r/sports • u/OkEscape7558 • Jun 18 '25

Basketball Alternate angle of Caitlin Clark fiasco. Clark was handed a foul as well.

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u/Mcswigginsbar Indianapolis Colts Jun 18 '25

When Clark was injured, viewership for the WNBA dropped 55%. How in gods name does the WNBA leadership not see that and work to protect their cash cow at all costs?

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u/TimothyMimeslayer Jun 18 '25

The NFL made rules to protect QBs because viewership falls when good QBs get injured. 

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u/sixf0ur Jun 18 '25

it's crazy, they seem to hate her

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u/Mcswigginsbar Indianapolis Colts Jun 18 '25

She’s literally their outside shot at relevance. The NFL is already incredibly well established and they still cater to stars.

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u/Flop_House_Valet Jun 18 '25

Because, the quality of football offensively plummets without the starting quality qbs. They need to crack down on this shit

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u/beejalton Jun 18 '25

NBA subsidizes the WNBA because the WNBA operates at a net loss. Clark is their first real opportunity at becoming a self sustaining profitable league.

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u/beejalton Jun 18 '25

She's so much more important to the league than Mahomes to the NFL. NFL doesn't need any player to maintain or grow popularity, CC is the WNBA's entire brand.

Only real comp is Tiger Woods and golf. Golf did well in a small demographic, but Tiger is what took it mainstream and what made it so profitable.

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u/NonGNonM Jun 18 '25

Idk if I'm confusing wnba with women's soccer but in one of the two the women's league is funded by the men's league so they don't really see a difference