I think that game with Iowa vs. LSU was the beginning of the mainstreaming of women's basketball. It reminded me of the women's world cup game that more people watched. That world cup game changed the way men and women viewed world cup women's soccer matches. This tournament seems to be the same watershed moment.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

#1 WNBA pick Caitlin Clark to Indiana Fever. .

Very funny cameo on SNL weekend update. Spoiler Alert, she signed an apron for Michael Che.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

Everybody is pissing-and-moaning about her expected WNBA contract: worth $338,056 over the course of four years. She will earn $76,535 in her rookie season this summer, and is projected to earn an annual salary of $97,582 by the end of her four-year contract.

Well, yep, a NBA Ball Boy probably makes that much!! BUT, , , , , Show Me The Money!

>>>>. The WNBA currently makes an estimated $60m annually from selling its media rights and licensing deals with Amazon, CBS, and ION, Front Office Sports reports. In comparison, the average NBA team is worth approximately $3.85bn - with the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, and the Los Angeles Lakers each worth more than $6bn, according to Forbes

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That salary is nothing. The endorsements will make her a millionaire in very short order, if they haven't already.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

I am sure that salary number is a pay cut from her NIL $$$$$


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"Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell


"Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.


If I do not answer you .... nothing personal, I just have you on ignore.

Nike is going to make a namesake shoe, so she's doing pretty well. It's the other players that should be making more.

But this is how it starts. Players like her and Angel Reese bring in the audience, and then the women can start making demands from the owners.



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Nothing screams cuck like flying a flag with another man's name on it.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Caitlin Clark scored a team-high 20 points but committed 10 turnovers, the most in a career debut in WNBA history, as her Indiana Fever fell 92-71 to the Connecticut Sun in their season opener Tuesday at Mohegan Sun Arena.

She's making the transition, the Indiana team seems to be a bit of an underdog. Give her time to settle in.

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Nothing screams cuck like flying a flag with another man's name on it.

I watched a little bit of the game last night. She seems overwhelmed. Sold out arena though. The NY team was hounding her and not letting her do anything is what I saw.

Interesting though. first wnba game I ever thought about tuning into. I just watched a little bit. New York has a great team. They looked really good.

Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 31 points to lift the Indiana Fever past Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky 100-81 in a battle between the WNBA rookies on Friday night in Chicago's Wintrust Arena.

Considered the two front-runners for the WNBA Rookie of the Year award, the league's assist-per-game leader Clark has cemented herself as the favorite since the return from the Olympic break, leading the Fever to five wins in their last six games while setting records along the way.

"I'm just proud of our group. I think we're really just approaching it day-by-day. Even though these games are so important, we're not really looking that far down the stretch," Clark said after the game.

"It's what's in front of us today and just approaching it like that and that's how you build your confidence. It's just one day at a time, but I think our confidence is at an all-time high where it's been this all season."

Clark hit five three pointers and dished 12 assists to become the first rookie in WNBA history to score at least 30 points and 10 assists in a single game. She improved her head-to-head record against Reese in the WNBA to 3-1.

The Fever's rookie star needs six more points to surpass Tamika Catchings (594) for the most points scored by a rookie in franchise history.

Chicago jumped out to an early 13-point lead in the first quarter before Indiana bounced back to hold a 47-42 lead at halftime. The Fever, however, pulled away in the second half, outscoring the Sky 31-22 in the third quarter to take a 14-point lead heading into the final frame. The fourth quarter was more of the same as the Fever's lead swelled to as many as 27 points in the victory.

With three weeks left in the regular season, Friday's win moves Indiana to 16-16 on the season and sixth place in the standings. The turnaround to becoming a playoff contender is impressive considering the Fever opened the season with a 3-10 record, which was the second-worst in the league over that span.

Clark was asked if she had faith the team would turn it around after the rough start to the season, saying, "Yeah, I mean, I certainly did. I remember saying earlier in the season, I know there's going to be a moment where we look back on this later in the season and be like, this 1-8 start is going to help us down the line, and I think now is that moment."

Meanwhile, the loss is the Sky's sixth in their last seven games since returning from the Olympic break, in part due to the team's offensive struggles, and they find themselves on the verge of falling out of the playoff picture. Chicago sits in eighth place in the standings with an 11-20 record, one game ahead of the Atlanta Dream for the final playoff spot.

Reese, who leads the league in rebounds-per-game, finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds for her 23rd double-double of the season, passing Tina Charles for the most by a rookie in WNBA history.