Via Helen, Mike Terry addresses the state of the game. Joining the ranks of the "called too tight" crowd, Sparks pres Johnny Buss complains about the officiating.

On the negative side, I think the rules and the way the game is actually played has become boring. The ability to have more exciting games has been taken away. … Referees are calling games so tightly it is taking away from excitement. They are slowing the game to a boring level. And the ability to make rule changes are still in the hands of NBA, and that is wrong.

Sparks attendance fell about 15% this year, Buss says he sees "a lot less interest in the WNBA" than he used to.

(Then again, maybe Buss is mistaking anger for lack of interest. After all, Buss did hire an incompetent and uncommitted coach who took one of the most talented teams in history and ran it into the ground.)