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An autographed Caitlin Clark rookie card has sold at auction for $84,000, setting a new record for the most expensive women's sports card.
Did if include a stick of bubblegum?An autographed Caitlin Clark rookie card has sold at auction for $84,000, setting a new record for the most expensive women's sports card.
Yes, And a package without the Caitlin Clark card and just bubblegum sold for $85,000.Did if include a stick of bubblegum?
CL82- - - The bubble gum was chewed on by Caitlin Clark!Yes, And a package without the Caitlin Clark card and just bubblegum sold for $85,000.
(I kid, I kid.)
Diana wanted to buy the card but she was out-bid by Angel Reese.Well, we know Diana didn't buy it.
I heard Dijonai Carrington was outbid as well.Diana wanted to buy the card but she was out-bid by Angel Reese.
I think Clark might eventually become the best ever. I don't just dismiss that. She improved a lot after the olympic break. And she actually managed to become first team all wnba as a rookie. How good will she be when she is 25? Or 27? The potential is pretty scary. And at the very least, I think her trajectory today is that she will be the best guard ever. Injuries, lack of development. There are things that could derail her.The Clark Effect
Let me get this out of the way. up front. I think Caitlin Clark is a very talented basketball player. Is she the best ever as ESPN has pushed? No. But she is certainly very good. #1 in the 2024 WNBA draft. Whether she makes it into the GOAT category remains to be seen since she has only completed one season in the WNBA. Her long-range bombs beyond the ark in college are what caught everyone's attention but she has also showed a fairly complete game in the WNBA. All the kudos deservedly go to Caitlin. I also commend Caitlin for at least appearing as far as I can tell on the videos and other interviews on tv (mostly ESPN) to remain true to herself amidst all of the publicity surrounding her.
Now moving from her and her playing abilities to the publicity elephant surrounding her, it is really unreal. She is appearing on a segment on 60 Minutes tonight. A WNBA rookie on 60 Minutes? Maybe I just woke up from a 20 year nap but that's a first as far as I can tell.
So, what is going on? Does the WNBA really need a twenty-something who can shoot a 3-pointer save it? Who is pushing this publicity? The WNBA? Disney and their sub ESPN and some sports commentators called her the "savior of women's basketball" Really? Hard to believe those words. OK. Start the deluge. Hit me with the numbers. There will be those that show the attendance numbers when she is on the floor. Granted, but is that because they came to see someone with unbelievable basketball skills and floor generalship? I can name at least ten other WNBA players with better skills. Or is it that the fans are there merely to see how many 3 pointers from mid-court she could make? Or are people who don't know anything about basketball or specifically womens basketball being swept up in a media publicity head storm?
You can agree or disagree but whatever the case, the publicity is unfathomable and what I refer to as The Clark Effect. Now the question: Do you think it's a positive, a negative or a non-issue for the WNBA and why?
I have to say, the most eye-opening thing in your post was, “Is she the best ever as ESPN has pushed?” We must be living in alternate universes! ESPN has consistently minimized Clark from day one! They had to be dragged, kicking and screaming to the Rookie of the Year acknowledgement! I’d like to hear the ten players with better skills. I would also be willing to bet those ten players weren’t picked up 92 feet fro m their basket, didn’t get brutalized on court consistently, and didn’t have the refs swallowing their whistles while they were!
Look, I’m not even a W fan, I only follow it to assuage my jonesing for UConn basketball! Our girls are the main focus of my basketball interest! However, I have to say, I’ve never seen the level of hate and jealousy accorded to this young lady both on and off the court! Minimize her contributions as you will (not you personally) her popularity, has resulted in charter flights, huge attendance numbers, and a new tv contract that is likely to raise the minimum salary in the W from around $70 thousand, to somewhere between $200-$300 thousand!
She has set or broken multiple rookie and WNBA records, has just finished what many are calling the greatest rookie season ever, She alone has been the recipient of 17% of all flagrant fouls, she has been openly mocked on court, nearly had her eye put out by what seems to me to be a deliberate jab into her eye by a player who has engaged in vitriolic attacks on her both on court and off, and throughout all of this, has never once blamed or accused anyone of anything! Does she have some faults? Of course, she tends to push off, some say she sometimes flops, her turnovers are high (though to be fair, most players who are being face-guarded 92 feet would as well).
Anyway, Paige and the rest of our girls are my main focus but I do hate to see unfairness and that is what I’ve seen regarding Clark!
Well said, Cuango.I can name at least ten other WNBA players with better skills.
The Clark Effect
Let me get this out of the way. up front. I think Caitlin Clark is a very talented basketball player. Is she the best ever as ESPN has pushed? No. But she is certainly very good. #1 in the 2024 WNBA draft. Whether she makes it into the GOAT category remains to be seen since she has only completed one season in the WNBA. Her long-range bombs beyond the ark in college are what caught everyone's attention but she has also showed a fairly complete game in the WNBA. All the kudos deservedly go to Caitlin. I also commend Caitlin for at least appearing as far as I can tell on the videos and other interviews on tv (mostly ESPN) to remain true to herself amidst all of the publicity surrounding her.
Now moving from her and her playing abilities to the publicity elephant surrounding her, it is really unreal. She is appearing on a segment on 60 Minutes tonight. A WNBA rookie on 60 Minutes? Maybe I just woke up from a 20 year nap but that's a first as far as I can tell.
So, what is going on? Does the WNBA really need a twenty-something who can shoot a 3-pointer save it? Who is pushing this publicity? The WNBA? Disney and their sub ESPN and some sports commentators called her the "savior of women's basketball" Really? Hard to believe those words. OK. Start the deluge. Hit me with the numbers. There will be those that show the attendance numbers when she is on the floor. Granted, but is that because they came to see someone with unbelievable basketball skills and floor generalship? I can name at least ten other WNBA players with better skills. Or is it that the fans are there merely to see how many 3 pointers from mid-court she could make? Or are people who don't know anything about basketball or specifically womens basketball being swept up in a media publicity head storm?
You can agree or disagree but whatever the case, the publicity is unfathomable and what I refer to as The Clark Effect. Now the question: Do you think it's a positive, a negative or a non-issue for the WNBA and why?
Clark is the most popular player in the league and is a major factor in the attendance numbers but she is not responsible for charter flights or the new tv contract.I have to say, the most eye-opening thing in your post was, “Is she the best ever as ESPN has pushed?” We must be living in alternate universes! ESPN has consistently minimized Clark from day one! They had to be dragged, kicking and screaming to the Rookie of the Year acknowledgement! I’d like to hear the ten players with better skills. I would also be willing to bet those ten players weren’t picked up 92 feet fro m their basket, didn’t get brutalized on court consistently, and didn’t have the refs swallowing their whistles while they were!
Look, I’m not even a W fan, I only follow it to assuage my jonesing for UConn basketball! Our girls are the main focus of my basketball interest! However, I have to say, I’ve never seen the level of hate and jealousy accorded to this young lady both on and off the court! Minimize her contributions as you will (not you personally) her popularity, has resulted in charter flights, huge attendance numbers, and a new tv contract that is likely to raise the minimum salary in the W from around $70 thousand, to somewhere between $200-$300 thousand!
She has set or broken multiple rookie and WNBA records, has just finished what many are calling the greatest rookie season ever, She alone has been the recipient of 17% of all flagrant fouls, she has been openly mocked on court, nearly had her eye put out by what seems to me to be a deliberate jab into her eye by a player who has engaged in vitriolic attacks on her both on court and off, and throughout all of this, has never once blamed or accused anyone of anything! Does she have some faults? Of course, she tends to push off, some say she sometimes flops, her turnovers are high (though to be fair, most players who are being face-guarded 92 feet would as well).
Anyway, Paige and the rest of our girls are my main focus but I do hate to see unfairness and that is what I’ve seen regarding Clark!
Right! I beg to differ! The unbelievable surge of attendance, ($) and viewership, ($) is largely attributable to her. Look at the top games this season, in terms of attendance and viewership and you will find her team is mysteriously featured in most of them! Attendance+viewership=money and that is why the league suddenly decided it could afford charter flights! As for the new tv deal, why do you think the networks suddenly decided there was a profit potential in an organization that had never once made a profit or generated any viewership? Oh,oh, I know! They looked at the numbers that were being generated (mostly because of Clark but also to a lesser extent by Reese and others) and suddenly realized that maybe there was some money to be made after all! Clark’s popularity also helped people who never watched the W to discover A’ja Wilson, Phee Collier, and others who had played in obscurity before. What has Clark gotten back? Well, let’s just say it begins with H and ends with E!Clark is the most popular player in the league and is a major factor in the attendance numbers but she is not responsible for charter flights or the new tv contract.
The premise of your questioning seems to assume that the Clark phenomenon is a top-down or publicity-driven phenomenon. IMO, that is completely wrong. Clark’s popularity is overwhelmingly driven by Clark and her persona, and the reaction that casual and former non-WBB fans have to her long-range shooting and long-range/crazy passing. The story that Minneapolis sports curmudgeon Pat Reusse tells about encountering Clark in 2022 is instructive. That story repeated over and over among previous non-Clark fans, until an army was formed.. . .
If ESPN was not pushing, Cuango, then who? The WNBA?
Obviously not a Gamecocks fan.She was also robbed of crowning media attention when the 2020 tournament was canceled, with Oregon a national title favorite.