Updated: Sep 16, 2003, 5:29 PM

Vote: Why did WUSA fail?


Mia Hamm
Not even Mia's star power could save the WUSA.
The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) folded on Monday after only three years of existence. While women's professional sports leagues are often measured in units similar to dog years, the curt collapse of the WUSA still represents a demise before its due.

The eight-team WUSA was filled with the world's best female players, including U.S. stars Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain and Julie Foudy but TV ratings were almost nonexistent. The WUSA has officially ceased operations but will not dissolve entirely until next spring.

There are many questions about this sad termination. Help us find the answers.

Vote below.

  • 1) How much do you care that the WUSA folded Monday?
  • 2) Are you surprised by the abrupt folding of the WUSA?
  • 3) What is the major reason the WUSA -- which went through $100 million in three years -- folded?
  • 4) Could the WUSA have been saved if it were an affiliate of the MLS like the WNBA is to the NBA?
  • 5) The WNBA is wrapping up its seventh season. Will it make it to its 10-year anniversary?
  • 6) Who was dealt the biggest loss from the WUSA collapse?
  • 7) Do you think that in the next 30 days the U.S. women's national team can inspire the country the way it did with 1999's World Cup and get someone to step forward to invest in the league thereby resurrecting it?
  • 8) Do you think the league will be revived by 2005?

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