Barkley Blasts WNBA for Negative Treatment & Coverage of Caitlin Clark
NBA Legend and Hall of Famer, Charles Barkley spoke yesterday with Bill Simmons about how the WNBA and media are treating the superstar rookie Caitlin Clark, terribly.
Barkley said on The Bill Simmons Podcast:
“These ladies—and I’m a WNBA fan—they cannot have f---ed this Caitlin Clark thing up any worse if they tried. People believe what we say on television. Just because people don’t like you or your personality, they can’t get on TV and slander you. It’s just total bulls---.
“This girl is incredible. The number of attention, eyeballs she’s brought to college and the pros, and for these women to have this petty jealousness. You’re saying to yourself, ‘Damn, what is going on here?’
And the thing I love about her, she never says a word. But these ladies, who I love and respect their game, they couldn’t have f---ed this thing up any worse. There’s been so much negativity.”
JaySin’s BreakDown:
I have never watched the WNBA until this year, and that was solely due to Clark. Now since then, I’ve learned about all kinds of great talent there. How is that not incredible for the WNBA? I posted some numbers below about the turnaround they are having.
More than half of all games were sellouts, marking a 156 per cent increase. Games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and CBS are averaging 1.32 million viewers, nearly tripling last season's average of 462,000.
Source: Bill Simmons Podcast
