spot on, it's okay for others to take their Covid years but not Caitlin? Please... I want to hear the backlash from the haters when she puts up 5000 career points. It will be glorious...lol
Yeah, so selfish and not the Iowa way. (Checks roster...). Never mind...Molly Davis, Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall currently using their COVID year. With those 3 leaving, there will be plenty of opportunities for McCabe, Affolter, etc
I have never knowingly watched a Bally Sports channel before, so I have no idea. I have also never knowingly watched any game on Facebook, Twitter, Meta VR, CBS-SN, or ION.
Not really. Iowa has TV deal structures already in place through the B1G that give Iowa athletics’ broadcast rights to large entities like FOX, NBC and CBS. The WNBA does not. It has small contracts with ESPN and those are on weekdays, mid afternoon in the Summer
Unless they do not have any contracts in place, or there are just contracts season-by-season, it's not like you can just change the terms of the deals they have in place. I did not see 2020 information, but for the 2021-2022 season, the women's games were on BTN, FS1, and ESPN 2. For the next season about the same with a smattering of FOX, ESPNU, and ESPN. This year the media rights contracts must have shifted because it has been BTN, BIG+, FS1, FloHoops (early tourney), Fox, and Peacock.
She should come back to get another year of the college experience and a shot at winning a National Championship. I don't see the horses on this team to help her even get back to the Final 4. The money will be there no matter what she chooses to do.
This is a good call out. Over the past month or so, I've become exhausted from all the shit surrounding Caitlin. Sports commentators lying about her stats/age/etc, people claiming running into a fan was purposeful, calling her point stat fraudulent because it hasn't passed that Kansas player, and so on. It's genuinely unbelievable how often she's targeted. Even when fans show the facts, there's this crazy amount of animosity towards her that's just exhausting to see. I can only imagine how she must feel.
Isn't the Iowa-Indiana game next week on Fox too?Fox running Caitlin commercials during the Illinois/Indiana game right now. Technically congratulating her on the scoring record....but...advertising the brand for next year?
Fox televising the Ohio St game in a couple weeks doesn't hurt either, I suppose.
I would think as long as they keep running promo's of her, and they ALREADY are using her likeness, they could most certainly pay her whatever they want.
This is why there was preemptive complaining about caitlyn from other coaches. They want her to be gone. She pulls too much press from SC and LSU.spot on, it's okay for others to take their Covid years but not Caitlin? Please... I want to hear the backlash from the haters when she puts up 5000 career points. It will be glorious...lol
I have absolutely NO inside knowledge, but I get the impression this is a bit more then, "some kid she is dating". For one their both older, (especially Cmac) then your typical high school or early college romance, and from some of the tweets that have been public they throw the L word around quite a bit. They spend a lot of time together as well, and Connor shows up almost wherever she is.
Well said. I'd add that there's nothing stopping the league from putting in some kind of bid or endorsement portfolio for her either. Also people forget that CC signed with Excel mgmt earlier this year. They have many top level athletes in their stable. I would imagine that there is quite a bit going on behind the scenes with Excel beating the bushes for her in the way of lucrative deals. A company like that doesn't sign someone and then sit on their hands.
My point being NO one here knows just what her agent with Excel mgmt is cooking up for her at the next level. When she signed with them, there was a statement about Excel(who has many top level pro athletes), ushering her brand into her pro career. A company like that doesn't sign someone with her profile, and then just sit on their hands. I'll bet there's a lot in the works we don't know about.
Caitlin will have to endure as much, if not more, hatred and vitriol in the WNBA. Dan Dakich and Jason Whitlock may be d-bags but they're not wrong that she will be targeted in the W by some black players because she is white and by some LGBTQ player because she is heterosexual and even more because she is open about her Catholic faith. She will have fewer resources in the WNBA to counter being targeted because coaches/GMs aren't going to want to choose sides, especially if it's coming from another star player on the team.
The talent level will be higher next year, especially with Heiden coming in which allows Hannah to slide over to the 4 which is her more natural position.
When I was 22 I told my boyfriend I loved him all the time. He lived in Chicago, I lived in Iowa City. We traveled every weekend to see each other. We talked about having kids. We were together 4 years total. Then we broke up (amicably) when I was 24. I moved to the east coast and now we don’t keep in touch lol. I know few people who are still with the person they dated in college. Even those who got married….lol
Ahh, the classic Iowa "we will be so much better next year when all of the seniors (except Caitlin) are finally gone"....really excited for the first time that works out for us.
I for one think the team is better this year than last.
Taylor is a more reliable shooter than Gabby. Syd is already as good as Kate. Hannah will be able to slide to the 4 and Heiden is the true 5 this team is missing. We'll still have solid depth next season. If Caitlin returns, next years team WILL be better. We lose experience but we gain athleticism.
Better but missing the true 5 that would have made the team elite. Hannah, Ogrady and Sharon have all improved but Heiden has the chance to be special, especially considering she is the highest rated 5 to commit to Iowa under Bluder
Clark and Stuelke could have a more productive, successful season than Clark and Czinano ever had IMO.
Throw the BTN in there too, do they throw some money in the pot? If Caitlin goes pro there goes the ratings for B1G WBB. If she uses her 5th year that is going to be like winning the lottery for the BTN, Fox and Peacock. Let alone the NCAA tournament. She is such a cash cow. I would venture to say that Adam Silver is involved too at some level because they know she is going pro at some time, so how can they line it up so that they can utilize her in the best possible way in the best possible location. Like trying to set up a rival, like maybe PB, that way the WNBA can just be a continuation of the college game and thus they attract all those viewers. There is way too much money involved for all these entities to be laissez faire about it.
Okay, so no one has answered my question about her agent at Excel. They are a power broker for pro athletes. Since so many here seem to think it all comes down to the $$, don't you think that Excel is working on some major deals for her in the league, that might be even bigger. I mean they didn't sign her just for the hell of it, and they knew before hand she would be in the pro's within either one year or two....
We need the 💯 emoji available to react on comments. Def agree w this one^
Oh I am sure her agent is involved. I am just saying this is not a normal agent-player situation. I would say her agent is working with the NCAA, WNBA, BTN, Fox, Peacock/NBC, etc. because all of them want to make her their poster child. I would say the discussions center around what is the best plan of usage for her in order for everyone to get the most out of her. Of course it is Caitlin's decision and it is not all about money, it is all encompassing.
