A reporter keeps asking about Caitlin Clark. Players want her banned.

[ThorneStockton]

Is this sort of like Obama, where it was sort of de facto, what else could it be besides race? Has there been any overt - in your face - indications that it's a race thing or is it more, what else could it be?

I pretty much only catch the box scores and don't follow the drama.

 

[hawkedoff]

I hope Caitlin isn't required to pay into the players union....

Seems like the union has done a shit job

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

Is this sort of like Obama, where it was sort of de facto, what else could it be besides race? Has there been any overt - in your face - indications that it's a race thing or is it more, what else could it be?

I pretty much only catch the box scores and don't follow the drama.

I guess I wonder in CC's circumstance, how much jealously towards her is exclusive from racism?

 

[ThorneStockton]

I guess I wonder in CC's circumstance, how much jealously towards her is exclusive from racism?

Hard to say isn't it?

 

[Tenacious E]

Is this sort of like Obama, where it was sort of de facto, what else could it be besides race? Has there been any overt - in your face - indications that it's a race thing or is it more, what else could it be?

I pretty much only catch the box scores and don't follow the drama.

FWIW I don’t think it is race. See, e.g., Sabrina and Stewart. I don’t think it is sexual orientation. See, e.g., collier. It is just straight up jealousy. Whether it is toiling in obscurity for years or having to now answer questions about Caitlin during your own interview, they are simply jealous. I would add they many of them are absolute snowflakes. They can’t handle a journalist doing journalism rather that being their hype woman.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

Hard to say isn't it?

It is. Watching the animosity towards CC this season reminds me of this clip. Is it racist? Probably. It's not blatantly obvious though, without knowing exactly why Bernard felt that way.

 

[torbee]

Sue Bird gets it.

 

[TJ8869]

But these ladies are really into eating their own.

I see what you did there.
#nttawwt

 

[Bro D]

Life would be a lot easier for WNBA players if they would just simply stop reading Twitter comments

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

Sue Bird gets it.

So, what's she saying exactly?

 

[seminole97]

So, what's she saying exactly?

She’s wrong.

CC is obviously a rook.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

Sue Bird gets it.

Torbs? She gets it. What is she saying?

 

[torbee]

Torbs? She gets it. What is she saying?

It’s a clickable link.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

It’s a clickable link.

I'd like to hear your interpretation.

 

[BonzoFury]

Sue Bird gets it.

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Yes and no. What exactly is her point? She doesn't say anything directly. What people are talking about is the basketball they see on the court. This league is becoming a walking talking cliche' of many things...none of them good.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Grown women can’t handle social media. Got to really be chippy for teens.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

That so many of these women continue to hate on CC when all she has done is get them exposure, money and security...it's incredible. They're that catty and that hateful. I wish there was a European women's league that CC could go to and never look back. In a few years it would probably exceed the WNBA.

Most WNBA players also play overseas. They get paid more…that’s why Griner was in Russia.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

This went well.

 

[artradley]

I read this thread title as the players wanted Clark banned

Technical violation - vague use of pronouns.

FWIW Mrs Radley does this constantly. “I was talking to Mary, and Jennifer sent her a text about last weeks party saying Donna shouldn’t have gotten so mad about what Sally said. She really is overreacting because she would never say anything to hurt anyone but she thinks she is never careful enough about other people’s feelings, and she agreed.”

I am completely lost, but I’ve learned not to ask for clarification. I just say, “I like her, but sometimes she can be a real bitch” and I usually get a positive reaction from that.

 

[Bro D]

Scholars and intellectuals will study the 2023 wnba season for centuries and still have no idea wtf what they just watched

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Of all the stupid culture war spats we've had to endure in recent years, the Caitlin Clark popularity feud is probably the dumbest.

I for one would love to hear more valuable sports takes from right wing propagandists and politicians about our girl from the Iowa Fever, Caitlin Collins.

 

[torbee]

I'd like to hear your interpretation.

That racism issues are not new and Caitlin makes an easy target. That’s it’s good people stick up for themselves but it would be nice if they could just play ball and not have to address cultural and social issues.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

That racism issues are not new and Caitlin makes an easy target. That’s it’s good people stick up for themselves but it would be nice if they could just play ball and not have to address cultural and social issues.

Your candor is appreciated.

 

[BonzoFury]

That racism issues are not new and Caitlin makes an easy target. That’s it’s good people stick up for themselves but it would be nice if they could just play ball and not have to address cultural and social issues.

Be more specific about the racism issues. Black players not liking white players? White players not liking black players? General friction between all of them? Fans not liking black players? People not watching the league because it's mostly black players? Bird doesn't say specifically what she means.

 

[Dr. Phil Seuss]

Hard to say isn't it?

If Caitlin Clark were black, none of this nonsense would be happening. I don’t think that is very hard to say confidently.

The jealousy is definitely fueled by racism. They hate that the female Michael Jordan is Snow White and the face of a league dominated by black lesbians.

 

[nelly02]

FWIW I don’t think it is race. See, e.g., Sabrina and Stewart. I don’t think it is sexual orientation. See, e.g., collier. It is just straight up jealousy. Whether it is toiling in obscurity for years or having to now answer questions about Caitlin during your own interview, they are simply jealous. I would add they many of them are absolute snowflakes. They can’t handle a journalist doing journalism rather that being their hype woman.

I agree with this. I think they may be a little perturbed that a straight white girl is the one who brought all the attention to the league but what really pisses them off is just the attention in general. They don't understand the why they feel like they were just as good and now everyone is paying attention and all they get asked about is Clark. That pisses them off more than the race and sexual orientation thing.

 

[seminole97]

I agree with this. I think they may be a little perturbed that a straight white girl is the one who brought all the attention to the league but what really pisses them off is just the attention in general. They don't understand the why they feel like they were just as good and now everyone is paying attention and all they get asked about is Clark. That pisses them off more than the race and sexual orientation thing.

The rookie is setting records, because they’re ‘just as good’ as her?

Are you trying to explain the depth of delusion?

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

Fox Sports Article on Playoff Ratings
The first weekend of the WNBA playoffs without rookie phenom Caitlin Clark were a bit quieter in terms of attention and viewership.

After Clark drew a WNBA record 1.84 million viewers to her first playoff game against the Connecticut Sun on Sept. 22, while competing with an NFL Sunday, she followed it up with another record audience of 2.54 million viewers for Game 2. Clark and the Indiana Fever lost both those games, however, sending Clark home for the offseason.

Now, the remaining teams contending for the WNBA title are the New York Liberty, the defending champion Las Vegas Aces and MVP A'ja Wilson, the Sun and the Minnesota Lynx.

The first game between the Aces and Liberty, a rematch of last year's WNBA finals between two of the league's most popular and successful teams, drew an audience of 929,000, ESPN announced, which is 50% less than the Fever's Game 1 against the Sun. Still, it was historically good for any WNBA playoff game that doesn't involve Clark, as it was better than any of the TV numbers for the finals games between the two teams last year.

Meanwhile, Game 1 of the Sun-Lynx series had an audience of just around 650,000.

Both of those games have also fallen well behind some of Clark's regular season games in terms of viewership as well. In early September, Clark’s Indiana Fever played in front of a TV audience of 1.26 million viewers, in a game against the Minnesota Lynx that was played at the same time as a Week-1 Friday night NFL game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers.

In Clark's first regular season finale against the Washington Mystics on Sept. 19, a total of 20,711 fans that showed up at Capital One Arena set a new record for the highest-attended WNBA regular-season contest.

On the TV front, Clark made the Fever the most-watched team in the WNBA by a landslide in her rookie year, as the 14 most-watched WNBA games of the season all included the Fever.

Clark's teammate point guard Kelsey Mitchell told reporters in September that Clark is the reason that she has a player has more attention and fans than before.

I was wondering what the ratings were without CC on the court. I’m not shocked at all that the ratings went down when she wasn’t involved. Fvck these jealous bitches, would they rather go back to obscurity?

 

[Fan In Black]

To be clear, it was the player's union, not the official league office.

Still dumb, but more understandable.

thanks. I'll be honest I didn't even know they had a union. do they negotiate with the NBA owners? what power do they even hold when they make no profit? lol.
that actually makes it even more absurd in a weird way.

 

[lucas80]

FWIW I don’t think it is race. See, e.g., Sabrina and Stewart. I don’t think it is sexual orientation. See, e.g., collier. It is just straight up jealousy. Whether it is toiling in obscurity for years or having to now answer questions about Caitlin during your own interview, they are simply jealous. I would add they many of them are absolute snowflakes. They can’t handle a journalist doing journalism rather that being their hype woman.

This. I hate that Clark went from such a magical run providing so much joy to us Iowa fans, to being a crutch some posters rely on to feel like they are the victims of racism.
Clark brought tremendous exposure and energy to the WNBA, and some of the players aren't handling it well. The salaries are very low compared to the NBA. The best players in the WNBA get 1/20th of an end of the bench bum in the NBA. For all the BS Angel Reese takes, she gets it. She knows and appreciates what Clark has brought to the league. Whatever it takes to get a boost to the ratings and attendance the players should embrace. There is a lot of petulance out there.

 

[Chuck C]

Is that video anywhere? I never saw her laughing.

I don’t think they were making fun of Clark. Here is the video from the game.


But it appears it’s something they do all the time, as this video from another game shows.