That's a big of an apples-to-oranges comparison, don't you think? Even if you consider modern men's pro hockey to have started in 1967 with the NHL's expansion, that's still 56 years ago.
While a lot of minor pro hockey has, over the years, drawn a crowd of fly-by-night scam artists and wannabes as owners (and the NHL has too - John Spano, anyone?), the reality is that there is enough knowledge and expertise out there that a purported "best league in the world" shouldn't fumble around the way the NWHL/Phantastic Hockey Fail/PWHL have over the past few years.
There is a market for professional women's hockey, just like there is for Single-A hockey. It's much smaller than the market for high-level men's hockey, but it exists.
But the owners, operators, and leagues do themselves no favors when they don't structure their business the right way, obtain sufficient capital to operate, or, you know, do the leg work when it comes to marketing - and that's when you get "organizations" without team logos and generic "city name diagonally across the front" jerseys.
The players, who are world class athletes, and the fans, who have supported women's hockey with their hard-earned money, deserve better than this.
