USA Today’s Christine Brennan Talks Caitlin Clark Olympics Snub with Rich Eisen | Full Interview
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- USA Today columnist Christine Brennan tells Rich Eisen why Caitlin Clark getting left of the roster for the Paris Olympics was a “swing and a miss” for USA Basketball, discuss the backlash against Clark from her fellow WNBA players since her professional debut, what the stat sheets says about Clark’s first month as a pro, and more.
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I’m a 70 year old male who before this year never watch a WNBA game, but Caitlin Clark changed that. I’ve watched all of her games, including her 30 point performance in front of a 20,300 fans and what’s impressed me as much as her game and the attendance figure was when the camera panned the crowd and seeing how many young girls wearing her jersey. Thank you Christine Brennen for your outstanding reporting. You represent the best of your profession.
You're still not watching the WNBA, you're drooling over Clark.
He's watching a generational talent! Too bad you're missing it.
@@johndouville1927 In five years, Clark may not be one of the five best players in the league. We'll have to see if she has a career more like Pistol Pete Maravich or Steph Curry.
Yessir!
Thank you Rich! One of your GREATEST interviews. Christine Brennan is an AMAZING journalist. I could listen to her speak forever.
She is truly an amazing journalist
Correct, others have passed away, but for the living, Christine is the GOAT of female sports reporters.
Thank you for having Christine on today. Loved hearing what she had to say.
Because it was the truth!
I bet ya did Kathy
Keep reporting CC is so humble and so mature in her statement. We love CC❤
The most correct and honest reports I've heard to date
Christine Brennan thank you! Always respected your work. You were the one I was waiting to hear from. Appreciate you Rich, always bringing the goods.
Jealousy amongst women truly knows no bounds!🤣
They'd rather toil in obscurity than admit what Clark has done for the WNBA; this is straight out of the 8th grade girls bathroom!😂
“Don’t try to understand women. Women understand women and they hate each other.” Al Bundy
And watching many games this year, the average level of play...sucks. Oh. My. God. Are their eyes even OPEN when they shoot the ball?!? Sure doesn't look like it. But hey--good move USA Basketball, for *not* putting her on the team. I might have gone a different way, but I'm sure your decision is a "good" one.
Bless your heart(s).
Silliness just plain silly.
not the wnba, womens basketball growth
This female reporter is amazing she needs to be on more. She speaks the truth!
She’s a Legend!! Love Her!
Christine Brennan may be the Caitlin Clark of women's sports reporting. Super impressed by her. Great job.
The best take I have heard on this by far. Thank you Christine. You too Rich!
The USA Queens don't want her to overshadow them.
Christine absolutely nailed it! What a great interview of 100% facts & not feelings!
A Ridiculous Level of Jealousy For Caitlin Clark is On Full Display.💯
A hallmark of a great host is when to know to let the guest keep talking. Christine has clout when it comes to pretty much all topics. I am so glad she, as a woman, openly criticizes the decision. Christine is a true ally to woman’s sports, in this interview, you can tell she is passionate about the success of woman’s basketball.
Having Caitlin in the Olympics would have been the biggest marketing event for women’s basketball ever
And these idiots passed on it
Not to mention the jersey sales
Well, just like in the early 2000s, when Anna Kournikova was getting undue and disproportionate amounts of media coverage compared to her more accomplished peers, and how in the last year or two, Olivia Dunne, the gymnast at LSU, received awkward levels of praise from (mostly male) fans, howling in the fans, far and above her team mates.. maybe this is what the Olympic team organizers wanted to avoid. This way the established stars of the W can be fairly showcased, without it turning to a Caitlin Showcase by media. There are other WNBA stars not on the Olympic roster, like Arike Ogumbawale, a league leading scorer, and other rookies like Angel and Cameron who are also having solid first seasons..That;s what i think - CC on board may have turned the interivews and coverage into each reporter asking "Hi, my question is for Caitlin Clark", and to protect and enhance the visibilty of the established stars of League.
Caitlin and the other rookies will get their chances in 4 years.
No it wouldn’t
@Defender78 it is a mistake. No one wants to see a 42 y.o PG
Facts - lost opportunity - I would've watched - zero chance I'm watching women's Olympic basketball now
Don't confuse the two.
Best interview yet
I am in New Zealand and I follow Clark.
And Shane Van Gisbergin ?
New Zealand should take Caitlin Clark to play for the Kiwis. Do you have a spot for her???Do that Hoka dance before the tip off. ❤❤❤ I'm rooting against the US and I'm an American. No Clark! No Medal! Go Australia!!! Go New Zealand!!!! Go Canada!!!! Go Belgium!!! Go anybody but the US women's basketball!!!
I'm a New Zealand fan of Caitlin Clark and I'm a father of a 13 year old daughter who is also a fan. I've ordered her a CC Fever jersey so she will be proudly wearing it here in our country. We're totally disappointed she isn't playing in the Olympic team.
@@rolandhicks1874 I dont think most people are not going to know who that is lol. Incredible driver
@emmanueloban8349
and Bueckers, Muhl, and other WNBA rookies, and College players snubbed by the US National Team.
This is excellent content. Thank you Christine Brennan.
Thank you, Christine Brennan! I'm a Caitlin Clark fan from the Philippines, and I 100% agree -- what a huge missed opportunity for US and international women's basketball. This was their "Dream Team" moment which could have exponentially grown their sport. Terrible business & marketing decision by the women's basketball committee & the USA Basketball Board of Directors!
Sorry, but you don't exist! According to the WNBA, Caitlin doesn't have fans outside of the USA. lol
She’s 22 she has time winning is more important than ratings and Caitlin showed us she can’t win on the big stage
Caitlin's numbers are better then Taurasi's and she's getting blitzed more than any other player AND every combined team stats. Nobody and no team as a whole is gettingdefended like she is. They guard her the entire length of the court whether or not she has the ball. Her own TEAMMATES are freezing her out, not getting her the ball back after she passes off to them. They set sh*t screens and cannot handle her passes. This is also a fault of her coach; Sides sux. About the only stat she has any real control over is her rebounding.
It's ridiculous to say that she isn't ready or not strong enough or or not good enough. Too many people saying this ish are too busy protecting too many people's reputations and legacies instead of trying to GROW THE LEAGUE. Pick up gun, point at foot, shoot.
@@crochetcardigan8379you weren't listening to what Christine said, were you?
@@barbiedahl I did listen and saying this is gonna be a mistake is a massive over reaction DT is doing great this year Caitlin would ride the bench for the most part yall want to give this girl a participation trophy so bad
Excellent guest - Christine Brennan! 👏👏👏👏 Kudos to the show for bringing her to put some sense to the non-inclusion of Caitlin Clark in the US Olympic team. All those women (and some men) analysts of ESPN should learn from Brennan on how to report and analyze a sports issue.
I will NOT watch Olympic women's ball now.
Wow, finally someone very experienced who hits this out of the park! 100%
she is great explaining this without having a chip on her shoulder
a superb interviewee, level-headed, pragmatic, rooted in reality
Thank you Christine Brennan!!!
Christine Brennan it’s just exactly right. I’ve never watched the WNBA before and I bought tickets for three games this year Dallas wings versus Indiana fever all of them in Indiana comes to town. I’m gonna watch Kaitlyn Clark and I went to her first preseason game and was blown away by how far she actually shoots TV doesn’t really show it something about the camera angles that you can see in the stadium. I would agree her stats are really good considering the fact that she’s double and triple teamed all the time on the court I’d like to see Diana Tarazi or one of the other guards, have the same stats as her if they were being defended the same way finally and I also agree that they’re throwing away viewership and they’re throwing away ice that would be on the WNBA. I’m a basketball coach and you know what I won’t be watching any of the WNBA games for the simple reason that Kalin Clark plays a different kind of game and there’s a level of excitement there and when I’ve tried to watch the other games outside of watching Cameron Brink it’s just not there. You’re waiting for that logo. You’re waiting for that. Kaitlyn Clark makes and the other players don’t play that way so it’s not very fun to watch. They’re just not that good so it’s a huge mistake that she’s not on the Olympic team, eyes ticket sales jersey sales would’ve been through the roof and at this point who knows if NBC will even cover those games very much I wouldn’t if I were them I’d be pissed and I’m not gonna watch women’s basketball. I’ll watch the men’s games. it’s a huge missed opportunity.
How is it the fans got this decision right and the selection committee didn't? What a HUGE missed opportunity. TY for your integrity and honesty and continuing to report the truth of this story.
Fans don't have a decision to make at all. Look at the NBA all star game...fans choose the players. And if you watch the NBA All Star Game, it's obvious the fans get it wrong all the time.
Yes!! Thank you. Loved the image of grandparents watching, along with their excited, smiling grand daughters. The No 22 jersey means something important and special. Thank you Caitlin! And thank you Ms Brennan. Class A acts.
Wow.....this has been the best response on what is going on without any bs....thanks for reporting the reality of what is taking place in real time!!!
USA basketball is afraid of how Caitlin's fans will react to her only playing a few minutes but nobody thinks about how they will react to her not playing at all?
Yes. The world is coming!!
It's not a real reason. They invented it in a Zoom meeting - "We can't give the real reason why we're passing over Clark, so what reason can we give?" And then someone suggested the reason they went with, and no-one spotted that it was inherently stupid and not credible, and this was fed to a select few who innocently briefed ms Brennan to that effect, and here we are.
How will they react to her not playing at all? Were they watching the games because she made the league great or did she shine a light on a league that was great? If she shone a light on a league that was great and her fans discovered that it is great, why would they stop watching if she is not there? If she is not on the Olympic team? Is that how her fans WILL react to her not playing at all?
@@richards.5501 They're watching because of her style of play. It's creatively theatric, not about boring 4-person struggles underneath the basket for control of the ball or players running round and round hoping to find an opening before running out of time.
@@BenjWarrant But she doesn't have to be on the US team for them to play "creatively" They have better players on the team who play "theatric[ly]." So they don't need her!!!
And apparently, her "theatric[al ]" style of play is not winning many games for the Indiana Fever! Not a good formula for an Olympic medal. The US women Olympic bb team will be just fine. They will adapt and adjust, in game, to fit the style of play necessary to win Olympic gold.
Caitlin Clark will get her chance in 2028 when she and this year's draft class (Cameron Brink, Rickea Jackson and Angel Reese) matures. With these women the US team will be great!
One key item in USA Basketball’s mission statement is “Its mission is to promote, grow, and elevate the game of basketball.” Women’s basketball is at a critical moment in time with its best and most popular female ambassador they have ever had. Dream team took Bird and Magic who were essentially retired and not top 12 to the Olympics because they didn’t need them to win games and their inclusion would popularize the sport immensely. And that’s why the men never had to beg for viewers or complain about being under compensated.
yes “Its mission is to promote, grow, and elevate the game of basketball.
I never worked with Christine, but I was in some very good sports departments in Cincinnati, Denver and New York. Christine Brennan's reputation is platinum in American sports journalism. You might be able to make the case that there are 12 better women's players in the US right now, but if growing the game is in USA Basketball's mission statement, it managed to miss the obvious win in front of their face. The good news is all this is how Caitlyn handled it -- with total class. And she'll be on the team in 2028 in Los Angeles. How can she not be? But for now, stupid, stupid, stupid.
Turasi, Griner, and Gray aren't the best either...this smacks of petty jealousy.
It’s not about the best 12
If it was there would be obviously no Taurasi
The goal in the Olympics is to win a gold medal.
@@blackblake3658 That too
@@blackblake3658 Actually, if you look at the mission statement and goals of Team USA Basketball it doesn't mention winning anything. It specifically states it's mission is to grow the game of basketball.
Christine Brennan, great reporting!
Ms. Brennan is a class act.
Best interview ever on this topic. Thank you Christine Brennan, your insight is fabulous. You are spot on that a primary part of the mission of USA Basketball is to grow the sport! Apparently the USA Basketball governing body has lost their minds
1992 Dream Team
- Christian Laettner (selected over Shaq)
- John Stockton selected over Isiah Thomas
- Magic Johnson retired for a year selected
- Larry Bird played half the season with a BAD back. Still selected and got limited mins.
NBA grew exponentially as a result of the Dream Team. The rest is history.
WNBA hates Clark because she's straight, white, Christian and has no tattoos.
They have lost money all 27yrs of their existence. We can all see why.
Straight facts!
Did they grow because Laettner was on the team? Smh
@@Lakers18iscoming they chose leatner OVER SHAQ AND A MOURNING not coz he is better than both of them but because he was a very popular and GOOD COLLEGE PLAYER. The NBA was already popular then with MJ BUT they they GOT BIRD MAGIC AND LEATNER on the team not coz they needed them to win gold but rather COVER ALL GROUNDS FOR MARKETING THE NBA and we all know what happened next right on how that help FURTHER SPEED UP THE GROWTH OF THE NBA ON A INTERNATIONAL LEVEL . THATS CALLED BRILLIANNT MARKETING. THE WNBA ARE BONE HEADS THAT THEY CANT EVEN GIVE UP JUST 1 spot FOR THE BEST MARKETING TOOL THEY HAVE
Leave politics and religion out. CC doesn't even talk about them
@@Lakers18iscoming Some would respond yes. Based on how many white overseas centers/forwards entered the league post 1992 as opposed to pre 1992. Mureșan, Nowitzki, Vucevic, Jokic,
Valanciunas, the Gasol brothers ect ect. As a matter a fact the Center position has been dominated by overseas players black and white alike since 1992.
obviously … they left out Caitlin Clark intentionally …
When Isiah Thomas told the team not to pass the ball to Jordan in the '84 NBA All-Star game I thought at the time, "Is this guy in junior high?"
What an interview! Incredibly insightful! 🏀
Good stuff! Thank you, Christine. Your voice puts it all in perspective.
Imagine we have NBA Finals and people talking about Caitlin Clark.
Yep because I don't remember hearing another wnba players name during the finals the last 2 decades. Well except for that one that we traded a arms dealer to Russia to get back.
From a sports fan perspective, USA basketball messed this one up
This reporter is the REAL DEAL.
BIAS!! AND A WHINNER!! HOW IS SHE GOOD!! AHHHHHH
brilliant lady saying everything I have been thinking. Here from Australia, no interest in womens bball or wnba until CC. Then highlights on youtube, then full games on youtube, then buying wnba league pass and amazon prime membership, getting up at 9am on a workday to watch the fever games live.
There is something different about CC - and many of those don't seem to get it or don't want to get it.
They chase her up and down the court for a reason - when she gets going - anything can happen!
Thank you Christine Brennan for telling it like it is!
Can you imagine the reporters and how many people would want to interview her, the pictures,....etc
How jealous the other players on the Olympic team would be, then maybe they would finally realize Caitlyn is the face of the WNBA period
Brennan's obviously a first division journalist with a lot of experience. But I'd like to add that as well as the stats proving how good CC22 is, her style of play is theatrical - not needlessly theatrical, it just is. It takes your breath away watching her drop 3s from 30 feet, propel the ball into the hands of a teammate at the other end of the court who's running full tilt, drive through a thicket of 6' 5" defenders and get the layup anyway.
After seeing that someone said that, a propos of CC22, they would be fools if the team left the USA without her, I booked a ticket to see an exhibition match with Belgium in London. I figured, OK, even if CC22 isn't in the team, at least I'll see a good game of basketball. But I cannot convince myself that Taurasi and her sewing circle have not stuck their fingers in this pie, and I don't want to watch them at all. Maybe Kelsey Plum. So I'm thinking of selling the ticket. (Of course, without CC22 no-one will want it...) Or maybe I'll go wearing a CC22 Fever jersey.
I love the visual of a USA Women’s Basketball Exhibition Game, and the stands are filled with CC22 jerseys!! 🙌🏀
Hearing from the #1 media person for the women Olympic is so refreshing.
Aces coach becky Hammon was also not selected by USA olympic team so Becky became a Russian citizen, then she received a USA team invite ...Becky played two olympics for Russia... i would think some one on this years selection commitee would have remembered ....maybe CC gets on the Canadian olympic team..
As a woman I never ever watched WNBA until I heard about Caitlin and not sure I will watch again. NBA is the best league in promoting stars. WNBA finally gets a superstar and bringing attention to the league, and they treat her the way they do.
Then you're of no consequence in growing the league
So she deserves to go and someone who attended camps and has more international experience should stay home because turnover machine Clark is popular with white folks?
Some of the best impartial reporting I've heard yet. Thank you.
Well spoken young lady. I hope the WNBA and USA Basketball personnel were listening.
USA Women's Basketball must be allergic to money.
they like flying commercial and getting paid poorly so they can whine. They want all the attention Caitlan Clark has generated for themselves and think the attention will follow them without her. DUMB
I bet if the Fever televised their practices during the month of the summer Olympics it would get higher ratings than TEAM USA...just saying.
Perfectly said. And you’re right the Olympic committee and WNBA should be ashamed. If any of those players have young girls that achieve greatness like Clark and are treated that way, I wonder what they would be saying. I will watch her play every game winner lose because not only of her talent, but she is a person. We need more CC’s! Hang in there, girl you are truly the GOAT on so many levels!
They’ll probably add her as a last minute replacement so they can snub her and include her at the same time.
Only reason Caitlin Clark isn’t a top 12 player is because she’s on an awful team with an incompetent coach. Put her on a great team where she has some space & she’ll show the world how great she truly is like she did in college. These vindictive and petty women would rather fail and cry victims and racism than be successful because of Clark.
Caitlin Clark and 1 in 3 women in US still don't even have autonomy over their own bodies.
This is why the worst team get the number one pick. For the worst to get better.
Just here to point out that even so, her stats are stellar. Fastest ever rookie to do this, that, and the other; in the top 20 *of the whole WNBA* in important stats such as APG, RPG and so forth. One of only 2 rookies to ever score 7 3s in a single game.
Wasn't Boston first pick last year. Somethings not working. AND, just because someone is an ONLY CAITLIN fan does not mean they have to disparage the WNBA.
Fan from Denmark. This is the WNBA's Magic Vs. Bird moment
Wow this is an impressive journalist. I will be looking for her articles at USA Today. Smartest commentary on this situation I have heard. Thanks Rich, but get her on more.
Great interview. Spot on insights.
This women is cooking! Book her on First Take
Caitlin deserves a spot. But Arike Ogunbowale has earned it.
Love my fellow Northwestern Wildcat Christine Brennan.
Christine Brennan is simply the best sports columnist - man or woman- writing today. Her take on the Caitlin Clark/Olympic snub is, as usual, right on the money. The only thing missing is a comparison of Caitlin to the guards they selected on the team and what Caitlin brings to the team game that they do not. Her long distance shooting prowess draws out the defense, opening up the middle for the bigs. Her court vision and willingness to pass the ball are second to none. If you are her teammate and you get open, she'll get you the ball. And she played huge minutes while in college. Compare those current skills against Taurusi's current (not past) skills, and the decision to select her over Clark is simply nonsensical. The US team will win gold because it has Breana Stewart, Brittany Griner, A'ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum, and Sabrina Ionescu. All the rest of the players are quite frankly fungible. Having Caitlin Clark take the place of any of the guards except Plum and Ionescu would so clearly not hurt the team one iota.
Best episode EVER. Rich you are amazing !!!
Im not a basketball fan but I like watching excellent athletes perform in their own sport. I never watched golf before Tiger Woods, and seldom missed him play on tv.
I'd like to see Ms. Clark play. I would actually watch an Olympics Women's basketball.
The more I listened to this interview, the more I understand why there's a growing resentment towards her and it ain't her fault. I also understand even more why she's not on the team. They (media) really don't care about growing the game, they only care about Clark, because if it was about the game...you'd hear about A'ja or Ogunbowale or Ionescu...
You are so right on.
What a legendary reporter. As a now 53 year old female athlete, thank you for you service, Christine Brennan.
I live in Helsinki. I had nothing to do with WNBA. Now I follow CC and watch her games.
There are many other players that did not make Team USA. Why, because there is a lot of talent in the WNBA. So, why not take one player who would bring more eyes to watch Team USA play? I would rather see Caitlin Clark, even if she rides the bench, than 42-year-old Diana Taurasi.
I love Christine!!!!
Imagine CC with USA Team on parade in the Olympic Games Opening ceremony, lit 🔥
Looking forward to the next time someone says the WNBA doesn’t get paid what they deserve.
How good is Christine Brennan at what she does? Allow me to answer that one..THE BEST! Thanks for having her on Rich. Oh PS would someone remind me where that young lady (Christine) went to college? 😊
.....................i agree....Caitlin is acting like the adult in the room at 22 years old and all the vets including the coaches and staffs are acting like spoiled children.! Please Caitlin just keep it up the vast majority is pulling for you. I'm an adult male but i don't think i could handle it as well as Cailin. She is still complimenting all the other players and looking on the positive side of all these situations..................GO CAITLIN !
Thank you Ms. Christine Brennan for bringing up the injustice and missed opportunity❣️😞😢
This take is 100% accurate. 100%. I’ve been a fan for 20 years and I’m sick about this ludicrous move. Ludicrous. That said, two things. She’s the most defended because she’s basically the only real threat on the Fever with all due respect to Boston. And in terms of stats, she’s leading the league in turnovers, her shooting percentage is very low, and she’s really struggling defensively. That said, Clark not being on this team is asinine. Ridiculous. Absurd.
So you realize she isnt palying good enough to go yet you believe she should still be given a spot she doesnt deserve and disnt erarn
@@LiquidSoul06 I do. It’s about way more than deserving a spot. It’s about growing the game and bringing more eyeballs to the table.
Statistically, if she is the most defended player, wouldn't that also account for the turnovers and shooting percentage? If players with better numbers were defended like she is, maybe they'd have similar turnovers. Just a thought, since I know a thing or two about basketball. Even with that, she has better numbers than some players they did select.
@@Jarro21 I agree with that. The Fever have basically no other weapons of concern. Even with all the attention Clark is getting, Boston isn’t doing much offensively. And Clark is getting 90 feet of on the ball pressure and double and triple teams. Regardless, as purely a marketing and league development matter, they had to include her on the team. USA basketball’s mission includes growing the game. The only solution is Diana Taurasi stepping aside for Clark. That would improve Taurasi’s image and give USA Basketball cover. Of course, I wouldn’t be surprised if USA Basketball put Arike or Ariel Atkins in her place. Taurasi is being super selfish. She has 5 gold medals already.
@914Rocky You are spot on. It's unfortunate to see all these years women and men have been trying to grow the sport and through the hard work of one individual they have a golden egg fall in their laps and they are I'll prepared for the moment. Rising tide raises all boats, but for some reason the women don't understand this to the detriment of the wnba and women's bball in general. With all the debates about lowering rim and other things to make the game interesting, they have Caitlyn fall in their laps and are squandering a great opportunity. The men understand the value of marketing the stars and have long benefited and the blueprint is there for the taking but pettiness and jealousy gets in the way of their own progress. This should be a study on human self sabotage.
You don't get that kind of attention on degense if they didn't think she was that good. Once she gets better, all of them will be in trouble. Being snub off the Olympic team will be the best things that's happened to her. She will hit the weights and get better
I don't believe Caitlin feels that she's been snub off the team. I truly think she genuinely believes those chosen are the best players. She accepts the challenge to get better. She's cool with it.
true facts....wnba shot themselves in the foot ... appearantly the heartland of America is of no importance to the olympic womens basketball selection commitee.
it is another sad day for U.S. leadership.
Biggest fumble of all time by USA basketball. The fact you have reporters and fans in other countries excited about covering / watching a USA player in the Olympics should tell you everything about how bad of a decision this was.
Christine I s a m impressed excellent job great reporting
Very insightful from THE preeminent journalist covering women's Olympic basketball!
NBC is pissed!
Paul Allen, voice of the Vikings, on his 9 to noon radio show today asked Reeves about Clark. She gave a BS answer.
SKOL
CC is rapidly becoming The Best!
At this point, I don't want Caitlin on the US Team anymore. Too many of them might not treat her right if she was on the Team. You don't want to be in that type of environment, even in Paris.
Great interview. I am checking out WNBA games for the first time all because of CC.
Why don’t you push for a replacement for the Fever Coach who, if you have watched is anti CC. Because of this bias the team have put their “I and ME” in the word team. The Fever does not play together!
Excluding CC creates a detrimental public relations firestorm while including CC would have created a beneficial public relations firestorm.
Nah, real fans would have known she didnt earn her spot. Then when she is benched in the game you folk will bltch and moan aboit that. If she is beat up on the court and hirt you guys will bltch amd moan about that.
She didnt earn it she dont get to go play
@@LiquidSoul06 CC is already the best earner. Let her join to earn money world wide. She’ll get better on the court later. I value entertaining ballers like CC who are earners and better natural recruiters over dour Socialist veteran bitter ballers who are inferior recruiters and are driving a wedge between them and CC.
True but imagine how irritated Taurasi and others would be with Caitlin getting all the attention. They are afraid of her popularity.
Even the Indian fans love caitlin
This is the only vlog on Caitlin that makes 100% sense. I hope all the WNBA players watch it. Shame on them all.
Christine is an incredible journalist wow
Great reporting!❤
Spot on!
5:16 “7th grade or 4th grade” - that’s the level of maturity we have encountered from the rest of the league and the WNBA in handling CC this season.
“More than one person” - get over yourself. You couldn’t get fans!!! If you wanna be in your feelings just be a second tier league and sit at the kids table.
They could use her to get attention for everyone but they can’t get over their own bitterness.
You are in the entertainment business where your product is basketball - NOT - we sell basketball and entertain when it happens.
Brennan needs to be at interviewed more on this discourse. She has insight and the pedigree.
Caitlin should go play in the Big 3 for the next three years. Let the WNBA beg her to come back!! These women are so petty and insecure!!
I've heard 2 points that were made. She's on the O-Team but sits on the bench. Fans are furious. She's not on the O-team. Fans are furious.
Why shouldn't she play if given the opportunity? Britney Griner is a felon that should still be in a Russian jail, and she made the team. They have 40+ year old players on their last legs on that team. I don't want to hear the nonsense. It's garbage.
She doesn’t make team, NOBODY will watch women’s USA Basketball so pick your poison.
Some will watch for them to lose.
The reality is that watching a sport more that is 40% more than you did before in a country that is over 70% white identified is no different than if Nigerians started watching a female soccer team in their country that was already 40% Nigerian even more because another Nigerian player was added. Maybe, this player was really good in special way but if the increase was dramatic... Nigerians could not claim a measure of racism did not affect their new found interest. This is no different. Reporters justifying racial viewing with pay disparity. Grow the league even if the fans are increasing because of racial politics. White singers covered black singers during the 50-60's... was that ok?! Was that a good thing? Stay out of it let Tesla and Apple market racism... Brennan can makes excuses for sexist colleagues. There is not a Blk journalist in this country who would say that you are not breezing over race cause you are... She did not deserve to be on the team.
she spoke facts........
She's awesome thank you for your insight