[Mick]

FWIW I talked to a friend of mine who was a starter for Stanford's WBB team back in the late 80's.  She finds it ridiculous that Clark is not on the Olympic team, and feels the rest of the league needs to "grow up" related to all the Clark drama and jealousy.

Concur. Volcanic jealousy against Caitlin Clark (in part because of her $28 mms. NIKE deal), who was responsible for a Bird/Magic-like rise in popularity re: the WNBA.

And the refs cut her ZERO slack. The blind-side body check by Chennedy Carter outside of play that slammed Clark to the ground was originally called a common foul, the league had to upgrade it to a flagrant. And her teammates give her the Rick Barry treatment in terms of defending her.

[Mick]

FWIW I talked to a friend of mine who was a starter for Stanford's WBB team back in the late 80's.  She finds it ridiculous that Clark is not on the Olympic team, and feels the rest of the league needs to "grow up" related to all the Clark drama and jealousy.

Concur. Volcanic jealousy against Caitlin Clark (in part because of her $28 mms. NIKE deal), who was responsible for a Bird/Magic-like rise in popularity re: the WNBA.

And the refs cut her ZERO slack. The blind-side body check by Chennedy Carter outside of play that slammed Clark to the ground was originally called a common foul, the league had to upgrade it to a flagrant. And her teammates give her the Rick Barry treatment in terms of defending her.