It would be pretty silly to only show Clarks games. She has to play someone. There have to be rivalries. Why are ALL of Indiana's games on some national TV platform, and no one elses are even close. And for the record I NEVER said it was all about Clark, but surely you can see how much ALL of this has changed in the last 2+ years? What happened 2+ years ago for the W? Why was the WNBA draft NEVER televised before 2 years ago?
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This is the conversation though. What kicked it off was someone saying Azzi Fudd whould thank Clark for her contract.
Fudd earned her contract.
Scoring 8 points doesn't mean much when you shoot 2-7 from the field and 4-8 from the free throw line. She's obviously an elite rebounder.
This is patently false.
Every WNBA draft since 2001 has been televised.
Okay. That's not what they said. Was it on some channel that nobody gets or what?
Im guess the point people are trying to make is that before the new contract rookies were making 70K per year. Would they have been able to negotiate the new TV deal without the huge uptick of attention on the W in the last two years. Why did many WNBA teams move to larger arenas when the Fever came to town. Who was responsible for that? Angel Reese, No. Not even The MVP of the league with the Aces drew that kind of attention.
Really. No wonder their ratings have gone to heck for some time. Must not have been destination TV until 2 years ago.
I understand what they're getting at. We don't need to do that for every single woman that gets a new contract because it diminishes what they did to earn it.
if Clark didn't cause this then why was attendance at big name teams not called Fever only a few thousand fans, while Fever was selling 15-20 thousand even on road games? Yes new contacts were earned by the players (most of them anyway). However, Clark opened up the money spicket for everyone.
Aces become first WNBA team to sell out every home game
The Aces became the first WNBA team to sell out every home game in a season when the final tickets were claimed for a Sept. 3 matchup against Angel Reese and the Sky.
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Nobody is saying that Caitlin has not had an impact.
Its when people frame it as all Caitlin it gets stupid.
Nobody is going to show up night after night, year after year, to watch Caitlin on the court by herself.
So, WNBA teams were profitable, all on their own?
The linked story that follows includes numbers based on previously audited league financial information.
Sources: WNBA projecting big losses in latest proposal; union disagrees
While sources said the WNBA is projecting that a recent proposal from the WNPBA would result in $700 million in losses over the course of the agreement, the union called that "absolutely false," citing a discrepancy in whether expansion fees are factored.
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You got this wrong, too.
People who had never watched women's basketball before were suddenly tuning in because of this "Caitlin girl playing at Iowa." Clarks' popularity started in 2023 because of Caitlin's play (her logo threes, her incredible passing, etc) and her taking "little old Iowa" to the Final Four.
When Caitlin became incredibly popular BECAUSE OF HER PLAY, the endorsements quickly followed.
You know, if you are going to bring up former & current players and want to to be taken seriously, you might want to spell their names correctly.
Not getting NIL had nothing to do with why people were not tuning in to watch players like Britney Griner.
You completely missed the point.
Are we just going to to through and spell check everything? You going to accuse me of having multiple DUis next? Going to bring up dead posters to make me feel bad?
That's not true. Half the audience tunes in because they're fans and the other half likes to watch train wrecks. It's kind of like Nebraska football.
He can see it , he’s just an asshat that loves to get you guys all worked up and it seems to work every single time!!! Nobody, and I mean nobody could be as clueless as he portrays. Absolutely no reason to respond to anything that he posts.
And the fact that Fudd's partner (Paige) plays for the Wings helped Fudd get drafted #1 overall by Dallas.
They earned their contract. They should thank CC for the value/amount of that contract.
Do you seriously believe WNBA players would be making the salaries they're now making without the popularity, attention, media, revenues, etc. that CC has brought to the league?
I think we’ve all agreed that Clark had an impact but they don’t need to thank Clark.
this is a real Iowa issue where Iowa fans think everyone needs to bow down to Clark, they don’t.
No, she only got drafted at all bc she’s PB’s girlfriend. She should publicly thank Clark and PB for her contract.
They'd be making $75,000 a year without CC. They're making 5-10x that because of CC. They should thank her for that.
They should also thank the big TV deal they got and also the owners overplaying their cards by selling their teams for hundreds of millions when they said for years they were losing money.
They wouldn't have that big TV deal without Clark.
Oh, I completely understand your opinions.
And I also completely understand that you misspelled Fudd's and Griner's last names.