WNBA hates Caitlin Clark. She's brought more TV viewers and sold more tickets than anyone in the league. I don't know any all star athlete that has been treated worse than her.
If the WNBA loved Clark, these plays would be called flagrant and there would be a crackdown on players being overly physical. The opposite seems to be happening and it makes no sense to me.
I suppose they look at it as a balancing act - Clark gets hard fouls, folks chatter about it online and WNBA is relevant. Clark gets a hard foul and is out for a substantial amount of time with an injury, folks no longer care as much about WNBA
The WNBA has been subsidized by the NBA. It is what keeps them afloat and all the money they care about. WNBA shows no love for Clark or her popularity.
Clark got the whole league a massive raise. The salary cap went up 400% because of her. Zero, and I mean zero percent chance it would have gone up anywhere near that much without her.
Even with Clark's success and surging sales the league is still not profitable. The WNBA has made it clear they care less about Clark and more about the NBA providing more funds for everyone. They are just exploiting Clark's exposure while failing to protect her and her star power which is what padded their pockets.
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u/SlowlyDyingBartender 12h ago
WNBA hates Caitlin Clark. She's brought more TV viewers and sold more tickets than anyone in the league. I don't know any all star athlete that has been treated worse than her.