The USA women’s basketball selection committee released an official statement in June, several days after the media reported that they had left the most dynamic and popular female athlete in the world today, Caitlin Clark, off of their Olympic team.
The league broke the news after Caitlin Clark drained seven 3-point shots, scored 30 points, led in assists, and filled a 20,000-seat arena in Washington, DC, the night before the news broke. Clark put on a clinic.
But it was not enough for these angry, bitter women to put Clark on the Olympic team where she belonged.
The world was waiting for Caitlin Clark to play in the Paris Olympics, the WNBA brass gave the US and the world the middle finger.
Caitlin Clark, who owns all of the major collegiate scoring records in history and led the NCAA in assists this year, was not selected for the Olympic team.
The five women who excluded Caitlin Clark from the 2024 Olympics are Seimone Augustus, Dawn Staley (center), Jennifer Rizzotti , Delisha Milton-Jones , Bethany Donaphin and the angry Olympic women’s coach, Cheryl Reeve.
The WNBA brass obviously hates their fans. They find Caitlin Clark fans vile and unacceptable. And they decided to punish all of America for loving Caitlin.
The WNBA said nothing about the decision. The league did nothing to defend the most popular player in its history.
These women cannot publicly admit why they banned Caitlin from the Olympics. At first, they insisted that Caitlin did not have the experience and talent of these other women.
Then, that lie was exposed quickly. At the time their decision was made:
- Caitlin Clark led the league in 3-point shots.
- Caitlin Clark was in the top 8 in the league in scoring.
- Caitlin Clark was in the top 3 in the league in assists.
Caitlin Clark’s stats are better than most of the other women selected for the team.
Clark is one of only three WNBA players who ranks in the top 20 in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks per game.
Catilin Clark’s current stats put her above every single guard selected for the Olympic team.
And, Caitlin Clark is the 4th most popular athlete in the world today behind only LeBron James, Tiger Woods, and Steph Curry.
Caitlin Clark has now become ESPN’s fourth most favorited active athlete
The only athletes ahead of her:
LeBron James
Tiger Woods
Stephen Curry#WNBA pic.twitter.com/95uwrYJRTW— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) June 21, 2024
In the first day of women’s basketball at the Olympics the US women’s team drew the smallest crowd by a wide margin. The US women led by their angry Caitlin-hatin coach Cheryl Reeve only had 13,500 fans at their game.
The U.S. women’s basketball team drew the smallest crowd among the opening games at the Olympics. Who could’ve seen this coming after USA Basketball decided not to take Caitlin Clark to Paris?
READ: https://t.co/OPIr3W0xoC pic.twitter.com/9EWaksBvfq
— OutKick (@Outkick) July 30, 2024
And now the team is struggling to sell tickets for the Sunday game. Without Caitlin Clark it just is not so easy to fill the seats.
The Olympics are hoping to fill the seats with a special offer.
The New York Post reported:
The Caitlin Clark-less USA women’s basketball team is having trouble drawing the crowds you’d expect during the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
The New York Times reported Wednesday that tickets for the USA vs. Germany game set for Aug. 4 are being sold in a “special offer” for just 24 Euros per ticket with no assigned seating.
This means anyone can grab front-row seats for the game beginning at 11:15 a.m. ET.
“Paris 2024 is having trouble selling tickets to the US-Germany women’s basketball game on Aug. 4. ‘Special offer’ tickets now available: only 24 Euros each and the seats can be anywhere in the venue. Maybe front row! Would’ve been a sellout with Caitlin Clark on the team,” Times reporter Juliet Macur wrote on X.
Fans were also quick to point out in the post’s comments that the game is not in Paris but just outside in nearby Lille, France, roughly a two-hour drive, perhaps affecting the lack of interest in purchasing tickets.
Still, it’s hard to imagine that this game would have such a tough time drawing crowds if Clark weren’t snubbed from the team.
