women's basketball lost a huge huge opportunity to grow their game globally and domestically byt not having angel reese or caitlyn clark and now the wnba will go back to not mattering at all with the start of football coming up and baseball playoffs quickly approaching.
when I watched my German team vs USA I was really confused why Clark didn't play. Except her I know only the big women which got in Putins Gulag because of weed 😂
No. Absolutely not. A loss and USA silver medal is the best thing. Not a gold medal. Oh. USA won. USA ladies were resilent. So they will do everything the same. Nothing will be changed. They still use their DEI selection committee to select players. And they still use an incompetent head coach. However, the world has caught up with them. USWNT losed the world cup badly. They made changes. They employed a new no-nonsense head coach in the name of Emma Hayes. They get rid of old guards i.e. no Rapinoe no Alex Morgan. And USWNT won the Olympics gold medal. They need the World Cup failure to force a change. Same for teamUSA women basketball team.
@@mikethomas860 You don't need to watch dbag For years, their closest competition has been the international equivalent of a cyo league for 8 yr old girls. They've won 9 golds now I think. That's going to be boring no matter who the USA has on the floor. Clark and Reese may have brought more eyeballs but it still would've been boring competitively speaking.
@@johnobrien5037 So in essence you are just ignorant and spouting nonsense. When someone calls you out on your stupidity then you get butt hurt. Got it!
Now they say they didn't know Clark was that good. Why not look at the 4 years of records at the major college level. Is that enough for them? These were all time records and she took an underdog team to the final game 2 years in a row. This was not an honest mistake.
The attack on CC's college career began when she was drafted. You know, she got all those points on 18 year old girls, etc. Sorta strange how especially the veteran players basically threw women's college basketball under the bus to marginalize CC's achievements.
Everyone knows that was complete bs. It was petty jealousy and payback from the older players and coaches who haven't been able to get the same attention.
I was SLIGHTLY interested in the WNBA with Clark, Reece, and Brate. Buth with all the "Female Bickering" WNBA Players did early in the season, The Clark HATING, the b*tching about the new $2BILLION TV deal wasn't enough,....THEN the Clark snub from the Olympics? Oh Im done with the WNBA, they lost me just as I was nibbling on the bait! And I'm sure I speak for A TON of potential new "Male Viewers"
The U.S. women's national soccer team claimed the gold medal after its 1-0 win against Brazil, they had there highest viewership since 2004 Olympics. 9 million plus. They had a vibrant young team that love playing soccer, developing for the future. Basketball miss the boat.
Rather than showcase their bright new stars they decided to roll out 20 year veterans who already have five medals! Absolutely nobody cared about seeing the same faces that they've never even watched in the first place. Caitlin Clark is the biggest name in all of sports in the world and they decided to leave her off the roster. Ironically all the questions were geared towards Caitlin Clark
Except this girl has sold more jerseys than the entire Dallas Cowboys players combined, sold out every game since college, and is the most popular woman in sports today! EITHER YOU ONLY CARE FOR BLACK-LESBIAN FEMALE ATHLETES, OR JUST IN DENIAL...
@@chameliosalamander8029You're stretching. Bird averaged more points than 9/12 of the women on the women's Olympic BB team despite being older than some of them. And he didn't totally fizzle like some of those women did. Plus his star power was way beyond their's. People all over the sports spectrum pointed out the abysmal ratings, how both Caitlin and Reese should have been there, but no, they gotta have a good old girls club there imstead.
@@chameliosalamander8029 Bird was still a household name, as well as the rest of the roster mostly. And it was also about using that to market the game internationally, because remember it was the first year that NBA players could enter the Olympics. And look what happened? The popularity for basketball overseas has exploded. So yeah when it comes down to it, I would rather take a 36 year old Larry Bird with a bad back over any of those women.
As a former coach of a womens sport ( admittedly at a much lower level , and a much more obscure sport ) - water polo , there is no doubt that tired out , short sighted and selfish personalities missed what will be the best opportunity to advance their sport ( and other womens sports ) in my lifetime for sure ( I'm 62 ) and probably further. Shame on the US Women's basketball program. Shame , and you have hurt your future and your sport. I am sad for the great women athletes on the US team that performed well even when the fan turnout that was the result of the organizational bad decisions was poor. Yes they won the Gold Medal ( by the skins of their teeth ) , but when they bite it in future they will find it hollow. Here's to Caitlin Clark , Angel Reese and Arike Ogumbawale ripping up the second half of the WNBA season. I hope they continue to light it up. This level of opportunity to grow a sport on a global level will not occur again for a long , long time. I am sad for all the young girls out there who were denied an opportunity because of selfish , jealous old players , coaches and administrators. You can pull the blinders off now - but it's too late , the horse is already in the barn.
It also seems like no one is really celebrating the Women's Basketball Gold Medal either. It is rarely talked about in the media or in social media unless the Caitlin Clark snub is the focus of the conversation. So even in victory Team USA women's basketball is a big "so what".
The Wnba did what it does best, It bricked a layup Having Clark and Reese on olympic team was a no brainer just based on their popularity and anytime those 2 are on same team people going watch
For the love of God stop bringing up Angel Reese in the same sentence as Kaitlyn Clark !! We told you we weren’t going to watch the Women’s Olympic team and we were not playing !! Now all of these insecure divas sit down , shut up and know your role !! Including Angel Reese!
I did not even know that they had already won a few medals. Its a shame that they could not see the big picture and respectfully chose deserving Veterans out of Respect for them winning another medal to their resume. It would have been an amazing thing to watch the game without having to fake the excitement. And I like how you were very inclusive for adding another player in the same conversations about Clark. Got to protect your behind nowadays in the name of job security.
WNBA can’t get out of their own way lol. Who cares if a team wins a championship in a league no one watches? Bill Russel didn’t grow the nba and he did nothing but win. Now Larry vs magic with their flashy styles and story lines, that grew the sport and set up the nba for Michael. The wnba needs to focus on being profitable whatever that looks like. Juju is around the corner and they should be trying to set the stage for her.
@@EPICJ0HN Their are star in the WNBA that get overlooked. Their were stars at the start of the WNBA and before the WNBA that were forgotten or disrespected by casuals
You say insular, I say keeping control and protecting their fiefdom. There was little or no oversight before CC arrived. Now the management is under scrutiny. The commissioner is either lying or incompetent, no doubt both.
Forget the WNBA! After watching the Olympics I want to see some more women's rugby. I've always been a fan of rugby but never really watched women play, but they were awesome!
Coach Reeves should have had Diana Taurasi and Chelsea Gray take turns break dancing on the sidelines, which would have boosted ratings and viewership and wouldn't have hurt the team, as Diana and Chelsea were doing anything anyway.
10.9 million peak, about the same to slightly less then the last few Olympics but not much different. Started at 7.8 million then grew to 10.9 million in the 4th quarter as people woke up. Tokyo but everyone was stuck inside for COVID and was a 6:30 PM PDT start did had a higher average viewership but lower peak with 7.9 million and 10.7 million peak. Rio and London both had slightly higher viewership but those weren't early morning games and the difference was not that huge. For a 6:30 AM PDT start the rating were good. This idea people have that had Clark been there ratings would have been millions more and similar to the NCAA finals is just stupid. If the NCAA finals had been held at 6:30am I doubt they've have hit 5 million. Had Clark been there maybe a couple hundred thousand more, maybe but not 'millions more'. Clark Simp and Stans are just fanboy/girling.
Magic and Bird is a good analogy, since they did play on the dream team together (unfortunatly with Bird already battling injuries), and it was awesome.
It is a travesty to send injured WNBA players to the Paris Olympics instead of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. They missed the opportunity of a lifetime. Old-click politics and angry jealousies got in the way of sanity. Dinosaur Taurasi's greed tarnished her legacy.
Caitlin is relevant. That's why her photo is in the thumbnail. She gets the clicks and views. He wouldn't be talking WNBA if not for her. That's the point.
@@karlsfakelaugh Why is Caitlin Clark "relevant"? Saying she is the first women to play like Steph Curry is a flat out lie. They were calling Marine Johannes Steph Curry over 4 years ago. Not too mention Marine Johannes is 10 times the player Caitlin Clark is. So, first tell the truth about why Caitlin Clark gets clicks and views.
@@AldiAldiFPen It's hype. Right or wrong it's how the media is consumed. Why not hype up women's basketball because since it's inception it never once made a profit. This year it's projected to lose $50 million. Eventually if it continues to lose money the NBA will pull the plug and there will be no major womens basketball league in the USA.
I guess you can say it’s hype but the way I see it. She scored more points than any other college basketball player in history. Man or woman. There is a level of excitement when she steps on the floor, and it disappears when she sits down I guess you could call it hype But the only games that I will give much attention to is ones that she is playing in I haven’t gave a &/@? About WNBA up until now. Wouldn’t blame him er if she bailed and went to play in Europe or somewhere and gave back the WNBA to the Were nothing but boring self entitled players.
Dawn Staley Seimone Augustas Delisha Milton-Jones Bethany Donaphin Dan Padover Chair of Committee: Jen Rizzotti These individuals should be kept far away from any committee or any decisions. Every decision they make should be called into question. That’s how life works. You can’t bumble and stumble around society and then be given powerful positions. That hurts all of us.
when I watched my German womens team vs USA I was really confused why Clark didn't play. Except her I know only the big women which got in Putins Gulag because of weed 😂
Not only were ratings worse than the last 3, the game was garbage, boring and team USA had the lowest attendance. Their excuses are bs. They've taken rookies almost every time since 2004. Half this team was hurt or injured at some point this season. They took 4 players that they couldn't play more than 8 minutes because they were liabilities. Players with a motor like Clark or Reese would only help this team.
when I watched Germany vs USA I was really confused why Clark didn't play. Except her I know only the big women which got in Putins Gulag because of weed 😂 other than his I only watched the final and it was so embarrassing 😂
When you see young talent comes on the scene 🎬 and making noise you give that talent the opportunity. It’s shocking how they dealt with her…. In the next olympic she should not play and snub the USA 🇺🇸 committee team, for doing that to her… she should hold them to ransom 😂😂😂 and demand a big percentage of her star power for helping the WNBA 😂😂😂
They forget to listen very closely what the best artist in the US or rapper saying on one of his iconic song : “look, if you had one opportunity to seize everything that you ever wanted in one moment, would you capture, or just let it slip.?” But then their ego just let that opportunity slip away. Sport industry should be put on business industry. To gain revenue as much as you can so you can build the industry more wide and bigger..
The WNBA is a charity case for feminazis disguised as a business. Better off promoting Women's soccer, tennis, volleyball or softball instead for better ad revenue
He says it’s Lebron, KD and Steph as though those aren’t legendary players that have been playing for over a decade that have accumulated tons and tons of fans.. I would expect them to bring more viewers than Anthony Edwards and Tatum.
I don't know the numbers, but I don't think Covid would keep the numbers of viewers down. If anything, the number of people home would increase viewership.
so if it's about Clark - and viewership- then now is the time for the women to strike right before the play-offs and make demands. They provide the platform. Where would Clark play if they don't show up. Would the NBA draft her?
It will be interesting to see if over the next four years during the off season if CC or any of the other rookie stars go and get some international playing experience in European leagues like other WNBA players do. The rookie class made lots of money from NIL deals in college and they are getting big endorsement money, and next season when they are off of the rookie salary cap they won’t have any financial incentive to play overseas. I guess that time will tell which players are putting in investments for 2028 National Team selection.
The Purist in me says you are right, but he Capitalist in me says until the WNBA makes a profit (projected to lose $50 mi this year) they better get more viewers otherwise the NBA will eventually stop subsidizing the league... then there will no major women's basketball league in the country.
Better yet, Coach Reeves should have had Shrill Swoooopes join Diana and Chelsea in break-dancing on the sidelines, which would have interrupted, at least for a short time, Shrill Sheryl’s Caitlan Clarke bashing hate rants.
Caitlin doesn't walk on water people. She's good but not a world changer. Get over it. Would you seriously want to send get to France with a team that dispices her?
I don't think that there are more people that are interested in women's basketball now, I think that people are interested in Caitlin Clark, and she happens to be a basketball player. It's a similar story that has happened in many sports with Jordan, Tiger Woods, Ronda Rousey, Michael Phelps etc... People didn't wake up one day and suddenly have an interest in swimming. They just wanted to see Phelps do his thing because it was a spectacle to watch. People enjoy a good storyline...that's it.
I agree with you. The majority are bandwagon fans. A small minority will say though after the Caitlin's hype dies down. This is natural and business execs know this from the examples you called out. Nike giving Caitlin a big shoe deal is still a gamble between her helping grow the game and generate shoe sales for them or a loss. TBH, right now I'm on the side that the Caitlin deal will NOT be profitable for Nike.
ya gotta wonder if this is a sports league or another version of Mean Girls. It's a business, ladies, get out of your feelings and do what's best for your league. They begged for decades for attention. Now they have it and it's not the right kind of attention, I guess.
I believe Aliyah Boston is a better player than Reese. I get the Bird/Magic comparisons but Boston should be voted in for an Olympic spot before Reese imo.
I only watch womens basketball and womens 3x3 basketball because I am German and our girls reached sensationally the quarter final because they beat european champion belgium and last Silver medal winner Japan and the 3x3 womens Basketball because our German girls watch sensationally gold with 7/8 wins 😂
It's not about being white. It's about caitlan clark being the most marketable. If more people watched the olympics means more money for the league and interest. Not only is it about money but growing the game. These olympics were the lowest views since 2008. They also did not look that good. They needed a Point Guard. USA won because theirs no Competition. Glad They won but they dropped the ball. It's not about race. 2008 Roster is going to be the most stacked roster ever because it's not just caitlan clark it will be the new ladys from College are elite and caitlan clarl being the PG. Not only college but some wnba players are younger and better than some of this olympic players who are older and some are better.
And you know what the sad part is. There are white players 10 times better than Caitlin Clark. Caitlin Clark in her dreams wishes she was as good as Marine Johannes. They were calling Marine Johannes Steph Curry before Caitlin Clark was even at Iowa. Let the media and the Caitlin Clark cult tell it she invented basketball.
He doesn't talk about them. When has he ever said the name A'ja or Breanna or Sabrina? He talks about Caitlin. And sometimes he mentions Angel when he's talking about Caitlin.
Stop... this division is just stupid... the women average the same amount of attendance as the man basketball team once the games were move to Paris, France during the semi- final... Also, there were over 9 million viewing during the final game peaking at +11 millions... Think about this.... this game started on 9:30A.M on a Sunday.... On a church day and time... which would have a start time @ 6:30 A.M. on the west cost... this is excellent rating at this time period for any programming let alone sports....
They are crazy they should have rode the momentum in 4 years time it’s not gonna feel or be the same.. But they don’t want CC to be the reason the game is being elevated so they gonna do everything possible to not pick her.. I hope they keep the same energy with JUJU in 4 years by saying she hasn’t earn anything yet(My personal opinion it’s bull because Juju has to be there) We will see how double sided the media is in 4 years tho…
Nobody care if she wasn’t on the team bro only fans care Oh yeah, I was gonna do is cry. She was not gonna get no playing time and they didn’t want the other players have to deal with their accent questions every day.
Well those are global numbers 7.8 million global viewers is a massive failure since theyre not up at all from the last olympics and this is the most relevant womens basketball has ever been. they left the reason for that relevancy back in america, so in terms of what they had the potential to get barely anyone watched. You cant risk the type of momentum they had sometimes it only happens once
TV ratings are important for sports. They are an important barometer for measuring fan interest and advertising. You’re not that dumb as to not understand why he’s talking about ratings, but if you are…🤷🏾♂️
You are absolutely correct he worships ratings, because the part he hides from you is he wants Caitlin Clark to make him more money too. All this stuff about Caitlin Clark bringing more attention to the women's basketball is false. Caitlin Clark only brings attention to Caitlin Clark. The second Caitlin Clark was not selected for the team I knew all the Caitlin Clark cult would be talking about is the ratings and attendance of the Olympics.
Too late the Caitlin hype will be over or severely diminished by then. Let's hope there is another opportunity in 2028 to bring attention to the women's game.
@@BrandonEldridge-kx9kv Life will go on as the majority of us are not financially impacted by whether the WNBA succeeds or fail. The players can continue to play in Europe/Asia to make ends meat. It would be bad for the players and everyone employed directly and indirectly by the WNBA if the league fails.... in over 25 years the league lost money and this year it's projected to lose $50 mil... I wonder how long the NBA will continue to subsidize the WNBA if there is no hope of ever making a profit.
Angel 😇😂😂😂😂 😮for what to catch her own rebound 😂😂😂😂 you can stop 🛑 with the woke nonsense. She is not a basketball 🏀 player, She is a valley ball player.
@@casualcausalityy So people with a rational take are 'haters'? Lul. I actually quite like Clark and think it would be great if her fans conducted themselves as well as she does. It is fine that you simp for her, but there are people with actual informed basketball opinions. She is good at basketball, but I don't think you could actually explain why other than 'she shoots the ball from really far'. She is a rookie in an unforgiving position for rookies. She is improving but she is not even close to the best player in the W. She may well become a HoF'er, or even the GOAT someday, but today is not that day yet. So, yes she is one of the most talented rookies to enter the league but no, she is not close to the best current player in the league.
@@colpul2103 To assume fans of a player don't like the game is far from rational since they like watching her play the game. Most are basketball fans just not WNBA fans. And throwing around insults is standard hater behaviour too, why so mad?
@@colpul2103 Leading the league in assists, leading all guards in rebounds and blocked shots, plus she "shoots the ball from really far." Are you really a basketball fan? Her all-around game should be obvious
Women’s basketball is like the TV show living color. It was a platform to highlight black talent but Jim Carrey as a white guy came in and stole the show. Same with Kaitlyn Clark.
women's basketball lost a huge huge opportunity to grow their game globally and domestically byt not having angel reese or caitlyn clark and now the wnba will go back to not mattering at all with the start of football coming up and baseball playoffs quickly approaching.
I literally said the same thing. Just dum on their part.
Not Angel Reese or Caitlyn Clark, to keep it real JUST Caitlyn Clark. Clark and only Clark would have driven the ratings
Angel is a FRAUD. Her name shall not be mentioned in the same breath as CC
when I watched my German team vs USA I was really confused why Clark didn't play. Except her I know only the big women which got in Putins Gulag because of weed 😂
Angel Reese? Lol
I'm glad they won the GOLD, but this WOMAN'S USA Olympic basketball team was absolutely boring to watch.
@@keshealm How many games did you watch or what game did you watch?
Trying to watch the women’s gold medal game coming off the the men’s game was brutal
No. Absolutely not. A loss and USA silver medal is the best thing. Not a gold medal. Oh. USA won. USA ladies were resilent. So they will do everything the same. Nothing will be changed. They still use their DEI selection committee to select players. And they still use an incompetent head coach. However, the world has caught up with them. USWNT losed the world cup badly. They made changes. They employed a new no-nonsense head coach in the name of Emma Hayes. They get rid of old guards i.e. no Rapinoe no Alex Morgan. And USWNT won the Olympics gold medal. They need the World Cup failure to force a change. Same for teamUSA women basketball team.
@@mikethomas860
You don't need to watch dbag
For years, their closest competition has been the international equivalent of a cyo league for 8 yr old girls. They've won 9 golds now I think. That's going to be boring no matter who the USA has on the floor. Clark and Reese may have brought more eyeballs but it still would've been boring competitively speaking.
@@johnobrien5037 So in essence you are just ignorant and spouting nonsense. When someone calls you out on your stupidity then you get butt hurt. Got it!
She got rest...I'm glad.
Now they say they didn't know Clark was that good. Why not look at the 4 years of records at the major college level. Is that enough for them? These were all time records and she took an underdog team to the final game 2 years in a row. This was not an honest mistake.
The attack on CC's college career began when she was drafted. You know, she got all those points on 18 year old girls, etc. Sorta strange how especially the veteran players basically threw women's college basketball under the bus to marginalize CC's achievements.
Everyone knows that was complete bs. It was petty jealousy and payback from the older players and coaches who haven't been able to get the same attention.
I was SLIGHTLY interested in the WNBA with Clark, Reece, and Brate.
Buth with all the "Female Bickering" WNBA Players did early in the season, The Clark HATING, the b*tching about the new $2BILLION TV deal wasn't enough,....THEN the Clark snub from the Olympics?
Oh Im done with the WNBA, they lost me just as I was nibbling on the bait!
And I'm sure I speak for A TON of potential new "Male Viewers"
The U.S. women's national soccer team claimed the gold medal after its 1-0 win against Brazil, they had there highest viewership since 2004 Olympics. 9 million plus. They had a vibrant young team that love playing soccer, developing for the future. Basketball miss the boat.
They played better because they didn't have Rapinoe
womens basketball got no attention until the last game for the gold
Most of the Gold audience watched hoping to see them lose.
People watch the last game hoping France would win. USA women's team not true Americans anyway.
@@rodbrock4759 lol them not being true americans is definitely a true representation of america.
If the US hadn't been in such a close medal race with China, I doubt even the gold medal game would have been that well watched
@@jeffking695actually even if I disliked them for leaving Caitlin off the team, USA needed them to win to tie China in gold medal haul
Rather than showcase their bright new stars they decided to roll out 20 year veterans who already have five medals! Absolutely nobody cared about seeing the same faces that they've never even watched in the first place. Caitlin Clark is the biggest name in all of sports in the world and they decided to leave her off the roster. Ironically all the questions were geared towards Caitlin Clark
Who cares bout women's basketball
Everyone discussing it.
There must be 5 or 6 people.
Except this girl has sold more jerseys than the entire Dallas Cowboys players combined, sold out every game since college, and is the most popular woman in sports today! EITHER YOU ONLY CARE FOR BLACK-LESBIAN FEMALE ATHLETES, OR JUST IN DENIAL...
@DerekLaugann i hear ya but honestly how long will this last soon as real football start up this a be a distant memory
I do!
Charity slots for old dinosaur WNBA players who were boring on the court, contributed little to nothing just to get them their *🏅. Sad.
Did you feel that way about larry bird
@@chameliosalamander8029You're stretching. Bird averaged more points than 9/12 of the women on the women's Olympic BB team despite being older than some of them. And he didn't totally fizzle like some of those women did.
Plus his star power was way beyond their's.
People all over the sports spectrum pointed out the abysmal ratings, how both Caitlin and Reese should have been there, but no, they gotta have a good old girls club there imstead.
@@ThomasSt40You can simplify 9/12 to 3/4
@@chameliosalamander8029 Bird was still a household name, as well as the rest of the roster mostly. And it was also about using that to market the game internationally, because remember it was the first year that NBA players could enter the Olympics. And look what happened? The popularity for basketball overseas has exploded. So yeah when it comes down to it, I would rather take a 36 year old Larry Bird with a bad back over any of those women.
@@chameliosalamander8029You are seriously comparing Larry Bird to the likes of Dinisaurous Taurasi and convicted drug smuggler Greiner?
Huge missed opportunity.
No it wasn't the US Olympics Team won a Gold Medal.🏅🇺🇲
@@BrandonEldridge-kx9kvnobody watched it, that's the whole point. They've won the last 8 or so golds before that, nobody cares.
As a former coach of a womens sport ( admittedly at a much lower level , and a much more obscure sport ) - water polo , there is no doubt that tired out , short sighted and selfish personalities missed what will be the best opportunity to advance their sport ( and other womens sports ) in my lifetime for sure ( I'm 62 ) and probably further.
Shame on the US Women's basketball program.
Shame , and you have hurt your future and your sport.
I am sad for the great women athletes on the US team that performed well even when the fan turnout that was the result of the organizational bad decisions was poor.
Yes they won the Gold Medal ( by the skins of their teeth ) , but when they bite it in future they will find it hollow.
Here's to Caitlin Clark , Angel Reese and Arike Ogumbawale ripping up the second half of
the WNBA season. I hope they continue to light it up.
This level of opportunity to grow a sport on a global level will not occur again for a long , long time.
I am sad for all the young girls out there who were denied an opportunity because of
selfish , jealous old players , coaches and administrators.
You can pull the blinders off now - but it's too late , the horse is already in the barn.
Nobody cared about it before.
Now they definitely do t though. Women are something else man.
It also seems like no one is really celebrating the Women's Basketball Gold Medal either. It is rarely talked about in the media or in social media unless the Caitlin Clark snub is the focus of the conversation. So even in victory Team USA women's basketball is a big "so what".
The Wnba did what it does best,
It bricked a layup
Having Clark and Reese on olympic team was a no brainer just based on their popularity and anytime those 2 are on same team people going watch
Vertical jumpshot. Those aren't that easy to make.
For the love of God stop bringing up Angel Reese in the same sentence as Kaitlyn Clark !! We told you we weren’t going to watch the Women’s Olympic team and we were not playing !! Now all of these insecure divas sit down , shut up and know your role !! Including Angel Reese!
People really don't like hearing the truth. Clark and Reese would have risen to the occasion for Gold.
Never watched a women’s game until CC. Bought first tickets ever to their game in DC.
I did not even know that they had already won a few medals. Its a shame that they could not see the big picture and respectfully chose deserving Veterans out of Respect for them winning another medal to their resume. It would have been an amazing thing to watch the game without having to fake the excitement. And I like how you were very inclusive for adding another player in the same conversations about Clark. Got to protect your behind nowadays in the name of job security.
WNBA can’t get out of their own way lol. Who cares if a team wins a championship in a league no one watches? Bill Russel didn’t grow the nba and he did nothing but win.
Now Larry vs magic with their flashy styles and story lines, that grew the sport and set up the nba for Michael.
The wnba needs to focus on being profitable whatever that looks like. Juju is around the corner and they should be trying to set the stage for her.
Two Jews!?
So what's the problem with Bill Russell? He's a hall of famer who won championships in a Boston one the most racist cities above the Mason-Dixie line
They are setting up for Paige Bueckers next year, I think JuJu is just a sophomore
@@paulmilford1187 no problem with bill I’m just saying winning alone by a dominant team doesn’t grow a sport you need stars.
@@EPICJ0HN Their are star in the WNBA that get overlooked. Their were stars at the start of the WNBA and before the WNBA that were forgotten or disrespected by casuals
hahahahahaha … what happened to Team USA … give credit to the boneheads for deciding to exclude Caitlin Clark …
You say insular, I say keeping control and protecting their fiefdom. There was little or no oversight before CC arrived. Now the management is under scrutiny. The commissioner is either lying or incompetent, no doubt both.
I would agree if there wasn't this future HOF named JuJu lol
Forget the WNBA!
After watching the Olympics I want to see some more women's rugby.
I've always been a fan of rugby but never really watched women play, but they were awesome!
Yeah but only the 7vs7 rugby (the version which is Olympic) is cool for women's because it is fast paced. Normal rugby not
@@sehu1291
That's right I forgot about that
He's so right the wnba blew it.
Did they play already?
OMG they forget to add CC to the team 🙄
Coach Reeves should have had Diana Taurasi and Chelsea Gray take turns break dancing on the sidelines, which would have boosted ratings and viewership and wouldn't have hurt the team, as Diana and Chelsea were doing anything anyway.
WHAT ABOUT TV VIEWING ???
Also low.
Lower then previous
10.9 million peak, about the same to slightly less then the last few Olympics but not much different. Started at 7.8 million then grew to 10.9 million in the 4th quarter as people woke up. Tokyo but everyone was stuck inside for COVID and was a 6:30 PM PDT start did had a higher average viewership but lower peak with 7.9 million and 10.7 million peak. Rio and London both had slightly higher viewership but those weren't early morning games and the difference was not that huge. For a 6:30 AM PDT start the rating were good.
This idea people have that had Clark been there ratings would have been millions more and similar to the NCAA finals is just stupid. If the NCAA finals had been held at 6:30am I doubt they've have hit 5 million. Had Clark been there maybe a couple hundred thousand more, maybe but not 'millions more'. Clark Simp and Stans are just fanboy/girling.
Yeah, but Taurasi now has 5 Gold and a Participation Medal in the Olympics.
Magic and Bird is a good analogy, since they did play on the dream team together (unfortunatly with Bird already battling injuries), and it was awesome.
Leaving Clark off the olympic roster was one of the biggest head-scratching moments in american sport!!!
It is a travesty to send injured WNBA players to the Paris Olympics instead of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. They missed the opportunity of a lifetime. Old-click politics and angry jealousies got in the way of sanity. Dinosaur Taurasi's greed tarnished her legacy.
CC is the mvp outside of the the wnba cant bring Flys to a fresh turd
Stop trying to explain business to these people
But yeah some putz told me Caitlin isn’t the face of the wnba 🤣🤣🤣
I am all for others watching Reese rebounding her own missed layups to pad her rebound stats.
Get over it cc still not letting u hit😂😂😂😂😂😂
🙏🏾 THE YOUNG LADY RATHER WORK FOR IT !!! THEY JUST BE THROWING HER INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT SITUATIONS FOR 💲GREED 💲💯💪🏾💯
I watched every women's Olympic basketball game and I will continue to watch the WNBA. I never watched before Caitlin.
How do you start up by saying not gonna lecture and then lecturing
They didn't deserve to ride Caitlin's wave.
Women's track and relays and sprints were pretty good.
How you not relevant when you talk about them everyday😂😂😂
Caitlin is relevant. That's why her photo is in the thumbnail. She gets the clicks and views. He wouldn't be talking WNBA if not for her. That's the point.
@@karlsfakelaugh you might be dumb🤣 so imma leave it there
@@karlsfakelaugh Why is Caitlin Clark "relevant"? Saying she is the first women to play like Steph Curry is a flat out lie. They were calling Marine Johannes Steph Curry over 4 years ago. Not too mention Marine Johannes is 10 times the player Caitlin Clark is. So, first tell the truth about why Caitlin Clark gets clicks and views.
@@AldiAldiFPen It's hype. Right or wrong it's how the media is consumed. Why not hype up women's basketball because since it's inception it never once made a profit. This year it's projected to lose $50 million. Eventually if it continues to lose money the NBA will pull the plug and there will be no major womens basketball league in the USA.
I guess you can say it’s hype but the way I see it. She scored more points than any other college basketball player in history. Man or woman.
There is a level of excitement when she steps on the floor, and it disappears when she sits down
I guess you could call it hype
But the only games that I will give much attention to is ones that she is playing in
I haven’t gave a &/@? About WNBA up until now.
Wouldn’t blame him er if she bailed and went to play in Europe or somewhere and gave back the WNBA to the Were nothing but boring self entitled players.
They added Rookies (Wade / Anthony / & James) to the 2004 Olympic teams!
Diana Taurasi even got invited as a rookie in '04
@@casualcausalityy Weird right, it's like they wanted to promote their Future Star players or something😵
Dawn Staley
Seimone Augustas
Delisha Milton-Jones
Bethany Donaphin
Dan Padover
Chair of Committee: Jen Rizzotti
These individuals should be kept far away from any committee or any decisions. Every decision they make should be called into question. That’s how life works. You can’t bumble and stumble around society and then be given powerful positions. That hurts all of us.
when I watched my German womens team vs USA I was really confused why Clark didn't play. Except her I know only the big women which got in Putins Gulag because of weed 😂
Barely scraped by with that gold, too.
Oh we will still care! Cant wait for tomorrows game
9:30 am Eastern 6:30 am Pacific time people was probably sleep especially on the West Coast
Not only were ratings worse than the last 3, the game was garbage, boring and team USA had the lowest attendance. Their excuses are bs. They've taken rookies almost every time since 2004. Half this team was hurt or injured at some point this season. They took 4 players that they couldn't play more than 8 minutes because they were liabilities. Players with a motor like Clark or Reese would only help this team.
when I watched Germany vs USA I was really confused why Clark didn't play. Except her I know only the big women which got in Putins Gulag because of weed 😂 other than his I only watched the final and it was so embarrassing 😂
When you see young talent comes on the scene 🎬 and making noise you give that talent the opportunity. It’s shocking how they dealt with her…. In the next olympic she should not play and snub the USA 🇺🇸 committee team, for doing that to her… she should hold them to ransom 😂😂😂 and demand a big percentage of her star power for helping the WNBA 😂😂😂
Didnt watch a min. Watch every clark game
No people don’t care because the marketing budget ran out and the media stopped blasting this nonsense drama 24/7
Caitlin Clark is WNBA's face 😍
They forget to listen very closely what the best artist in the US or rapper saying on one of his iconic song : “look, if you had one opportunity to seize everything that you ever wanted in one moment, would you capture, or just let it slip.?”
But then their ego just let that opportunity slip away. Sport industry should be put on business industry. To gain revenue as much as you can so you can build the industry more wide and bigger..
The WNBA is a charity case for feminazis disguised as a business. Better off promoting Women's soccer, tennis, volleyball or softball instead for better ad revenue
He says it’s Lebron, KD and Steph as though those aren’t legendary players that have been playing for over a decade that have accumulated tons and tons of fans.. I would expect them to bring more viewers than Anthony Edwards and Tatum.
Caitlin fans still sore that she was not a member of Team USA.
She was snubbed
They want to gift her accolades because she can't win championships on her own.
@@kwamethomas1054 Like Steph Curry in college.
@user-ft6wo8rs5g Stop comparing her Curry she's not black. The best comparison is Larry Bird, but she has a long way to go
@paulmilford1187 Comparing game not race.
I don't know the numbers, but I don't think Covid would keep the numbers of viewers down. If anything, the number of people home would increase viewership.
so if it's about Clark - and viewership- then now is the time for the women to strike right before the play-offs and make demands. They provide the platform. Where would Clark play if they don't show up. Would the NBA draft her?
USA women's Olympic team...BORING Rating show that. Oh wait ..some rating they didn't show because they tanked too low.
It will be interesting to see if over the next four years during the off season if CC or any of the other rookie stars go and get some international playing experience in European leagues like other WNBA players do. The rookie class made lots of money from NIL deals in college and they are getting big endorsement money, and next season when they are off of the rookie salary cap they won’t have any financial incentive to play overseas. I guess that time will tell which players are putting in investments for 2028 National Team selection.
Clark, Reese and Paige Bueckers should have been sent to Paris. The future will arrive too soon.
AR, Wilson, Stewart, Arike, and CC22 are the next Olympic team. 🇺🇸
Not with Reeves as HC and the current committee, they’re all playing politics b.s.
With that hateful coach CC was in the best place back in the US. She would have been on the end of bench.
All these channels and sports commentators have seen has never made an argument on why Catlin Clark should be on Team USA from a basketball standpoint
The Purist in me says you are right, but he Capitalist in me says until the WNBA makes a profit (projected to lose $50 mi this year) they better get more viewers otherwise the NBA will eventually stop subsidizing the league... then there will no major women's basketball league in the country.
Better yet, Coach Reeves should have had Shrill Swoooopes join Diana and Chelsea in break-dancing on the sidelines, which would have interrupted, at least for a short time, Shrill Sheryl’s Caitlan Clarke bashing hate rants.
Caitlin doesn't walk on water people. She's good but not a world changer. Get over it. Would you seriously want to send get to France with a team that dispices her?
I’m watching the fever over baseball over football.
The objective was to win gold not to study crowd size and they did that so stop the bullshit.
I don't think that there are more people that are interested in women's basketball now, I think that people are interested in Caitlin Clark, and she happens to be a basketball player. It's a similar story that has happened in many sports with Jordan, Tiger Woods, Ronda Rousey, Michael Phelps etc... People didn't wake up one day and suddenly have an interest in swimming. They just wanted to see Phelps do his thing because it was a spectacle to watch. People enjoy a good storyline...that's it.
I agree with you. The majority are bandwagon fans. A small minority will say though after the Caitlin's hype dies down. This is natural and business execs know this from the examples you called out. Nike giving Caitlin a big shoe deal is still a gamble between her helping grow the game and generate shoe sales for them or a loss. TBH, right now I'm on the side that the Caitlin deal will NOT be profitable for Nike.
Angel reese no way.
Now its Cc and Angel. I thought CC was the only WNBA savior...
She is. He’s just pumping his DEI habit into the segment
@@Ksmoove39more like pumping the Championship DNA into loser Clark Flash in pan.
But Caitlin wasn’t niece necessarily an international talent yet right? Just the USA at this point…
She's quite popular in Europe and Asia now as well.
I wouldn't go in 2028...
ya gotta wonder if this is a sports league or another version of Mean Girls.
It's a business, ladies, get out of your feelings and do what's best for your league. They begged for decades for attention. Now they have it and it's not the right kind of attention, I guess.
Reese was in Paris and she watched some of the games, but, no help on the TV ratings or Attendance.
Nobody give a f about Reese.
Yep, it just shows that Reese in not America's darling.
They can't get past their pride and realize Clark is the draw. They'd rather believe they're the reason people watch and make fools out of themselves.
GOOD LORD EVEN COLIN ON THE ANGEL REESE HYPE UP SHE LAYS BRICKS ANGEL REESE IS NO OLYMPIAN
I still don't watch xwba..regardless...if I want to see better women's competition, I'll go to L.A Fitness league ..
Majority just don't care about watching the WNBA it is not entertaining at all
I believe Aliyah Boston is a better player than Reese. I get the Bird/Magic comparisons but Boston should be voted in for an Olympic spot before Reese imo.
absolutely not. boston dont have that dawg in her like reese
Yes Boston is the best player on the fever team.
@@etherieeetheriee1636 Boston had enough "dawg" in her to lead her college team to a championship. Where is Caitlin Clark's NCAA championship?
@@AldiAldiFPenhuh ? i never mention clark. I compared her to reese. Get clark off your mind my guy
CC played the same amount of minutes in the gold medal game as Taurasi. 0
you can't educate ignorant. change the ppl.
Conor McGregor ended boxing is wild. Are you aware that Floyd and PAC were around during his rise? I'm pretty sure they were watched .
get over it good lord
I only watch womens basketball and womens 3x3 basketball because I am German and our girls reached sensationally the quarter final because they beat european champion belgium and last Silver medal winner Japan and the 3x3 womens Basketball because our German girls watch sensationally gold with 7/8 wins 😂
Yall people make that great white hope comment legit
It's not about being white. It's about caitlan clark being the most marketable. If more people watched the olympics means more money for the league and interest. Not only is it about money but growing the game. These olympics were the lowest views since 2008. They also did not look that good. They needed a Point Guard. USA won because theirs no Competition. Glad They won but they dropped the ball. It's not about race. 2008 Roster is going to be the most stacked roster ever because it's not just caitlan clark it will be the new ladys from College are elite and caitlan clarl being the PG. Not only college but some wnba players are younger and better than some of this olympic players who are older and some are better.
And you know what the sad part is. There are white players 10 times better than Caitlin Clark. Caitlin Clark in her dreams wishes she was as good as Marine Johannes. They were calling Marine Johannes Steph Curry before Caitlin Clark was even at Iowa. Let the media and the Caitlin Clark cult tell it she invented basketball.
It is because she's white. Stop it. @@johnsepulvedacruz6428
If they weren’t relevant you wouldn’t be talking about them .
He doesn't talk about them. When has he ever said the name A'ja or Breanna or Sabrina? He talks about Caitlin. And sometimes he mentions Angel when he's talking about Caitlin.
They're not relevant talking about how stupid it was to send the same people over
Women and work are like oil and water
Stop... this division is just stupid... the women average the same amount of attendance as the man basketball team once the games were move to Paris, France during the semi- final... Also, there were over 9 million viewing during the final game peaking at +11 millions... Think about this.... this game started on 9:30A.M on a Sunday.... On a church day and time... which would have a start time @ 6:30 A.M. on the west cost... this is excellent rating at this time period for any programming let alone sports....
They are crazy they should have rode the momentum in 4 years time it’s not gonna feel or be the same.. But they don’t want CC to be the reason the game is being elevated so they gonna do everything possible to not pick her.. I hope they keep the same energy with JUJU in 4 years by saying she hasn’t earn anything yet(My personal opinion it’s bull because Juju has to be there) We will see how double sided the media is in 4 years tho…
Once again you are underestimating cc just watch other sports doesnt matter still going do numbers
Cmon colin break dancing was only a hit because of Raygun 😂
Nobody care if she wasn’t on the team bro only fans care Oh yeah, I was gonna do is cry. She was not gonna get no playing time and they didn’t want the other players have to deal with their accent questions every day.
How is it that nobody watches when it's 7.8 mil, but everyone watched when it's 3.4 mil?
Well those are global numbers 7.8 million global viewers is a massive failure since theyre not up at all from the last olympics and this is the most relevant womens basketball has ever been. they left the reason for that relevancy back in america, so in terms of what they had the potential to get barely anyone watched. You cant risk the type of momentum they had sometimes it only happens once
@@donalddarko9636 it's not global views. These are American only views.
@@donalddarko9636people are also watching the rival team, so USA cannot get all the credit.
The gold medal game had the lowest viewed gold medal'game since the '08 Olympics. Compare apples to apples.
If clarks on that team viewership probably double that 7.8
This dude worships TV ratings. Life isn’t TV dude.
He is on tv bro. Makes sense
TV ratings are important for sports. They are an important barometer for measuring fan interest and advertising. You’re not that dumb as to not understand why he’s talking about ratings, but if you are…🤷🏾♂️
You are absolutely correct he worships ratings, because the part he hides from you is he wants Caitlin Clark to make him more money too. All this stuff about Caitlin Clark bringing more attention to the women's basketball is false. Caitlin Clark only brings attention to Caitlin Clark. The second Caitlin Clark was not selected for the team I knew all the Caitlin Clark cult would be talking about is the ratings and attendance of the Olympics.
There's a reason Colin gets paid 6 million a year. He knows about the business of sports. TV Ratings are directly tied to that.
@@dibsports If you turn your TV off and go outside you will see ZERO evidence of football.
Get over it. They won gold. She is going to make the 2028 games!
Too late the Caitlin hype will be over or severely diminished by then. Let's hope there is another opportunity in 2028 to bring attention to the women's game.
@@Tdot6Well if the hype is over then life will still go on.
@@BrandonEldridge-kx9kv Life will go on as the majority of us are not financially impacted by whether the WNBA succeeds or fail. The players can continue to play in Europe/Asia to make ends meat. It would be bad for the players and everyone employed directly and indirectly by the WNBA if the league fails.... in over 25 years the league lost money and this year it's projected to lose $50 mil... I wonder how long the NBA will continue to subsidize the WNBA if there is no hope of ever making a profit.
Angel 😇😂😂😂😂 😮for what to catch her own rebound 😂😂😂😂 you can stop 🛑 with the woke nonsense. She is not a basketball 🏀 player, She is a valley ball player.
Don't get it twisted.... We're fans of CC not the WNBA. Nothing has changed for me. Especially with the way they have treated this young lady.
Exactly; you're a Fanboy not a basketball fan. You simp for Clark but don't like the game.
@@colpul2103 We enjoy watching Caitlin because she's really good at basketball. You haters are goofy trying to rationalize what's obvious
@@casualcausalityy So people with a rational take are 'haters'? Lul. I actually quite like Clark and think it would be great if her fans conducted themselves as well as she does. It is fine that you simp for her, but there are people with actual informed basketball opinions. She is good at basketball, but I don't think you could actually explain why other than 'she shoots the ball from really far'. She is a rookie in an unforgiving position for rookies. She is improving but she is not even close to the best player in the W. She may well become a HoF'er, or even the GOAT someday, but today is not that day yet. So, yes she is one of the most talented rookies to enter the league but no, she is not close to the best current player in the league.
@@colpul2103 To assume fans of a player don't like the game is far from rational since they like watching her play the game. Most are basketball fans just not WNBA fans. And throwing around insults is standard hater behaviour too, why so mad?
@@colpul2103 Leading the league in assists, leading all guards in rebounds and blocked shots, plus she "shoots the ball from really far." Are you really a basketball fan? Her all-around game should be obvious
Women’s basketball is like the TV show living color. It was a platform to highlight black talent but Jim Carrey as a white guy came in and stole the show. Same with Kaitlyn Clark.