I thought it was the most watched game in ESPN history?
w/o pointing out that ESPN doesn’t show the men’s semifinals.
She outdrew the NBA Championship games-w/o pointing out the pandemic.
Great for ESPN/ABC/Disney garnering such high ratings in a sport being wholly subsidized by men.
Now she’ll earn a living in a league wholly subsidized by men.
and somehow this is retribution against the wokesters.
ESPN did show the NBA Conference finals, including the one in 2018 when LeBron James was at the height of his popularity. And, that game failed to draw as many fans as the Iowa-UCONN game did.
She outdrew EVERY NBA finals game SINCE the pandemic.
The real test of Kaitlin Clark's real star power is if she will have a meaningful positive impact on the BBLL {black basketball lesbian league} and their TV and game day drawing power.
If you have watched any of the BBLL TV talking heads over the past couple of months, you been able to see the HUGE and double HUGH CHIP on their collective shoulders.
The league can't draw flies and so it must be my fault, an old white guy that doesn't want to watch basketball, men or women.
I may watch a few replays of tonight's final and catch a few nba playoff games, but I and most TV watching Americans, have no real interest.