Im guessing the critical people of the WNBA in this thread also probably dont like the NBA and are critical of its product (amazing and thriving FYI). In fact, I watch way more WNBA than I do college sports because I hate the college landscape and theyve lost me as a fan at present. For those who seem to care about "sunk costs" and "subsidizing," what does that say about USC? Should we just say all other sports are sunk costs as well and just not have them? I am not sure of the argument that people are trying to make other than to project their hate of the NBA (Lebron amiright?)

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A segment of Elex Michaelson‘s The Story Is on CNN was censored last night just as the network’s correspondent in Beijing, Mike Valerio, began describing the topics that trigger the Middle Kingdom’s censors. '”Valerio said that he was watching the network’s China feed even as he spoke with Michaelson. “Color bars are up.”The feed to the U.S. was uninterrupted, however, and the interview continued. “Wow, that’s amazing.”Later in the broadcast, Michaelson asked Valerio if the network was back on the air in China. Along with the aforementioned color bars, accompanying text in English read, “No signal please stand by.”

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