I think a lot of people agree with you: 
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What's your point? They are still Bobcats and still deserve every opportunity to be successful.

Women's basketball is a core MAC sport. Absolutely we've got to strive for a strong program. A strong WBB would help build donations from women bobcat alumni.

Having really strong WBB pulls a lot of women out of the woodwork in the community that normally would not have interest in Bobcat Athletics. It a school could engineer a great women's program with strong attendance it would be great publicity for the university.  Ohio athletics is a key driver for the entire community. I'd love it if they could put boutique shops in uptown and attract more women shoppers from Columbus ect. but the market is just not big enough yet. You can try to build a art museum on Carpenter Street that is a major attraction to pull tourist highway but where is the 25 million going to come from? There isn't enough money in the region. At least the attendance can grow in women's basketball since its basketball if the product is seriously good.

Huh? I'm calling BS on this one. You're telling me there's some vast, un-tapped market of SE Ohio women that would only come to women's basketball games? I've lived in this area for 30+ years...there isn't.

If you're an OU women's basketball fan, odd are you're likely a bigger OU men's basketball fan. I support both programs, but it's not like I'm traveling to Kalamazoo to watch the women's team.

Catfan28, a walking breathing example of why TitleIX was needed and still an important piece of law.

This is a no-win discussion. A winning women's basketball team will have virtually zero impact on campus. Just the same, a losing women's basketball team has had virtually no impact on the down side. There is no arguing that the program is a total disaster right now, but I'm personally not reducing my giving to either the Ohio Bobcat Cub or the university as a result.

Before this turns into a full-blown argument about Title IX, I'll say I do enjoy some women's sports. I think our volleyball and field hockey programs have been great and are a source of pride around campus. When watching women's basketball, however, I always find myself thinking it is slow, sloppy and generally unwatchable compared to the men's game. It's not the same game I have played my whole life. Attendance figures nationally (excluding UConn for some reason) would support my stance.

Right. We don't have the situation that UConn has where all the women's games are broadcast across the state n PBS and the school backs up on relatively well to do back country New England. Why not aim for it? They've talked about putting retirement communities in SE Ohio along the 33 corridor. I'm not sure it would be enough to change the demographic. The women's program is at least worth trying to put some money into because its a space where the school can be competitive nationally. Volleyball had a huge spike in interest with winning so who knows if we had a serious WBB program down in Athens. The verdict is still out because we've never had it.