What To Make Of The Caitlin Clark Situation
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 3 June 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Mike and Rico deviate from their Tigers talk to break down their thoughts on the harsh treatment Caitlin Clark has received from her opponents since joining the WNBA.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, so I have a question. |
| 0:04.0 | Now, my theory is just rooted in my own reality. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm not going along with some of the, what I deem to be wild narratives in the media. |
| 0:14.6 | But this Caitlin Clark thing, I mean, first of all, enough's enough. |
| 0:18.8 | I'm sorry, enough. |
| 0:21.3 | I mean, they're covering this thing like it's the NFL. Stop. I mean, Rico's right. |
| 0:26.2 | With two straight hours on ESPN, well, we're on the air. So Caitlin Clark, obviously, |
| 0:32.1 | Superstar, most famous W MBA player before she ever played a game, and |
| 0:37.4 | she's getting bodied left and right. |
| 0:39.8 | I mean, bad boys, piston screens. |
| 0:43.8 | I don't know there was a little play acting on the file the other night |
| 0:46.5 | where she got dumped on the ground. |
| 0:48.3 | Here, here's my whole point. |
| 0:50.7 | Why do fellow W MBA players hate her? |
| 0:55.0 | Now, my theory is very simple. |
| 0:58.0 | She's a rookie who's viewed as privileged, |
| 1:02.0 | privileged as in a $25 million shoe deal, and all the hype, all the |
| 1:07.6 | sizzle. |
| 1:08.6 | Meanwhile, W.M.A. veterans have toiled. |
| 1:11.7 | They're playing in the WMBA and in the off season they go playing |
| 1:14.6 | El Salvador and Russia and Boosbachistan and whatever. |
| 1:18.8 | Pavagistan or whatever you said. So here's the deal. She's a rookie and yeah it ain't going down like that. |
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