Growing popularity of WNBA games

Sunday was the most watched WNBA game on any network in 23 years between the Chicago Sky and The Indiana Fever. Donna Orender, former president of the WNBA and former professional basketball player, joined us to talk about the surge in the sport's popularity.

[Raparee]

This league better wake up and provide protection for Caitlin Clark. and prevent the racism and anti straight vicious treatment.

[destinypirate]

This isn't a realistic interview segment. There is a battle going on in the WNBA, and all of the improvements have come from the light that Caitlin Clark has brought. It's not accurate to then just say "The LIberty sold tickets..." No. Caitlin Clark fans bought tickets to see CC play. As soon as she left town the tickets went back down to normal (probably down 50 to 80%). "Half..have been sellouts" They fail to note that the sellouts that don't feature Clark are in small arenas, 1/4th the size. Then Diana Taurasi - absolutely significant amount of people have ever wanted to see her. "How the market....CBA... " None of that matters. -

The WNBA has been run by a Bully Club. They have Institutionalized Abuse, where each year rookies must take abuse and aren't accepted into the club until they abuse the next rookies. - The WNBA has the highest rate of fouling, injury, and players being pushed out of the league of any major basketball association, men or women. It is the worst league in the world and would have folded if the NBA/owners didn't use it as a tax write off. Clark has broken the Bully Club hold (after breaking the HS talent monopoly college teams) and the Bullies are doing everything that they can to break, bend, make Clark take a knee, or force her out of the game. - If this does happen the league will fall harder than even the speed of Clark's rise. -

There are many (maybe a silent majority of) women in the WNBA who long have wanted a sports(wo)manlike league where they can play without being abused. They have been afraid to speak up because they felt no one would back them up. They have us now. Clark may have brought a new light to the WNBA, yet we need to let all of the players who want a better league that we are here for them too.