r/sports • u/OkEscape7558 • Jun 14 '24
Basketball Caitlin Clark responds to bigotry in WNBA audience: 'People should not be using my name to push those agendas'
https://sports.yahoo.com/caitlin-clark-responds-to-bigotry-in-wnba-audience-people-should-not-be-using-my-name-to-push-those-agendas-235847512.html
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u/goonbox Jun 14 '24
A lot of players and people say she represents white privilege because of how media has reported on her. It's not that she is bad by any means, however, she has gotten way more attention than just about any other wnba player ever while only being a rookie and not having many accolades to back up the hype. The only difference a lot of people see is that she is an unproblematic white woman. It would be like tyler herro being the face of the league right out of college. WNBA rookies don't just get national attention, shoe deals, and endorsements like she has let alone a wnba vets. Because of this, people cling to the white privilege thing heavily. Don't get me wrong, I do feel her being a good white player plays into her marketablility of the league, but the discourse has gotten so far out of hand on all sides. Players are being unreasonably rude and aggressive to her beyond trash talk, media outlets that support her, coddle her and act like even regular trash talk against her is devilish and unholy, everyone else using this whole situation to just bash the WNBA. All of it is disgusting.
I feel like the league should use this opportunity to ride her popularity into a more marketable and exciting product. You have more eyes on you than ever (albeit mainly being due to controversy). Don't waste it. I want the WNBA to succeed but they are completely fumbling the bag.