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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 4968571, member: 10435"] The SC players have not had the same impact on young girls or the game on a broad based, national level that Caitlin and Paige have had. They, the SC players, may be idols locally or even statewide but not to the extent that Caitlin has been as the best example as stated by Coach Staley herself. You are trying to equate SC players with Caitlin by saying that they have young girls idolizing them too so therefore they have had the same impact on the game or are the same. That is a complete distortion of reality and the sea change in the sport caused by Caitlin Clark and I am sorry if you are offended by that fact. Did any SC players chase and break Pete Maravich's record and draw national attention to them? Do any of them have the unique and incredible range that Clark has such that more than 5 million more viewers watched Iowa- SC than UCONN- Purdue? If you think those numbers are because of SC then look at the last time SC played in the championship game and what the viewership was. Minimizing Clark's effect on young girls and the game and women's sports in general and equating the impact of other players, albeit national champions, with her impact is simply inaccurate. I don't understand why what Clark has accomplished is viewed as a threat to what other players have done or will do. What Clark has done has moved the game and women's athletics light years further along and the very players who you feel have been slighted are the ones who will benefit now and in the future, both financially and otherwise, because of what Clark has done. Best to just leave it alone. [/QUOTE]

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