Caitlyn Clark is done, and now it’s time to see how the WNBA plans to keep its viewers without her. They’re back to half-empty arenas and games no one cares about. Good luck filling seats when the only player holding your league together just walked away.
You had one job: protect your star, respect her talent, and let her shine. Instead, you pushed her away. What frustrates me is that Caitlyn Clark, your biggest draw, was under constant attack all season—dirty plays, fouls, and no protection from the refs. Now, without her, you’re left with players no one’s going to watch and games no one’s going to bother with. Well done, WNBA; you just ran off the one player who put you on the map. Now you’re back to square one—no respect, no viewers, and hope.
We’re done watching Caitlyn Clark hit her breaking point on September 29, 2024, and honestly, I can’t blame her. This league didn’t deserve her from day one. She was dragging the Indiana Fever to the playoffs, dropping 29 points, 10 assists, and seven rebounds while her teammates looked like they were napping. Kelsey Mitchell, supposed to be a key player, shot three of 12, and Victoria Vivians, a veteran, couldn’t even hit open shots. Caitlyn was doing all the work while the rest of the team crumbled.
The physicality was ridiculous. Clark said it herself; she’s been struggling with the over-the-top physical defense and the poor officiating. In her very first WNBA playoff game, she was tackled, and the refs acted like they didn’t see a thing. It’s like she was playing basketball while everyone else was playing rugby.
The WNBA should have been begging her to stay, but instead, they treated her like a problem—slapping her with technicals for showing passion. That’s the thanks she gets for packing arenas, boosting TV ratings, and putting the league on the map.
Indiana Fever games went from a few thousand fans to 15,000 when Clark showed up. She single-handedly increased ticket sales by 400%. TV ratings were through the roof, pulling in over 1.8 million viewers—more than some NBA games. But now that she’s leaving, it’s all going to crash.
The WNBA is about to face a financial meltdown, and they have no one to blame but themselves. Without Clark, ticket sales will nosedive, viewership will plummet, and their merchandise sales will dry up. The league went from having a gold mine to disaster in no time, all because they couldn’t protect their biggest star.
