The Women’s Basketball Boom

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The Women’s Basketball Boom The Women’s Basketball Boom An influx of gifted, charismatic, politically active stars have willed the WNBA into a genuine sporting attraction. The facts and figures are alarming, but in women’s basketball they are improving. The Indiana Fever are set to join their ranks in 2027 with a $78 million facility in downtown Indianapolis, a basketball-crazed town at the center of a women’s basketball boom. The W’s lopsided deal is a product of the last collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) in 2020. Unrivaled, the fledgling women’s basketball league taking place during the W’s offseason, is at the center of these creative, alternative visions for the future of the sport.