Ashley Joens has been waived from the Dallas Wings roster. The wings ended up signing Odyssey Sims.

[loyalsons4evertrue]

It is really hard to watch a Cyclone great get waived from a professional team simply because there are too few teams in the WNBA.

12 teams is not enough and if the WNBA wants to reach their full potential, they need to look to expand into different markets.

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

Dallas Wings Sign Odyssey Sims

The Dallas Wings have signed Odyssey Sims, the team announced today. Sims’ contract is a standard rest of season contract. Sims previously signed with the Wings on a hardship exception on June 7 and appeared in four games with the team, where she averaged nearly five points and six assists in an...

wings.wnba.com

 

[acoustimac]

No surprise as they really hadn't attempted to use her seriously. Next up...

 

[CyVeteran]

It is really hard to watch a Cyclone great get waived from a professional team simply because there are too few teams in the WNBA.

12 teams is not enough and if the WNBA wants to reach their full potential, they need to look to expand into different markets.

I feel bad for her getting cut, but there simply isn't a big market at this time for people wanting to watch the WNBA to justify more teams.

 

[brett108]

I feel bad for her getting cut, but there simply isn't a big market at this time for people wanting to watch the WNBA to justify more teams.

Leagues that lose money don't expand. We'll see if interest goes up when a Caitlyn Clarke eventually makes the jump.

 

[carvers4math]

It’s sad but the league doesn’t pay much, she might net out better financially teaching and coaching.

 

[Drew0311]

It is really hard to watch a Cyclone great get waived from a professional team simply because there are too few teams in the WNBA.

12 teams is not enough and if the WNBA wants to reach their full potential, they need to look to expand into different markets.

No on the expansion. If your product does not sell, u don’t make a whole bunch more product.

 

[Acylum]

Leagues that lose money don't expand. We'll see if interest goes up when a Caitlyn Clarke eventually makes the jump.

Okay Murph. j/k

 

[kcdc4isu]

If she still wants to play in the WBNA this is best for her as I don't think that the coach she had really knew what she had as a player so did not use her. The fact they signed Simms who has bounced from team to team shows the coach wants veteran players and not rookies.

 

[BoxsterCy]

This will be Sims eighth team change (six teams) in nine years. Been with Lynx twice and now rejoins the Wings. WNBA teams shuffle the final spots on their roster constantly. Will be interested to see if Joens can catch on somewhere else. Brutal tem records nearing the halfway point, only 4 teams with winning records.

 

[isucy86]

It’s sad but the league doesn’t pay much, she might net out better financially teaching and coaching.

There is more money overseas than WNBA. So if she still wants to play professionally, it might start there.

She can always teach.

 

[Peter]

Viewership and revenue has been steadily growing over the last few years. League itself is valued around 1 billion. WNBA is not profitable yet but I think will be in a few years. The quality of play is a big reason why.

 

[ISUTex]

It is really hard to watch a Cyclone great get waived from a professional team simply because there are too few teams in the WNBA.

12 teams is not enough and if the WNBA wants to reach their full potential, they need to look to expand into different markets.

Uh. Sorry, but no. They already lose millions of dollars every year. More teams will just lose more money.

 

[ForbinsAscynt]

I’ll never understand why less attended pro leagues don’t focus on smaller markets. Basically the “only game in town” strategy. I truly believe DSM would get decent attendance if they had an MLS team or a WNBA team.

 

[joefrog]

I’ll never understand why less attended pro leagues don’t focus on smaller markets. Basically the “only game in town” strategy. I truly believe DSM would get decent attendance if they had an MLS team or a WNBA team.

We don't want WNBA to harm attendance at ISU women's games. Look what the Thunder did to OU and OSU attendance and fan following.

 

[BoxsterCy]

We don't want WNBA to harm attendance at ISU women's games. Look what the Thunder did to OU and OSU attendance and fan following.

Not much of a factor in WBB since the seasons are months apart. I don't see a WNBA team placed in DSM as drawing many fans over the summer anyway.

 

[crs8975]

I’ll never understand why less attended pro leagues don’t focus on smaller markets. Basically the “only game in town” strategy. I truly believe DSM would get decent attendance if they had an MLS team or a WNBA team.

I could see the MLS doing well. But take a look at the teams Des Moines has now and how bad attendance is. The Iowa Wild are a legit affiliate of a fairly close NHL team and avg 6K fans a game. The barnstormers attendance wasn't anything great nor was the Iowa Energy (or whatever they call themselves now).

 

[CySmurf]

It’s sad but the league doesn’t pay much, she might net out better financially teaching and coaching.

or go overseas

 

[theshadow]

The barnstormers attendance wasn't anything great nor was the Iowa Energy (or whatever they call themselves now).

I'll disagree about the Barnstormers.

They drew 9-11K at Vets, 9K at WFA when they came back 7-8 years later as an AF2 team, then 7.5-9K in the second AF1 stint (2010-14).

Now, they're a bad team in a 3rd/4th-tier league, with no local-interest players (former Iowa/ISU/UNI guys). And as a result, WFA is a ghost town. I'm not even certain they report attendance figures for their games anymore.

 

[Prone2Clone]

Leagues that lose money don't expand. We'll see if interest goes up when a Caitlyn Clarke eventually makes the jump.

You mean MJ 2.0?