Well she obviously deserves it ......... i mean what the fuck or who the fuck......... does it matter ........someone did good......... and that is okay by me .....how insecure or needy .......... or stupid is the magazine ....".just do it ".......as nike would say .........fuck the team
WNBA owner says league, not Caitlin Clark, should have been TIME magazine Athlete of Year
One WNBA team owner is taking issue with Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark's Athlete of the Year award from TIME Magazine.
Sheila Johnson, the owner of the Washington Mystics, went on CNN on Friday morning to talk about the award and how she feels it is singling out one player.
TIME honored Clark as the Athlete of the Year because of her historic season, both on and off the court: according to an IndyStar study, she was responsible for one in six tickets sold in the WNBA in 2024, and packed home and away arenas alike. Over 300,000 fans came through Gainbridge Fieldhouse (a WNBA single-season record), and opposing arenas were packed throughout the season.
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Multiple teams, including the Mystics and Las Vegas Aces, moved their games from their smaller usual arenas to NBA or NHL-size arenas for Fever games throughout the season. The Fever played the Mystics in the final game of the regular season at the home of the NBA's Washington Wizards (quadruple the size of the Mystics' home arena) and set a single-game attendance record of 20,744. The WNBA was named the fastest-growing brand of 2024 by Morning Consult, which evaluated over 1,700 brands.
But, Johnson told CNN anchor Amanda Davies she thinks TIME shouldn't have singled out Clark specifically.
"It has taken the WNBA almost 28 years to get to the point where we are now," Johnson said on CNN. "And this year, something clicked with the WNBA and it's because of the draft, the players that came in. It's not just Caitlin Clark, it's (Angel) Reese, there's so much talent out that has been unrecognized, and I don't think we can pin it on just one player."
The league was already growing exponentially before Clark was drafted in 2024, mostly on the efforts of Black women like three-time MVP A'ja Wilson, New York Liberty MVP Jonquel Jones, and WNBA All-Stars DeWanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas. But the young Fever star was a catalyst for the 2024 season, as economist Ryan Brewer projected that Clark was responsible for 26.5% of economic activity within the league in her rookie year.
Clarkonomics: D
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