Despite early success and 11 seasons, the WNBA has decided to shut down the Comets.
WNBA president Donna Orender said on Monday that the team could no longer stay afloat in the league.The Comets, who have been on a roller coaster ride the last two seasons, will suspend operations early next week. The league will hold a dispersal draft on Dec. 8 for the players under contract.
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The team went up for sale midway through the 2008 season and the league took over operations. Orender said that several investors approached the league with interest to keep the team afloat before the November deadline, the league decided that there wasn’t enough time to make a new ownership transaction.
What a sad and inappropriate end for the franchise. I’ve been critical of the move to Reliant Arena, and concerned about the future of the team, I really didn’t expect this. Certainly, the communications I’d been getting from them gave no indication of anything amiss, not that you’d have expected such a thing. I’m just sorry to see this happen. Best of luck to the to-be-dispersed players, and thanks for all the good times at the court.