Caitlin Clark

Beasts of the East said:
Too hot a subject to rationally discuss from any side. What's clear is that more than likely, pretty soon the fan interest generated will be killed and the wnba can go back to obscurity.
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Would be interested to hear why you think this?

I have never seen more excitement for the WNBA than I have this year. And there are things they can improve upon. Like why are their playoff games and WNBA finals games being played on Sundays? That needs to be fixed for next season. Play these games on nights where this is no football. Or better yet, since ESPN has the rights, schedule games for 6PM on Mondays so people can check it out before Monday Night Football. Anything would be better than trying to go directly against a full slate of NFL games.

The NFL will always be king and squash anything that is going against it. Just ask the NBA, who used to consider themselves the owners of Christmas Day sports. They have had their chain snatched in the past couple of years by the NFL and they aren't getting it back.

If the WNBA can shift their schedule around, I see the game only trending upward. They have a good set up where we get to see college stars actually develop over the course of 4 years before entering the league, unlike the NBA now. Even with Clark and Reese being huge this year, we have Bueckers and Juju Watkins coming up behind them, with room for more stars as well.

I'll also add that sports betting on phone is so widespread now, a lot of sports fans are taking to WNBA for that reason as well. It is another thing to bet on and watch. Just feels like the league is approaching a golden era and I am happy for them.
 
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Amazing graphic to see to get a sense of how popular Clark is. Don't think it's a one year thing, but curious to see what the ratings are next year for women's college basketball.
 
Marillac2 said:
The attention in general. I can't stand her. She's a good player on the court, but the mania extends well beyond that. I just don't get it.
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Yeah some of the nonsense around it is way too much. But I think “good” is a crazy downplay. I’m not a big woman’s basketball fan, but she’s far and away better than any other female player IVE ever seen IMO.
 
I’m not trying to be a dick or anything just objectively speaking if you had the girl on CC’s team Sophie Cunningham (she’s very hut) wearing a sundress or tennis outfit while playing then maybe the league wouldn’t be subsidized any longer.

The problem is some of the other players may wear the same attire and you don’t want to see any of that!
 
sirvoo said:
I’m not trying to be a dick or anything just objectively speaking if you had the girl on CC’s team Sophie Cunningham (she’s very hut) wearing a sundress or tennis outfit while playing then maybe the league wouldn’t be subsidized any longer.

The problem is some of the other players may wear the same attire and you don’t want to see any of that!
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Don't try harder.
 
Marillac2 said:
The attention in general. I can't stand her. She's a good player on the court, but the mania extends well beyond that. I just don't get it.
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Are you joking?

She is a great player, highly marketable, and a great ambassador of the sport.

I've attached a long screenshot of her accolades. Much like Larry Bird, she has taken a losing Indiana team and made them very good. She has been cheap shotted, flagrantly fouled, and shoved by players and female opponents (I won't call them ladies) snickered and high fived the perpetrator.

She is singlehandedly building a fan base across the country that was formerly largely an LBGTQ demographic.

Star players in the league are extremely jealous of her because of the attention she gets. Mych like Jackie Robinson in this regard, she takes the cheap shots to a large extent without whining. Indiana should put an enforcer on the roster the way hockey teams do, just to protect her.


The thing is, she is going to make everyone more money by the attention she brings to the league.

Oh, yea. She's the all time leading scorer in NCAA D1 history. She's not one dimensionsl as a player. Off the she is a great brand ambassador who resonates with key puchasing demographics.


Crazy to not understand all this. If just a few of her opponents stood up for her, their star would surely rise. Like Bird tho, she doesn't need them to, and handles it all just fine. Her bashers look as stupid as Isaiah Thomas did when he bashed Bird.
 

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Beasts of the East said:
Are you joking?

She is a great player, highly marketable, and a great ambassador of the sport.

I've attached a long screenshot of her accolades. Much like Larry Bird, she has taken a losing Indiana team and made them very good. She has been cheap shotted, flagrantly fouled, and shoved by players and female opponents (I won't call them ladies) snickered and high fived the perpetrator.

She is singlehandedly building a fan base across the country that was formerly largely an LBGTQ demographic.

Star players in the league are extremely jealous of her because of the attention she gets. Mych like Jackie Robinson in this regard, she takes the cheap shots to a large extent without whining. Indiana should put an enforcer on the roster the way hockey teams do, just to protect her.


The thing is, she is going to make everyone more money by the attention she brings to the league.

Oh, yea. She's the all time leading scorer in NCAA D1 history. She's not one dimensionsl as a player. Off the she is a great brand ambassador who resonates with key puchasing demographics.


Crazy to not understand all this. If just a few of her opponents stood up for her, their star would surely rise. Like Bird tho, she doesn't need them to, and handles it all just fine. Her bashers look as stupid as Isaiah Thomas did when he bashed Bird.
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If you don’t think she’s LGBTQ herself, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. You must have got your gaydar from wish.com😂

She’s ugly as sin, she makes ridiculous faces, acts masculine, and talks all kinds of sh*t. I don’t get the appeal.

Your comparison to NBA stars is fatally flawed. There are multiple superstars in the NBA every decade. There is just one WNBA player that has ever induced this kind of mania. Is she the best player ever? Even if she was, no other player has ever received 1/1000th of the following she has.

Kelsey Plum just set the scoring record a few years and there wasn’t a peep.
 
Marillac2 said:
If you don’t think she’s LGBTQ herself, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. You must have got your gaydar from wish.com😂

She’s ugly as sin, she makes ridiculous faces, acts masculine, and talks all kinds of sh*t. I don’t get the appeal.

Your comparison to NBA stars is fatally flawed. There are multiple superstars in the NBA every decade. There is just one WNBA player that has ever induced this kind of mania. Is she the best player ever? Even if she was, no other player has ever received 1/1000th of the following she has.

Kelsey Plum just set the scoring record a few years and there wasn’t a peep.
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You gonna flip her like you did Taurasi? 😂
 
dk423 said:
Clark's skillset stands out compared to anyone on the floor. WNBA games get crowded in the paint and are ugly. From a play style perspective, she opens it up like Steph Curry. No one else in the league can do that.
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Wish there were the same nationwide uproar among both fans and media about all the calls Curry doesn't get.
 
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