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Caitlin Clark will reportedly be left off final roster for U.S. women's Olympic team
Yahoo Sports ^ | Sat, Jun 8, 2024 | Sean Leahy

Posted on 06/08/2024 6:31:36 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark will reportedly not make the final 12-player USA women's basketball team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, according to USA Today's Christine Brennan and The Athletic.

Here is what the expected roster will look like, which will be led by Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx head coach and president of basketball operations.

Kahleah Copper Chelsea Gray A'ja Wilson Breanna Stewart Diana Taurasi Brittney Griner Alyssa Thomas Napheesa Collier Jewell Loyd Kelsey Plum Jackie Young Sabrina Ionescu

The final Olympic roster isn't only Reeves' call. A committee that includes three women's college basketball coaches — Dawn Staley, Seimone Augustus, Delisha Milton-Jones — as well as Jennifer Rizzotti, president of the Connecticut Sun and head coach of the U.S. women's 3-on-3 Olympic team, and WNBA head of league operations Bethany Donaphin made the decision.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: basketball; caitlinclark; discrimination; olympic; olympics; sports; summerolympics2024; wnba
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To: dfwgator
You have to know somebody at NBC is on the phone to the Olympic Committee, as we speak.

It's already a mess. I bet CC will say no.

21 posted on 06/08/2024 6:55:35 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: bray

Exactly. Its a joke at this point.


22 posted on 06/08/2024 6:55:48 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: Loud Mime
This decision to exclude Clark may be due to team dynamics (read that as you wish) instead of performance.

The Dream Team did the same thing to Isiah Thomas in 1992.

23 posted on 06/08/2024 6:56:37 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sure but the people who put together the national teams do not have TV ratings in their job description. They’re job is to put together the best team they can and hopefully bring home some medals. NBC’s job is to sell it and get ratings. Any GM on the planet will pick win with nobody watching over have millions watch them lose.


24 posted on 06/08/2024 6:56:56 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yep, even if they got on their knees and begged her, she shouldn’t do it. She doesn’t need them.


25 posted on 06/08/2024 6:57:27 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: discostu

I won’t be rooting for them, sorry.


26 posted on 06/08/2024 6:58:22 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

All the fuss about one chick who plays basketball?

Who cares?


27 posted on 06/08/2024 6:59:06 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: chopperk

Agreed! Everything is going woke and ruining the whole experience for many who can’t stand the woke crap!

I used to be a Nascar fan- then they went mega woke- they just ruined the whole experience-


28 posted on 06/08/2024 6:59:46 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: MinorityRepublican

Because Thomas was/is an ass. Jordon refused to play with him.


29 posted on 06/08/2024 7:00:31 AM PDT by Fuzz
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To: dfwgator

I didn’t say you should. I don’t give a crap one way or the other. There are no sports I watch in the summer games. I’m just pointing out the reality of the situation.


30 posted on 06/08/2024 7:01:00 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: dfwgator

I won’t watch the games without Clark.


31 posted on 06/08/2024 7:01:48 AM PDT by chopperk (are)
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To: Jonny7797
All the fuss about one chick who plays basketball?

It's not just about basketball.

32 posted on 06/08/2024 7:01:59 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MrRelevant

Sabrina is a white hetro. She married a football player from Oregon.


33 posted on 06/08/2024 7:03:02 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races you do not like.)
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To: Fuzz

I do agree that Clark on the team will cause a disruption.

That says more about those other players than it does Clark, though.


34 posted on 06/08/2024 7:03:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: discostu
There are no sports I watch in the summer games.I watch a few. Track & field. Beach volleyball. Swimming.
35 posted on 06/08/2024 7:03:45 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

No white guys on the men’s team.


36 posted on 06/08/2024 7:04:09 AM PDT by 38special (The government is ruining our country!)
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To: 38special

Not very diverse, is it?


37 posted on 06/08/2024 7:04:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh really? Enlighten me please.


38 posted on 06/08/2024 7:05:00 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: Fuzz

Your right. Isaiah is an ass. He hated Larry Bird because he was great and white. Look it up


39 posted on 06/08/2024 7:05:11 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: PAR35
Are any of the players going to the Olympics straight and white?

And female?

40 posted on 06/08/2024 7:06:08 AM PDT by gitmo
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