teams that were in the National Basketball league at the time.

The origin of the WNBA. Women's basketball started in 1892. Basketball was invented for aggressive boys when it was to cold to go outside. They wondered if it was a good activity for women. well they thought it was but there was a couple of rules. You could only hold the ball for three seconds, you could only dribble three times, they had to stay in their spots, and they

Easily one of the best women’s basketball players to go through  Michigan State University's program. The five foot eight inch guard from Freeland, Michigan was the “ace in the hole” for Michigan State's program for the past four years. Gathering over 2,000 points, setting the all time scoring record, securing the most points in a single game record, and the most three point baskets made in a single game. This superstar received BIG TEN honors all four years of her time at MSU. Jankoska graduated in May, 2017, with a degree in Psychology, and had high hopes of being drafted into the Women’s National Basketball Association, a week prior to graduation. As every college, high school, and even youth league basketball player dreams of  being good enough to play in the WNBA, only a few ever receive the opportunity to actually play. Jankoska was one of the few. First round pick (ninth overall), Chicago Sky, saw the talent Jankoska had worked so hard to obtain. Jankoska moved to Chicago to prepare for her first season in the WNBA. She played in a few preseason games, so her coaches could see if her skills were sharp enough to play this season, or if she needed a year off. Jankoska’s off season work, time, and effort payed off and she made the Chicago Sky’s Roster for their season opener, against Minnesota on May 14, 2017.

In the 2011 WNBA Finals, the Minnesota Lynx swept the Atlanta Dream, 3-0. It was Maya Moore’s first year of playing in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). In her five year WNBA career she has already won 3 championships, played in two summer olympics', played in a women's basketball league overseas, and won many different awards. Today she is recognized as one of the best women´s basketball players in the world.

Women have been playing basketball for years, but it wasn’t official until April 24, 1996. Women’s basketball announced “We Got Next” as the NBA Board of Governors approved

Although men and women’s basketball are closer to being equal than softball and baseball, the leagues are still separate. America has a women’s league and a men’s league and never the two shall meet. A woman is not allowed in the NBA since she has the WNBA. The separation is strong, obvious, and seemingly permanent. Like basketball, they created softball to play indoors during the winter. The game earned the name softball and due to its easier properties was often “regarded as baseball’s stepchild” (Ring, p. 60). They passed the game down to women, as it seemed safe enough to limit the risk of injury. And so the separation began.

Duru starts his article by introducing three WNBA players who were the top picks in the draft in 2013: Brittney Griner, Elena Delle Donne, and Skylar Diggins. All three were very talented players who were being recruited by college coaches when they were younger, and appeared to be ready for the WNBA after one year of college basketball. While men their age were entering the NBA draft, the three women could not enter the WNBA draft because of the age eligibility rules. While a man can enter the NBA one year after high school, a woman can not enter the WNBA until four years after high school. Duru states that while his article discusses

Netball first started in 1895 by James Naismith. It is different from how it is done now because they would wear long dresses and gloves, they also had a broom with a plastic bag tied on as a hoop.