Caitlin Clark Responds to People in WNBA Audience Using Her Name to Push Bigotry | THE ODD COUPLE 

The only thing about wanting black athletes to speak on social issues is that people only want to hear them speak if they have the viewpoint they want them to have.

It’s called freedom. Telling someone they have to speak is just as bad as telling someone not to speak. If you want to be activist go right ahead, if you just want to do your job and not use your platform then go right ahead

You live in the victim mentality and judge by what she says not by what other people say stop trying to ruin this girl what has she done except be good at basketball and get big money from sponsors

We have more expectations for athletes than we do for actual politicians

The girl is 22yr old , just left college 2 months ago and this what she has to deal with. No basketball questions, no questions about adjusting to the wnba, but social issues questions. I thought all along, she should have took that Big 3 payday and took her talents overseas.

The woke media reporters didn’t get the answer they wanted so they just keep asking.

So fucked up bruh. Wtf are y’all tryna do to this girl. It’s really horrible.

Ppl are not against politics in sports they are against politics they DISAGREE with in sports.

why doesn't anyone ask her if it makes her uncomfortable with all the racist comments towards her?

Odd Couple, pleasestop talking about this nonsense, this woke stuff need to stop, I'm telling you the only reason Clark is popular, she shoots like Steph, and mirror her game like Steph without dribbling, she runs off screens and shoots deep threes. Those WNBA are jealous, let's keep a spade a spade. Stop all this racist stuff with everything. The girl can ball, the WNBA finally has a Steph comparison.

Why do athletes have to be activists in 2024?

It's 2 different answers; because it was 2 different questions... The first question was basically about how she deals with the outside noise from this season. Her reply was she doesn't hear it, because she doesn't participate in those platforms. For the second question, he directly asked her what she thinks about people possibly promoting racism and misogyny using her name. Her reply she doesn't condone it and she also recognized others in the WNBA. As for Carrington, it's possible everyone is not living their life through social media. Maybe, she puts her focus into other things.

She really should consult with Larry Bird. I think he is perfectly suited to help her have a good perspective about what is going on and how to handle a lot of it, including how to deal with some of the press.

As a black man I feel bad for Caitlyn Clark 😂 she just wanna hoop leave that girl alone 😂

That’s some good weed…using ‘dawg’ to start a sentence leading to the word ‘intersectionality’.

So Candace wiggins former wnba player even said she was bully for being straight in a 98% gay league & also skyler & hamby was bully by they old team for being pregnant it’s been a thing wnba just swept under rug 😅

Trying to get her to call the fans racist is crazy🤦🏿‍♂️

These guys are jokes. They're not even saying a fraction of what they're really thinking

Why do people expect athletes/celebrities to speak on certain issues. These athletes do their job & go home. Why should they have the responsibility to speak for people. Its ridiculous.

That’s the problem with the black race. We want unqualified athletes to lead us. No wonder we haven’t made much social economical progress in the last 60 years.

"I dont see a lot of it." - Caitlyn Clark. Then the 180. Its always interesting to me it always goes like this.

22 or not, she's not too young to be the face of the league but too young to be expected to have an informed opinion on how she's being juxtapose against the blk woman in a heavily majority blk league.. soo all benifit with no responsibility when I thought great power came wirh responsiblity.. if she can't be expected to speak up then why give so much attention knowing ppl using her as some white hope and she dosnt even want to take the time to address it when asked.

Comments on this video are actually more well versed then Chris and Rob’s conversation, that’s encouraging.

You 2, are 2 big parts of the problem. Just lyin.

We gotta stop the assumptions. How do we know Caitlin is Christian? And how does that differentiate herself from the WNBA? How do we know Caitlin is heterosexual? Are ppl assuming her sexuality bc she has a man with her

CC didn't ask for ANY of this BS. And she doesn't owe you or me ANY explanation about social issues in the WNBA 15 games into her professional career. She just wants to HOOP right now. The W is over 60% LGBTQ. And 90 Black women. No problem with that. But damn, can she just get her game on for more than the 5 minutes that she's been in the league? Does she have to get up in her feels immediately, like half of the league? What about asking her some basketball-related questions? All of the women who supported the Team USA selections, everyone of them spouting, "it's just about the integrity of the game is why she wasn't selected." Oh, that doesn't apply here. Let's see all of those women step up and say, "yeah, CC is just trying to focus on basketball," Maybe they should try that. But they won't.

almost wish caitlin would’ve just took the BIG 3’s offer at this point. Playing in the WNBA has probably been her dream since she was like 8 years old and only 2 months in the only talk about her is centered about race wars lol shorty is only a 22 year old rookie and they expect her to move like Muhammad Ali or Kareem Abdul Jabar

This is too much drama I'm just not gonna watch wnba anymore

This victim mentality coming from these dudes is nauseating.

She’s not obligated to opine on issues that she has no interests in. She’s also not responsible for what others say and therefore is not obligated to discuss this matter either. Finally she’s not obligated to elevate causes for certain interest groups.

Not true..when athletes speak out it's all going to be a disagreement just like Kaperknick, alot of people didn't like what he did. Muhammad Ali had a lot of disagreement at that time on what he did. Yall wants athletes to speak, but nothing really gets done. And all this Michael Jordan didn't speak out it ridiculous. Magic Johnson was just as popular and people don't criticize him.

The only reason she got attention had nothing to do with her skin color, it was because she had/has crazy range with her 3. Shes able to launch from Steph Curry and Lilliard distance. Thats it. If any other women could the same, theyd get that kind of attention as well. Casual fans tune into the NBA because of the long 3's and high flying acrobatic dunks that the women cant duplicate. Its a slower, less athletic game visually. Im sorry, but thats the reality. Theres nothing Caitlyn can say for one side or the other thats not going to piss somebody off. She didnt ask for any of this. Just wants to ball and shes been handling it all with an amazing amount of class imo.

All Jordan did was donate to the NAACP. But he never spoke out or held a press conference to lift up the black people who are mistreated and discriminated against everyday.

It's funny how the least controversial person in sports is now the most controversial because she's not controversial....haha...insane

If she was another race getting this hype would it be a problem? Of course not…

If a large population of people was using my name and likeness to spread hate and bigotry then speak up especially if I don’t align with their beliefs.

The problem Broussard and alot of media pundits are missing is Trotter asked an intentionally vague question. He never said what was being said in he name was racist and sexist. So she responded in a not descriptive or active way. Cause he didn't say what it was. The second question was ,ore direct and she condemned anything like that. Cmon u guys are journalist

It's sad it won't happen but when the league the player her coach her teammates all hate her how can she succeed it's a bummer

Love when you guys post the callers’ comments!

Chris Broussard-“All people are created equal and should be treated equally… unless they’re gay”

Poor kid, she is an awesome player and human being.❤ Keep your head up , keep doing great things.

it’s not fair to shame someone into speaking up or agreeing with your views. she signed up to be a professional basketball player and she’s only played 14 games of her professional career-society is putting way too much on this girl too fast. she should be able to focus on her basketball career not getting into political debates SMH!!

This situation is just so dumb…

If Jordan and Tiger were activists, they would be LeBron. Clear as hell the right choice.

Y'all got to stop expecting every athlete to be the next Martin Luther King. That's why LeBron James got obsessed for a period of being the next Muhammad Ali. You guys put too much expectations on these guys

Is it a smart move for a struggling league to label all the new fans of CC as racist, misogynist, homophobic?

Brou is 100% correct about the delicacy of some of these topics.

Maaaaan, let that girl play ball. All that other ish isn’t her job frfr.

As a white person who isn’t racist at all and has been away from society the past few years I come back and people are now racists towards me and I’m always nice and respectful towards anyone and everyone. Very annoying

Great answer from Caitlin, she doesn't need to apologise for being white.

Activists don't work for money they do it because it's right. In this era money makes you an activists it's scary.

The racism toward Clark is unreal. We will stand up for her because she can't.

Chris can be such a holy roller sometimes that it gets annoying. His network and the leagues he covers are promoting gambling now which many Christians believe should be avoided and is well documented to be potentially very destructive. Yet he can somehow negotiate that and not get on a soapbox about it not aligning with his faith; like he does with LGBTQ issues.

I think yall have the most realistic take I've heard especially the Carrington tweet and everything that comes with speaking out. Racism should be denounced loudly and everyone should be treated respectfully but everybody don't have the same views on other subjects.

"im just here to play basketball" so get off her back

Those woke lesbian players are such hypocrites. They only want CC to speak out about issues if it’s a stance they agree with!

It’s wrong to demand any athlete be an activist.

Caitlin is doing a good job being to herself. People today only want you to be an advocate if you agree with what they support. If you disagree with anything they support they will rage and say you should be silenced. So they can go in their little corner with all that

No Way Clark didn't know any of this because she had 11 Teammates that would have LET her know. She also absolutely had to know how they, her FAKE FANS, were calling for her Coach to be fired and that her TEAMMATES are consider utter trash by her FAN base. So this false notion that CLARK was just wanting to play BALL and not aware, Total BS.

Caitlin Clark is just trying to ball and grow the game. Meanwhile the BLM grifter brigade trying to tear her down.

I'm pretty sure she knows about her boyfriend and brother

The truth is about the lesbians are bothered

Great show! I hear you all, it's weird energy. I'm a basketball lover originally from Iowa, love Caitlin's game because of the Steph Curry effect. Honestly, I think what first stoked the weird energy surrounding the Caitlin Clark narrative was after Iowa beat South Carolina in 2023, Dawn Staley misrepresented coach Lisa Bluder's words after Bluder said it was like a tough barfight out there, referring to the physicality of the game. Staley came in and used an entire press conference to say that "we aren't criminals or monkeys," which was an unfair interpretation. Then the whole narrative turned sideways even before the LSU game, and remains sideways today. That's not what Bluder was saying. That's not who she is. She probably should have been more careful with her words, understanding that such words might give off interpretations about undertones. But that's when some Iowa fans took issue with that fact that people were all the sudden assuming Iowa is racist (which isn't fair to the large non-racist sector) and some took issue with the the race baiting. It put an unfair target on CC. Unfortunately, it also brought out the underlying racism, which is there in our country (and certainly in Iowa too), and comes out in social media. It's ugly, and it's there. I'm not sure what else to say, I wonder what people think, but that's when things turned sideway as far as I can tell. And no one talks about it.

Jordan DID NOT resurrect the NBA. It was Bird & Magic that got the NBA back to the mainstream after the 70s debacle with all the fights and ABA competition. He did bring it to its highest popularity, but that was after Bird & magic brought it back.

Great show 👏🏾

How are her fans racist? The WNBA is racist. The hate Caitlyn gets is from the players a media. This was a horrible question about her fans. Caitlyn brings out families, something the wnba doesn’t market.

CC should have taken Ice Cube's offer, played in Canada, or overseas and left the WNBA remain in the obscurity they obviously enjoy

Clark could start kneeling for the anthem tomorrow and some people wouldn’t be satisfied. leave the poor alone!

Keep taking the high road and focus on what's most important to you CC. Ignore your critics and haters, let them keep talking and reveal who they really are

Leave the girl alone and let her ball. The media has put this woman in a bad spot

Do you know that Clark was responding to people in the WNBA audience?

JIM TROTTER AND JAMES BOYD = " UNITED BLACK POWER JOURNALISM " DOING "JUSTICE ⚖ THROUGH JOURNALISM "

I e already stopped watching the wnba…first season I started watching it was this season but now I’m over it and will never go back

Jordan was a rookie in 1984. No internet. No handheld computer in every member of society's hand. Clark has handled the media madness better than anyone!

By not saying anything MJ and Tiger are telling you they lean right. Duh

Damn. Just let the girl hoop.

6:45 LeBron James wasn’t as good as Jordan and Tiger. Michael Jordan was at this highest level, Tiger Woods was a level down, and LeBron James was several levels down.

Is there anything else we can put on this young ladies shoulders?

It's not like she's the first white girl in the wnba.

When u hear both quotes with the lead in questions, the reporter asked two differemt questions entirely.

No one has given us specifics regarding who, what, when, where and how Caitlin's NIL has been used to promote anything other than basketball. Please provide the specifics!

MJ and Tiger just wanted to be focused on their sports, they didn’t want to be activists. No athlete should be forced to be a “Muhammad Ali” just cause he is a minority or a female. And Caitlin Clark doesn’t have to speak out either. She’s polite and humble and focusing on ball. Although she’s mistreated, she doesn’t whine and complain. We all see that and respect her.

so shouldn't the black players be speaking out against the racist, negative, slanderous comments against Clark from the black community.

Rob be in like 12 different studios in one week 😂

Who wants C Clark to speak for them?

Chris if you absolutely believe she should speak out on racism why don’t u think she should speak out on anything else. Racism ain’t no different than gay rights in some peoples eyes

I'm ashamed of the hate FBA given her. I want her to succeed, so they all can succeed. Don King said it best, "There's no such thing as bad publicity"

Why the hell would anyone care what a basketball player thinks about politics

Candice Wiggins did a podcast a few years after giving granular details on her basketball journey which included the WNBA it was a very interesting listen. I follow her on social media but she's been on a pretty long sabbatical. I'd love to hear Chris and Rob interview her on the subject especially as it relates to today's WNBA social environment with Caitlin Clark if they can make it happen.

She playing basketball or running for president politics has ruined sports!!!!

Ilove life & times but i do not love nor like the times we are living in !! EVERYTHING is just so utterly Ridiculous till u just throw up in your mouth !!! Hey World,,, Grow a Pair !!!!!

No athlete should be an activist. It can hurt their brand. It can prevent them in having as many fans as possible. It also makes viewership decline. If you as a player tell fans you don't like them because of their skin color that certain skin colors are racist. They won't be your fan and won't follow you or watch you. Because you insulted them

I feel as though they are making excuses for her

feels like Caitlin is already the face of the WNBA

She shouldn’t have said anything other than “ I’m just playing basketball”

Spineless

Clark has done nothing but play ball. She's having a good season for a rookie who's the best player on her team. She's been deliberately targeted and bullied, but hasn't taken shots at anyone in the media. She was snubbed by the Olympic women's team, and she responded by saying she'd work harder. All this -- and somehow her detractors have worked and worked until THEY are the victims and her SILENCE is the crime. Her fans are the awful people -- the ones filling stadiums and the pocketbooks of the WNBA and its players. It'd be unbelievable if we hadn't seen this playbook over and over. Again, there was NEVER a way that her detractors were ever going to admit they were wrong. It's like arguing with your girlfriend and her friends. Once they locked in as a group, they were never going to back down. If we actually care about Clark, the best thing is to drop it. BUT I do hope the WNBA (and its NBA partner) have a word with coaches and players. They are cutting off their nose to spite their face.

Athletes are not politician’s!

I hope not. Let her just play ball. She can run for congress when she grows up.

Like it or not "Your burden is not my burden"