♪♪ >> DOMINIC: ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, MY WIFE AND I JOINED ABOUT 11,000 OTHER FANS AT THE SOON-TO-BE-FORMER XCEL ENERGY CENTER TO WATCH THE MINNESOTA FROST WIN THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, AND ALSO A REMINDER OF WHY WOMEN'S SPORTS IN MINNESOTA ARE INFINITELY PREFERABLE TO MEN'S SPORTS IN MINNESOTA.

LET'S BREAK IT DOWN.

FIRST, IT'S MORE AFFORDABLE.

SEATS TO THAT DECIDING FROST GAME AGAINST THE OTTAWA CHARGE SET US BACK ABOUT 60 BUCKS A TICKET.

MAIN FLOOR.

19 ROWS UP.

ON THE BLUE LINE.

I CHECKED SEATGEEK, AND A PAIR OF TICKETS FOR LAST NIGHT'S STARS-OILERS GAME IN THE STANLEY CUP SEMI-FINALS IN ABOUT THE SAME LOCATION WOULD HAVE SET YOU BACK A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WHICH LEADS US TO, SECOND, IT'S MORE GENERALLY ACCESSIBLE.

LITTLE KIDS -- LITTLE GIRLS, MOSTLY -- WERE PROBABLY THE SINGLE LARGEST DEMOGRAPHIC AT MONDAY'S FROST GAME.

TRUE, THEY HAVE AN INCESSANT, TEETH-GRATINGLY ANNOYING CHANT: "BRRR!

IT'S COLD IN HERE!

THERE MUST BE SOME FROST IN THE ATMOSPHERE!

IT IS ENDURABLE BECAUSE THEY ARE ASSURING THE FUTURE FAN BASE OF THE TEAM AND THE SPORT.

FINALLY -- AND I'M SORRY, GUYS, BUT THERE'S JUST NO DELICATE WAY TO SAY THIS -- THEY WIN.

DEPENDING ON HOW YOU COUNT, IN THE LAST 15 YEARS, MINNESOTA WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL AND MAJOR COLLEGE SPORTS TEAMS HAVE WON AT LEAST TEN NATIONAL OR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

IN THAT SAME 15 YEARS, MEN'S SPORTS TEAMS HAVE WON ZERO.

AND IN MOST CASES, THE DROUGHT IS MEASURED NOT IN YEARS BUT IN DECADES.

SO YOU WANNA WATCH AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND SUCCESSFUL WOMEN'S SPORTS TEAMS?

OR WOULD YOU RATHER SEE THE EXORBITANTLY OVERPRICED DISPLAY OF MEDIOCRITY AND ENTITLEMENT THAT IS MEN'S ATHLETICS?

YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE.

BUT IF YOU DID?

I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH OF A CONTEST.