Reality disagrees...
Posted on 07/26/2026 4:22:06 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
There is an old principle, which economists call revealed preference, holding that we discover what people truly value not from what they announce but from what they do. A man may say he prefers the symphony, but if every free evening finds him at the ballpark, we have learned something his words concealed. Institutions reveal themselves the same way. A league may praise its brightest star, sell her jersey, and run her highlights, and yet, if we watch what it does when she is knocked to the floor and when its honors are handed out....
Let us begin with the value, because the value is not in dispute....
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Consider first the matter of physical safety, because it is the gravest. In June of 2024 the Chicago player Chennedy Carter lowered her shoulder and drove Clark to the hardwood, away from the ball, after the whistle, on a play that had nothing to do with the game in progress. The officials called a common foul in real time and declined to review it. Only the next day, when the cameras had made indifference impossible, did the league upgrade the call to a flagrant, and even then it imposed no fine and no suspension. Sports Illustrated’s women’s basketball coverage counted four Chicago flagrants against Clark in 2024 alone, a remarkable concentration of violence on one player. Then came the playoffs, and the pattern held. Less than two minutes into her first postseason game, Connecticut’s DiJonai Carrington caught Clark squarely in the eye. No foul was called. Clark, who later developed a visible bruise, played half-blind through a blowout loss. In 2025 an eye poke and a hard shove to the floor produced, once again, a foul upgraded after the fact with no suspension, while Clark herself collected a technical...
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Nonsense-Ok let the Kenyan have it both ways. Got him elected. If she’s ok with it so should we.
It’s not true. And even Russia said it.
It’s not true. And even Russia said it.
You think every American should just surrender to the left?
“The W” could play in the nude and I still wouldn’t watch. You’ve just given one more reason why.
If they’re already doing it should we get involved and fight on her behalf? She’s no Jackie Robinson.
Well, Clark doesn’t have an Adam’s apple and Obama clearly does, but otherwise, I agree with you.
Gee, you mean actions speak louder than words?
Racism, pure and simple. Freshman year of college, had to take P.E. Only thing left open to take was basketball. I’m 5’1½ and never played basketball. The class was full of tall black girls from Chicago. I may as well have not been there. They totally ignored me, while all I could do was run up and down the court.
A top flight lawyer could break that contract in a heart-beat.
From what I have seen Clark has a lot of support and respect from teammates of all colors. It’s easy to sit behind a keyboard and proclaim Clark should quit the WNBA.
How does this affect you exactly? What is it about the WNBA washes up on your doorstep?
Watching sweaty nappy headed ghetto bangers and white dykes play b ball is gross.
I doubt that guy cares one way or another. He’s worth billions, money made from the Simon malls. The fever will get their money as long as the men continue to make money. What else can these players do? Caitlin makes money with endorsement. The other ‘gals’ have few options.
Nappy headed. No money in it.
Girl basketball.
L🏀L
NO ONE SIGNS A CONTRACT TO GET BEAT UP EVERY DAY
The “team” is the referees who allow her to be physically abused and only belatedly penalize her abusers, and the awards that she is passed over for, which is what the entire article is about.
It does not effect me at all, except that I dislike injustice, which is what’s being perpetrated against her, perhaps because she is an athlete of some consequence, and also white, hetero and hot.
As for women playing basketball, I suspect that the men who watch it want to see boobs in motion, and the women who watch it want to gossip venomously about the players. But I don’t care. Sports are not my thing.
Was Sandman French?
Caitlin Clark recorded 45 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals on July 17, 2026, against the Seattle Storm. Caitlin is the only reason I’ll watch a WNBA game.
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