Other than the NBA being created there is the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association). The WNBA is not as popular as NBA and doesn't get much attention from the media. Some of the rules are changed but mostly they are the same as NBA. The ball size is different by 2 inches because women's hands are not as big as men's and the three point is moved closer to the basket. The WNBA did not get as much attention as the NBA when it first started. In the NBA the players tend to shoot more than in the WNBA . The style of play varies from the the teams personnel which the NBA feature more scoring. The 10 second back-court is not in effect in the WNBA and also have a 30 second shot clock while NBA has a 24 second shot clock. The NBA popularity rate is very greatly differed from the WNBA. WNBA did not start to get popular until the mid 1980's. College basketball is one of the main attractions for people to attend. Ohio State University attracts over 15,000 thousand fans while women's game averages around 3,510 per game ("Difference between Men's and Women's Basketball"). The WNBA still gets the respect they deserve and still continue to play to strive for greatness. NBA is the oldest basketball league to date and WNBA started mid 1980's but only started a year later ("Difference between WNBA and NBA"). NBA originally started out with 30 teams in North America and WNBA started out with 8.
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