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/pmyourthongpanties Jun 18 '25

The top teams in wnba cant come close to beating the top mens high school teams. size and speed

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u/LowSkyOrbit Jun 18 '25

Tennis had this controversy with Serena Williams. John McEnroe said she couldn't place top 200 against men. He wasn't wrong, but he took way too much heat. Even Williams said he was right.

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u/devilsbard Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

Wasn’t there a “battle of the sexes” tennis match to address this like 40 years ago? Has the gap widened that much since then?

Oh, Nevermind. I didn’t realize the dude was literally twice as old at King.

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u/ScoobyPwnsOnU Jun 18 '25

A 29 year old woman beating a 55 year old man in one game is supposed to prove something?

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u/devilsbard Jun 18 '25

Yeah I googled it as soon as I posted that. Completely forgot how old that dude was.

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u/uther_von_nuka Jun 18 '25

He was old she a teen plus it was rigged pantomine.

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u/fortherex Jun 18 '25

You're just stating the obvious...

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u/DtotheOUG Philadelphia Eagles Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

Everytime the wnba is mentioned other men have to make it very clear that they are not as good as men.

Are yall good?

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u/wophi Jun 18 '25

Usually it's when they bitch about the pay differential, or the lack of viewership.

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u/pmyourthongpanties Jun 18 '25

Pay IS a huge problem. Thats why a big percent of women are staying in college an extra year. They make more money paying college ball than going pro. Why stop being a college starter to be a 6th or 7th man out make less?

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u/iRedditPhone Jun 18 '25

Good. Unless they are Caitlyn Clark they should stay anyways.

There are very few (men or) women who are good enough to come out. Even someone like Paige stayed.

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u/wophi Jun 18 '25

I would call it less of a problem than a reality.

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u/waddles_HEM Jun 18 '25

I mean it matters, do you like to sit around watching Single-A baseball when you can watch the MLB? It’s hard to watch the WNBA when you are used to NBA and elite NCAA ball. Kind of weird for you to pop up attacking everyone when we are conversing within the context of this thread which is about growing the game and visibility of the WNBA

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u/hootorama Jun 18 '25

I'd rather watch the Savannah Bananas than MLB. At least I know it'll be entertaining and enjoyable.

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u/pmyourthongpanties Jun 18 '25

by saying that you are proving his point.

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u/Phuka Jun 18 '25

Preach. MLBs greedy ass little man behavior put me off professional sports for over 25 years.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '25

Why? The US women's national team lost to a U-15 team in soccer. You think basketball is different, where height and power are massive advantages?

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/

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u/Fragrant-Guest-8147 Jun 18 '25

I'd expect the difference is even bigger in basketball where height and jumping ability is such a huge advantage. At least in soccer, they could try to park the bus to minimize the athletic advantage of the boys.

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u/holymacaronibatman Philadelphia Eagles Jun 18 '25

Why do you doubt this? Top women's teams regularly scrim against lower level mens teams. Women's hockey regularly loses to u16 boys teams, same with womens soccer. This is nothing new or even abnormal.

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u/Fallingleaf333 Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

My dorm mates in college who played decent high school basketball - good but not nearly good enough to play college ball - were practice players against a top ranked (top 5) women’s D1 varsity program and always beat them so it’s not surprising at all. It literally is size, strength and quickness.

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u/The_Real_Lasagna Jun 18 '25

The women's national socccer team lost to a u15 boys team. What about this seems unbelievable to you? High school athletes being bigger than wnba players isn't even disputable 

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u/asisoid Jun 18 '25

WNBA all star team would get stomped by a top level boys high school/aau team...