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Take a look at the WNBA's adverts. I saw them thanks to the SportingBlog, but you can see them at WNBA.com or YouTube as well.

The campaign is called "Expect Great." Other players in the campaign are Cheryl Ford and Tamika Catchings.

Naperville's Parker says this in the 30 second spot.

"I'm sorry, but you couldn't pay me to watch women's basketball. Nothing exciting ever happens. ...
"Look at the WNBA. The league has stayed the same for 10 years. There's no new blood....
"What kind of future does that league have? None that I can see."

At this point, I'm worried about CP3. She's gone all goofy. I mean, I'm the one who wrote the WNBA is doomed, but this is scarry stuff for the No. 1 overall pick to be saying.

That's when the words splash up on the screen to end this madness.

She wouldn't say that. Would You?

Get it? Man that is clever.

There was a story in the Chicago Tribune on Sunday that discussed the pros and cons, wishes and truths of the fact the WNBA is now giving its new players makeup and fashion advice.

It was not Lisa Leslie or another veteran teaching basketball fundamentals but a cosmetic artist brought in by the league last month to teach the rookies how to arc their eyebrows, apply strokes of blush across their cheekbones and put on no-smudge eyeliner to receive the right attention off the court.

If you have recovered from throwing up in your mouth, let me explain why this means the WNBA is doomed.

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