Tulsa World: Tulsa gets closer to gaining WNBA team

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Some reader comments for this story were copied from "Tulsa closer to getting WNBA team," which was published on 8/26/2009.

	Report Comment DrewTU, (8/26/2009 2:54:15 PM) I've given up hope on this not happening. I wonder what happens to the Talons weekend dates, or, more likely, what happens to the Talons altogether? I don't see them moving back to the Convention Center arena and they can't play pretty much anywhere else...
	Report Comment Arbythree, Tulsa (8/26/2009 2:57:01 PM) Ok. The owner himself mentioned Sherri Coale and the excitement she brings at Oklahoma. A Sherri Coal type Coach is needed here to make this effort successful.
	Report Comment octrackstar, (8/26/2009 3:02:59 PM) Familiarizing people with a product that sucks does not make them want to buy into that product. You can't compare what a local hero like Sherri brings to a College Program to WNBA ball.
	Report Comment Arbythree, Tulsa (8/26/2009 3:09:51 PM) True but I have been on a rant that if this happens, our team needs a Sherri Coale type rather than Nolan Richardson.
	Report Comment shaw411, Scottsdale, AZ (8/26/2009 3:13:27 PM) I agree with Arbythree that we need a modern era type coach.
	Report Comment Rocketman, Tulsa (8/26/2009 3:20:35 PM) Sherry Coale makes over $500,000 a year, just about the entire salary of a WNBA team.
	Report Comment octrackstar, (8/26/2009 3:21:49 PM) The investors in this deal need to poll the general public and find out if anyone is excited about professional women's basketball. Gut feeling tells me that even those of us who love women's college sports still wont go to these games.
	Report Comment LostboyfromKS, Tulsa (8/26/2009 3:27:37 PM) Sherri Coale is hot!!!
	Report Comment ss1, (8/26/2009 3:34:19 PM) OKC didn't have to sell the town on the NBA. Here, they have to sell us that women's bball is a good idea. They won't avg 8k per game like they need to. They'll be lucky for 3K, like the Oilers and Talons. I hope Tulsa proves me and my friends wrong but I don't see it being successful. I know I won't spend my $$$ on it. Also, NO TAXPAYERS MONEY better be used.
	Report Comment tiara, (8/26/2009 3:37:37 PM) Lots of people want the WNBA to come! I am very familiar with "the product" and absolutely love it. If people would give it a chance, it would be fantastic. Unfortunately, most of you all who post on here are just stick-in-the-mud hicks who don't have a progressive or optimistic bone in you. And btw, you has-been (OKC) track star, it DOESN'T suck!! Go Tulsa! Go WNBA!
	Report Comment Four Sixteen Rigby, Tulsa (8/26/2009 3:47:30 PM) The problem, Doc S, is that when the "investors" get stuck in a losing situation, they so often turn to the local government to help bail them out with tax-payers' money. I'm sure glad that never happens at the federal level.
	Report Comment goatman, (8/26/2009 3:58:14 PM) I don't think tulsa will ever support this. If you go to most girls highschool basketball games all you will see there are parents and friends. I don't understand why but this is how it is. I have daughters have seen this first hand. People will just not support the girls like they do the guys.
	Report Comment ss1, (8/26/2009 4:12:05 PM) Tiara, Like I said, I would love to be proven wrong. As long as the women and the "alternative lifestyles" support it, it might succeed. I'd rather use my Disposable Income on other activities.
	Report Comment Cooldaddy, Broken Arrow (8/26/2009 4:15:22 PM) This would be a dandy deal if we could land a WNBA team.
	Report Comment Have that, America (8/26/2009 4:18:53 PM) People spend money on the strangest things. A WNBA franchise is something that I certainly don't understand or see any desire for. I have yet to actually meet a fan or supporter of the WNBA in real life.
	Report Comment dice, tulsa (8/26/2009 4:34:19 PM) we need something around here to keep all you country bumpkins from throwing all your money into these crooked casino's.stop wining and support something worthwile it's about time we get caught up to todays trends and out of prehistoric times in tulsa!
	Report Comment Ignatz, Broken Bow (8/26/2009 4:34:44 PM) Lots of info out there about how the league loses money & the NBA might pull the plug at any time. "New" franchise investment doesn't make sense.
	Report Comment Rocketman, Tulsa (8/26/2009 4:41:03 PM) These guys are trying to build a resume for some day being able to be a part of a major league franchise, they know the WNBA is a looser but if they show good management it adds to their credibility for a future opportunity.
	Report Comment seymore1965, Tulsa (8/26/2009 4:56:03 PM) I hope the WNBA comes to Tulsa. There were lots of people who didn't think the BOK Center would do good either. Deja vu.
	Report Comment Fromtheright, Tulsa (8/26/2009 5:22:12 PM) I'm self deleting my comment about the WNBA because it is very offensive.
	Report Comment edelweiss, Tulsa (8/26/2009 5:30:57 PM) At first I was skeptical about a WNBA franchise in Tulsa. But the more investigating I've done, I'm now convinced this would be a wonderful asset for Tulsa.
	Report Comment Chautauqua, (8/26/2009 6:02:26 PM) I go if we were Rollin' with Nolan...
	Report Comment Few Clothes, Austin, TX (8/26/2009 11:13:05 PM) It's still Donkey Basketball.
	Report Comment Dr. Strangelove, Tulsa (8/27/2009 7:36:23 AM) I'll say it again- If you look at the markets that the WNBA is currently in, they're HUGE compared to Tulsa, yet almost all of teams are losing money. Places like Houston, Miami, Orlando, Portland, Clevelend, and Charlotte couldn't support a WNBA team. What makes us different?
	Report Comment Navin Johnson, Tulsa (8/27/2009 8:18:10 AM) Well, at least Butch and her girlfriend will have something do in the summer!

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