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"We will spend our money where we get respect and a shared commitment to grow the game" - Mystics owner Ted Leonsis

posted by Swish Appeal
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 9:35am EDT

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Here is what I do find NOT acceptable. If I hear a radio station sportscaster again say, "I didn’t even know the WNBA season had started"; when we buy advertising on that station; or we do promotions on that station for the team then we will simply take our business elsewhere. Pretty simply, we will spend our money where we get respect and a shared commitment to grow the game.

From Washington Mystics majority owner Ted Leonsis about his support for the Washington Mystics as well as women's sports on his blog, Ted's Take

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"We will spend our money where we get respect and a shared commitment to grow the game" - Mystics owner Ted Leonsis

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