Should Caitlin Clark have been included on the Olympic team?
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Anonymous
| Title says it all. What do you think? |
Anonymous
| Obviously. Now nobody will watch. |
Anonymous
| Of course, I’m not watching anymore. |
Anonymous
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The other players don't want or need her. They are good enough for gold medal and they don't want to share credit and publicity with her.
There's little interest from viewers and media coverage without her. |
Anonymous
This. Plus, the other players’ obvious and outward displays of envy regarding her popularity make me just root for her more. Like it or not, nobody’s going to give two shirts about Olympic women’s basketball without her. |
Anonymous
| Billie Jean King has said in interviews lately how important it was that the older tennis players in the early ‘70s acknowledge that Chris Evert was the reason people suddenly were paying attention to all of women’s tennis. It’s the same case here with Caitlin Clark. |
Anonymous
| If she were black she’d have made the team. |
Anonymous
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The 5-member women's selection committee: 
Top left clockwise Delisha Milton Jones (Former U Florida player, current Old Dominion coach),Jennifer Rossitti (Former UConn, current Conn Sun Pres and 2024 USA 3-on-3 Head Coach), Bethany Donaphin (Former Stanford player), Dawn Staley (So Carolina coach), and Seimone Augustus (former LSU player, current LSU ass't coach). Not pictured - Dan Padover, current Atlanta Dream GM and Exec VP for BB Ops, signed Rhyne Howard from Kentucky who is on the 3-on-3 USA team. 12 man Roster: A Wilson, South Carolina; LV Aces B Stewart, UConn, NY Liberty D Taurasi, UConn, Phx N Collier, UConn, Minn A Thomas, Maryland, Conn. Sun (whose Pres was on Select committee) B Greiner, Baylor (Mulkey was coach), Phx K Copper, Rutgers, Phx K Plum, Washington, LV Aces J Young, Notre Dame, LV Aces C Gray, Duke, LV Aces J Loyd, Notre dame, Seattle S Ionescu, Oregon, NY Liberty 3-on-3 Roster: R Howard, Kentucky, Atl Dream (GM and Exec VP on 12-man committee) C Brink, Stanford, LA Sparks, C Burdick, Tenn Vols, UFlorida ass't coach) HVL, former LSU, (Still in college b/c she wasn't sure she'd be drafted this year @ 5'7" 3-on-3 committee: Jay Demings, Carolyn Peck (former Purdue coach), Linday Whalen (former Minn Gophers coach) Head Coach: Rossitti (UConn and Conn. Sun) Asst Coach: Tammi Reiss (former teammate of Staleys @ UVa and current Hd coach @ U Rhode Island) Strong political smell involved in this 12 man Roster: A Wilson, South Carolina; LV Aces B Stewart, UConn, NY Liberty D Taurasi, UConn, Phx N Collier, UConn, Minn A Thomas, Maryland, Conn. Sun (whose Pres was on Select committee) B Greiner, Baylor (Mulkey was coach), Phx K Copper, Rutgers, Phx K Plum, Washington, LV Aces J Young, Notre Dame, LV Aces C Gray, Duke, LV Aces J Loyd, Notre dame, Seattle S Ionescu, Oregon, NY Liberty 3-on-3 Roster: R Howard, Kentucky, Atl Dream (GM and Exec VP on 12-man committee) C Brink, Stanford, LA Sparks, C Burdick, Tenn Vols, UFlorida ass't coach) HVL, former LSU, (Still in college b/c she wasn't sure she'd be drafted this year @ 5'7" 3-on-3 committee: Jay Demings, Carolyn Peck (former Purdue coach), Linday Whalen (former Minn Gophers coach) Head Coach: Rossitti (UConn and Conn. Sun) Asst Coach: Tammi Reiss (former teammate of Staleys @ UVa and current Hd coach @ U Rhode Island) Strong political smell involved in this https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/usa-today-caitlin-will-not-be-selected-for-olympic-womens-basketball-team.444915/page-8 |
Anonymous
| No. She didn’t even attend the tryout. She’s a rookie wnba player. The Olympics is about the best players, not putting together the team people want to watch. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
| Which guard should have been left off so Caitlin could get that spot? |
Anonymous
Considering most people have no idea who any of them are, it could be anyone. It doesn’t matter now because nobody’s going to watch to find out. Compared to the rest of the world (who, after all, is the competition in this case)is still one of the best. I’m glad she’ll be getting some rest as a PP pointed out but the sport sure as hell won’t advance in popularity or fandom without her. |
Anonymous
| So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics. |
Anonymous
Those players are choosing to shun and deride her so she “doesn’t fit in.” They are mad that it’s *she* who brought attention to the sport and not one of them. |