Nobody hires athletes for their intelligence.
I think the term she’s looking for is “pretty privilege.” It has existed for eons and has nothing to do with race per se.
Yes, it’s true, people prefer watching attractive people doing stuff. Unattractive people, not so much.
The WNBA has much more of the latter (e.g. Britney Greiner), thus the novelty of Caitlin Clark.
They never did.
I say the league was built off the back of fans who pay for the NBA. Katy wants to be friends with the haters in her league. They will never stop hating her and she will never be one of the sisters. All she will accomplish is alienating her own fans. I don’t really care what she does but this seems pretty stupid.