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Personally, I mostly disregard posts on X. So many just seem to get put out there to garner attention with no actual thoughts behind it
I have seen a LOT of black people, especially men, defending Clark, on social media.
While there’s probably some racism involved, imo the bulk of it is simple, petty jealousy regarding the attention Clark receives and brings to women’s basketball.
A lot of it is women being women.
I agree. Anymore I only post tweets from authors that I know are real people or media sources.
I would agree on the Black men part, and they are getting bagged on because of it.
I've seen alot of reactions from people of all shapes and sizes, especially this latest call, defending Clark.
This last one especially I've seen videos from people admitting they'd downplayed stuff previously, but there's simply no defending this particular play.
A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces is a real person. Sunny Hostin of The View is a real person. Both of them are on record stating that one of the main reasons Clark is so popular is because she’s white.
Exactly and comments from them deserve discussion. I just don't take random tweets from authors like Catturd and Melissasayshuh seriously.
Actually I watched The View discuss Caitlin Clark and most of it was very supportive of CC.
How dumb and insecure do you have to be to want to attack one of the few people who are making you relevant and who are going to make everyone money?
A lot of it is jealousy and race, but some of criticism came from white players as well, like Dina Taurasi.
A lot of it is jealousy and race, but some of criticism came from white players as well, like Dina Taurasi.
Do I think race is why CC is a once in a lifetime talent at basketball? No I don’t. And you’re being obtuse.
Certainly some, not all. Care to actually address and acknowledge the race element or nah?
I think race probably plays into her popularity a little bit. Just like I think race plays a role in the hate. How can you not?
Also. How do you feel about the hype Lebron, Patrick mahomes, etc….. get? Wonder why you left them off your list. They get way more attention than burrow has ever received.
And none of those players (Brady, Teblow, Burrow) didn't have the responsibility of carrying a whole league on their shoulders. It was established. The WNBA is as low as you can get for professional league and I can see why now after watching a few games.
Also Tiger Woods. MJ, Kobe . It's something in a rare event that a player has "it. And many "peers" hate that player for that reason alone and need to make excuses.
Obtuse because I don't think race is the primary factor for the hate of CC is race?
I left Lebron off because I don't follow men's basketball. I only started watching women's bb because of Caitlin. I left Mahomes off because I like the Chiefs. Would it make you feel better if I said I didn't like Reggie Bush or Ali?
Sometimes it's important to remember that females understand females and in general, they all hate each other.
Dude meets a dude, new friend within 5 minutes.
Chica....nada.
Dude meets a dude, new friend within 5 minutes.
Chica....nada.
The perception is there no matter real or not that CC is popular in part because she is white and straight.
Idk if it's so much hating her because she is white but it's hating her because they think her whiteness is the reason she is popular and they are not.
Similar to what I was saying. Every other league protects it's stars and those stars aren't nearly as meaningful in terms of a make it or break it standpoint as CC is.
NFL won't go bust if Pat Mahomes's career ends suddenly. WNBA might.
It's crazy, Caitlin is their meal ticket, the best thing that could have happened for them playing in the WNBA at this time.
I remember the Fuzzy Zoeller thingie at Augusta with Tiger, but I'm pretty sure all the golfers on the PGA tour back in the day were thrilled that Tiger increased exposure and brought loads more dollars into the sport. Has to have been the same in the NBA with Magic/Bird/Jordan.
The WNBA players trying to haze Clark are just morons more than anything else. Cutting off their noses to spite their face type stuff.
I don't even think it's just hazing. That foul was clearly more than a "welcome to the big leagues" thing.
Some hazing and/or hard fouls on her I could understand and even respect to some extent.
While this wasn’t necessarily malicious, at a certain point the league needs to have a quiet word with its franchises and officials to tell everyone to cut the crap.
This can easily lead to injuries, and not just for Clark if it continues.
It's starting to feel like some of the reason the WNBA hasn't caught on is because they are inept and dumb as shit as a league.
They have a golden opportunity here to grow the sport and they give the Fever the most asinine schedule I think I've seen in major sports, and are turning a blind eye to non-basketball bullshit.
Stern and the NBA saw this coming a mile away and put a stop to it, and now the league is as popular as it has ever been.
I'm fine with physical basketball, I'm even fine with a little bit of rookie "hazing". This is beyond all of that stuff, it's just straight up petty jealousy.
Also, someone else on that team needs to step the **** up and drop someone the next time it happens. I'm not a fighter, not a big guy, generally pretty passive, but if someone pulled that shit on my teammate when I was playing I would have been up in their shit.
Maybe that's a men/women difference. If some rando came up and hip checked Anthony Edwards while he was just waiting for an inbounds pass, I'm willing to bet some fists would be flying, and it would be justified.
The Fever need to learn how to self police this nonsense, because I don't think the league cares.
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About the only thing I’ll give the players on this one is that everyone but Boston looks like they’re turning to run to the other end and maybe didn’t see it in the moment.
If I’m the Fever coach, I let everyone know I’m good with a hard foul against that Carter player (NOT DIRTY) the next time they play.
The schedule is partly out of their control because they’re also pausing play for the Olympics, so they’re dealing with a condensed schedule as a result. Still brutal to front load their schedule with most of the top teams.
Rightfully so, so many are pissed off about how CC has been treated in the W the first couple of weeks. Now, imagine being CC. She’s only 22. She’s human. She has emotions and feels things just like you, me, our own kids, etc. It has to be nearly impossible for her to tune out all the noise. She did an amazing job of handling the pressure of her final season at Iowa, all the noise from haters as her collegiate career came to a close and her WNBA career started. I’m glad her family is with her in Indy and that she has Connor and the McCaffery family as additional support. Iowa fans have been pretty damn critical of Connor, Patrick and Fran. So I’m thinking they probably have some sound guidance for dealing with sh!t like this. So many forget that these are real people, just like us. The are fathers, mothers, daughters and sons.
Perhaps I misread, but you didn’t seem to want to admit it was a factor at all. I don’t think it’s the only factor, but I believe it’s a heavily weighted factor.
We disagree then, I think it's a minor factor. There may be players and fans that hate her because she's white, popular, and becoming a rich young women. However, I think the majority of the hate comes from the media coverage(hype) and unprecedented endorsement deals for a rookie that hasn't "paid her dues" in the league.
ETA: Regardless of the reason, the WNBA needs to get it under control pronto.
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It’s not just who they’re playing but also how frequently they’re playing. They’re in New York again tonight to play the Liberty for the third time. It will be their 11th game in 20 days. The Liberty will be playing for the 9th time. Phoenix is also playing their 9th game tonight. No one else has played more than 8.
11 games in 20 days. All across the country. They opened the season with a trip to Connecticut and then came back home to Indiana. Then a second trip east, this time to New York. They came back home for a second game against Connecticut, then went on a west coast swing that took them to Seattle, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. They came back home and had two days off before playing 3 games in 5 days. And now a second trip to New York to play their 4th game in 6 days.
Maybe the league could let them have a couple days to rest or practice or something.
I'm with you on this. Race might be a factor, but I think all of these mid players who couldn't move the needle are trying to get their pound of flesh. It's bullshit bravado from players hardly anyone cares about..
They bumped into each other while fighting for a rebound. You know, an actual basketball play.
There was trash talk from both, I haven’t seen a replay that showed an elbow thrown or something.
That’s stupid. Those are not even close to equivalent IMO.
It looked to me like Carter collided with Clark’s arm as opposed to Clark “throwing” an elbow. And then as Carter falls backward her right arm pulls Clark’s left arm back.
Agreed. But Carter isn’t exactly a rocket surgeon.
Lol, set the record straight? Get the fvck out of here whoever the fvck that dipshit is.
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