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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like there's a massive disconnect in thinking.  On group loves the unprecedented talent and mass appeal of Caitlin Clark.  The other group loves the insular older-black-lesbian-woman hold on the WNBA.

I think in the end there's only one answer: Caitlin Clark.[/quote]

The disconnect is between the people who thinks the purpose of the Olympic team is to sell tickets to people who otherwise don't follow the sport and the people who thinks it's to win Gold.[/quote]

The disconnect is between people who think there is even a remote chance of the them team losing a game (they are -1800 to win the gold, every other team is +2900) and that a roster spot matters and those who realize that they are going to win gold and they should use the opportunity to highlight the sport to a broader audience [/quote]

This is the correct answer. Both goals can be accomplished - win the gold and draw eyeballs to the sport.[/quote]

Except "draw eyeballs to the sport" is not the goal.  It's not the point of the Olympics.  This isn't an exhibition game.

There are a million other goals that *could* be accomplished while putting the team together - racial/religious/geographic/linguistic diversity, players with the most marketing deals to draw sponsors, players with the saddest backstory to give Costas some real material to work with.  You could build a winning team that accomplished the goal of winning and also any of those goals, but since all of those goals are completely invented and beside the point, it is not a failure to build a winning team that doesn't accomplish those goals.  Same with your invented goal: it may sound good to you, but it is not the purpose of the team selection. [/quote]

Do you understand what -1800 odds implies? The gold is going to be won. That means other goals should become more important. The NBA is still reaping the benefits from the Barcelona olympics. The goal of a struggling league should be to make people care. Most of the committee is WNBA executives, but they are also the group most adverse to effective marketing [/quote]

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