Caitlin Clark's Olympics Snub Just Took A Major Turn 

What do you think of the decision to not have her on the team?

Griner should not be representing the USA.

She is the all time collegiate scoring champion. If she can’t make the team as a rookie, they better not ever pick another rookie for the Olympics.

Terasi was put as a rookie and she had no Olympic experience, so this argument is stupid

Love how the WNBA for years has complained about low attendance and very bad ratings. It's not our fault the league was boring. But now that viewership is at an all time high they're complaining because it's not them that's getting the attention. I was absolutely planning on watching team USA womans basketball, but now that Caitlin isn't playing there's not a chance in hell I will.

Would be so funny if fans at the Olympics during the US women’s games held up signs, stating: “where’s Caitlin” and started chanting “we want Caitlin, we want Caitlin”, and visibly the US team became rattled lol

A culture of Institutional Racism at the WNBA. It’s systemic

Clark is THE biggest name in the WNBA.

The thing that really gets me is Diana Taurasi talking about how she had great vets who took her under their wing when she was a rookie on team USA. It doesn't compute in her brain that she is now the vet, and she chooses to be overly critical of a 22 year old rookie, and I suspect sicced her college coach on her.

Disrespect the game because of popularity? Thought the "game"s biggest problem all these years had been a lack of popularity. A comet of a player comes along and the decision is " nah, we don't care about popularity, we'd rather take a 42 year old and an injured player who hasn't been on court all year." Can see why women's basketball has struggled commercially for so long. They don't have any regard for what the fans want and act arbitrarily to the point of self-sabotage. For instance,I keep hearing " it's a very physical league". Meaning they effectively encourage the players to foul indiscriminately and the officials to blow in a haphazard, inconsistent way. Diminishes the product and makes it look scrappy and chaotic. Not entertaining at all.

She's a rookie but her performance should have earned her a spot on the team. It was also the right business decision because her presence would have increased viewership. But the WNBA is not a financially self-sustaining enterprise. When you are subsidized, your revenue is guaranteed regardless of performance. This reduces the rigor that normally determines business decisions and allows more room for them to be influenced by pettiness and jealousy. She was omitted so as not to antagonize other players. It is a sad commentary about women's basketball in the US.

The committee who picks who will play in the Olympics needs to be replaced. No clue.

She was Snubbed by The WNBA Olympic Team but she is in a Commercial with Micheal Jordan! She is Winning!

She's 3rd in stats in WNBA, factually without bias she should have been not only on team but also starting roster of 5!

What they did to her is very unprofessional and very discourage

I do not want her at this point to spend 3 weeks surrounded by haters. They also need to get rid of ger coach, Sides is over her head and is terrible.

Christian Laetner was on the dream team because they wanted to have a college representative. How is the leading scorer in NCAA history not going to make this team? Whoever made this decision is plain dumb.

Stupid move, seems racist to me…

Ladies and gentlemen, her popularity is not because she is white or beautiful (she is not in the eyes of many), her popularity is because she is that good, the outrage from the fans is because Ms. Clark has the numbers and the skills to represent our country. Team USA is just afraid Ms. Clark will make them look antiquated. Women's gossiping and jealousy is an anchor to the WNBA.

If they eventually ask her to join the team, I hope she says no thanks.

Why doesnt her team have her back. Jealousy is a dangerous thing.

Not even a fan but this doesn’t make sense

The U.S.A. Olympic team does not represent the WNBA. It is representative of our country and the people. Apparently none of the clowns who made this decision to leave Caitlin off the team get that. Its always about them. The vast majority of us Americans want Caitlin on OUR team representing us and what we value and stand for. She is not a tatted up militant activist who thinks she should use her fame to push her personal opinions and political views on the public. She simply and humbly works hard to do her best, be as good a person as she can, and to entertain us with her tremendous athletic gifts. That is why she is loved by us and hated by the WNBA. Sad, but true.

Time to defund the public funds for the olympics...

Racism alive and prospering in the wnba ,nobody accused these women of being smart ,but we should just let the lesbians and black women in the league dictates who should play ,they have been doing such a great job getting a fan base these past years ,

This is SAD! She doesn’t deserve this!😡

As a parent to one child (a girl) I've spent decades encouraging my daughter and yes she was in sports,man think about it few athletes make it to this level ,her parents must be saying that's my girl,thank you God for sending her to us.

She was snubbed. No doubt about it. Boycotting Olympics.

*Clark is 100x better than any guy or girl in the WNBA!!*

whoever don't love Kaitlin! you must be a hater! shes that good that she's got a whole league full of haters

Very American that is able to attend the USA’s Women’s basketball game should have signs and yell “where is Caitlyn Clark”. The world wants to see her because she is that good!

Its truly amazing how most of the public did not know who Angel Rees and the rest of these clowns were until now. You can thank Caitlin Clark for that. In a few weeks no one will remember your names, but Caitlin Clark will be in the sports history books for ever.

I won’t be watching USA team They lost big numbers over this decision

Trying to get her on the team will just cause more grief for her. I think a Summer rest will be a benefit for her.

I'm pretty positive there have been rookies from the WNBA who played on the US women's basketball team before so that argument she's not experienced enough is bullshit just like everything else the haters say about her.

If I were Kaitlyn Clark, I would not except being put on the team as an alternate… And even if she would get playtime with the way these players from the wnba are treating her, even if she got on the court, they would NEVER PASS HER THE BALL ANYWAY! you didn’t want me on the team to begin with, and now after pressure from about everybody who’s got a good brain cell , you cave and then say “ ok ,she can be on the team as an alternate “no, thank you! I will just stay home and watch the games on television and check on my bank account to make sure I still have all that money in there… You know the stuff you’re jealous about! That’s what I would tell them!!

This was totally a racist, privileged and corrupt decision by the Olympic committee. To say she did not have the experience is a cop out. She has maturity beyond her years and certainly has more common sense and maturity than most of the WNBA players combined. Who would you pick to be on your team, a seasoned well rounded team player or a bunch of children that whine about everything and are racist and insecure?

They just broke her dream. It was so sad that she even wrote it when she was young. Full Court Press its all there. She work hard to be where she is NOW. Broken Dreams. Its not about the fans or skin color or anything else its about this girl dreaming one day she will play in the WORLD STAGE.

Honestly, she’s probably better off. Imagine playing alongside all her haters. That would be a terrible trip.

After seeing the video of Brittney Griner, are they gonna let her represent the women's team? she only played one game this year and you have another player that hasn't played at all.

Now nobody's watching the USWBT at the Olympics. **Caitlin Clark is Box Office** and would have raised the tv viewership by 3-4 points, which is huge. WNBA is their own worst enemy.

How does Caitlin Clark gain the Olympic experience her detractors are grousing about -- without being selected by the requisite committee? The stupidity of leaving her off the team is mind boggling.

Y put her on the world stage being body checked like a hockey player, by her own teammates?

The only I watch WNBA is Ms. Clark's amazing skill. Without her there, I will not bother watching the Olympic team. The TV networks know how much of a draw Ms. Clark is.

GoTeamCaitlin 🏀

I wonder if they have always scheduled the Olympic training camp during the final four. It doesn't make sense to me if they pause the whole season for the Olympics, why wouldn't they wait for the rookies to finish their season to give them more of a chance to make the team. .

Breanna Stewart played in the Olympics, with no more experience than Clark! Clark brings revenue!!

Even if a spot opens up for her to be on the team, she should pass on it. We want the world to see her. She is the best person to show what America is all about. FT

she is handling this with class instead of griping and complaining... If she never plays on the Olympic team it will not diminish her in the slightest way because her endorsements and NBA career will speak for itself..

I didn’t think it was possible but the USA currently has the MOST celebrated, popular, and block buster Woman’s Basketball Superstar, Caitlin Clark, and the also the MOST hated USA Olympic Woman’s Basketball Team! All due to ignorance, selfishness, politics, and jealousy. Only in the USA! 🇺🇸

Team USA better stand for the National Anthem, someone will have to tell me if they don't because I will not watch the MENTAL HEALTH PLAYOFFS

WNBA wasn’t worth 2 sh-‘s and now it’s all we talk about. What changed?

Women's basketball now has a huge opportunity to market their league, increase revenue, and begin to earn their own living instead of being subsidized by the NBA and other interests. Instead of seizing the opportunity, women's basketball going to squander it through pettiness and bigotry. Caitlin Clark needs to keep playing her game, make her money, and get out early. Let the league go where it is going to go. As a Tennessean, I learned to respect the game when Pat Summitt was coaching the Lady Vols. Few have done as much for the game as she did. It is a shame that the game is being tarnished by the actions of the WNBA players and coaches, along with the USA Olympic selection committee.

I heard there was this really good new WNBA player that is getting a lot of attention. Too bad her peers don't see her as one of them. They seem to not want to build the WNBA fan base because of ?

The Olympic team includes notable names such as - lists names you never heard of except the one jailed in Russia.

The rookie has good stats, the rookie has transformed women's basketball, the rookie has filled every arena she's played, the rookie would have increased Olympic viewers, the rookie earns more in a single season that most WNBA Rosters, the rookie has class, and I hope this rookie goes to her private island on her private jet with her family and close friends, because everything else is just noise. She's just getting warmed up!

They need to fire the Olympic team committee. I didn’t even know the Olympics were happening until Clark didn’t make the team. Why would you leave Jordan off the dream team.

a appease Caitlin Clark to place her as alternate … note that some of those who are selected are not supposed to be there … now if these players who are not supposed to there? … have the decency to give in to Caitlin Clark? good for you …

It’s amazing the Committee put Griner on the team after being busted in RUSSIA . A Prisoner exchange to release Griner for a person known as Angel Of Death an arms dealer selling weapons to highest bidder u know Terrorist

Look who's making the decision! Pure Jealousy.

I think the women (loosely used term) of the WNBA should gain from this, NBC should Pay Caitlin 500K to call the games, and those old (41 year olds), can add another reason for their petty hate:)

Caitlin on it wouldve brought more fan base period as she is now. Watch the olympics and see what the fan base looks like every game. It wont be full. She has worldwide fanbase not just US and it wouldve shown up in the olympics as well. No other US WNBA player has that. This is the attention our team didnt want on one player and it wouldve been.

It seems a little unfair that Taurasi gets 6 opportunities to play in the Olympics while great players like Nneka and Arike get 0 chances.

When commentators talk about: experience or team chemistry, they mean Catlin Clark is not a club member. Once upon a time in America, a "club member" had an implicit meaning.

This is why the only sport in America I now watch is professional rodeo.

Not or ever watched WNBA .THE ONLY REASON I CARE NOW Catlin Clark😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤

It's ultimately a TV show and you don't cast Bob Smith when Brad Pitt is available.

come on, put her in starting, and I will be watching

She's not just a great basketball player, she's "Magic Clark". That's why she draws big audiences.

What a great attitude from Caitlyn. :)

Oh, look who didn’t snub her, Michael freaking Jordan. You’d think if she’s good enough for the greatest player of all time, you’d think she’d be good enough for the wnba. The wnba is the crab bucket of professional sports.

even if they called on her now I still will not watch the Olympic basketball.

It wasn't a snub...it was a decision made. CC is handling this better then most social media outlets

Will the games be played at 4:00 a.m. here? I think the Olympics are a afterthought for most Americans.

I'd rather she decline the offer.

Don’t let this list of Losers leak ! The women's basketball committee selects the roster. This includes South Carolina coach and former U.S. coach Dawn Staley, LSU assistant Seimone Augustus, Old Dominion coach Delisha Milton-Jones, Connecticut Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti and WNBA head of league operations Bethany Donaphin.Jun

remember what happened to the womens soccer team in the womens world cup? Americans were rooting against their team. I have a feeling this is going to happen with the WNBA. You have Griner in the roster? Wow! Caitlin is like the marketing God in the Machine. And they wont use that. Idiots. Sure they will win the gold. But then, it'll be like a tree falling in the forest.

Team racist USA

There are several players in the alternate pool. I doubt Taurasi will let her anyway because she would steal her thunder.

I have never watched a WNBA game or a Women's Olympic Basketball game before Caitlin Clark came along, so I guess another Olympic game without me doesn't matter.

NO CLARK NO WATCH

Chelsea Gray hasn’t been on the court the whole year, why is she getting a slot?

Not selecting Clark was a HUGE MISTAKE.

NBC should put CC on the broadcast team for the Olympics

The lack of experience argument is B. S. Remember when pro athletes weren’t allowed to compete, they were all college athletes.

You see racism divide things, why can't we see this as a nation 😢. It is so sad that we as people can't sit down at the table and talk about things without someone having to leave the table just because we have different opinions.

If Clark is able to hit a long range 3 pointer in the Olympics, the crowd is going to go nuts. There will be clips of it all Olympics long. And everyone will know who she is, and will also be intrigued about the other players. But WNBA cant see past the gold medal. The only point I could see is maybe the committee feels their jobs would be on the line if they don't win gold or even a medal. Maybe pressure is coming from elsewhere.

Bob Griner is on the team when he should still be in a Russian prison. I am surprised the sponsors that paid millions to advertise on the olympics haven’t pulled their ads.

women's basketball has lost 1 game since 92 in the Olympics. they will stomp regardless. they have room to bring someone who may or may not be good enough.

Disrespect what???? A normal drawing of 500 people? If and I mean if, I were to watch, it would be because of Clark.

Nobody will watch a single game of team USA now.

I would not accept as being an alternate! If they call her turn them down. They will not let her play, she will set on the bench. So tell them to GFY.

I watched and followed the women's NCAA March Madness for the first time in my 61 years because of her. She's a marketing bonanza but women's basketball doesn't know how to market their product. They apparently don't even know what their product is.

Caitlen "Howetzer" Clark 👏🌹

Claiming that viewership and merchandizing dollars have nothing to do with putting together the Olympic team is such a blatant lie. Just like anything else, money is a huge motivating factor. Snubbing CC is already having a backlash effect, and people will now continue to not give a shit about the women's Olympic basketball team. If anything, many people will root for them to lose. These women are so petty that they are willing to shoot their golden goose because she gets more attention than they do.

Clark should tell the wnba to cram it and work for nbc as an analyst during the olympics.💵

No Caitlin in Olympics? My friends and I 'were' going to watch her, but no longer.

The U.S. Olympic women's management are completely insane for leaving off the most dynamic player in WNBA history, and the highest 3-point shooter. Hopefully they realize this and put her on.

Several reporters have said that without Clark, there will be a lot more interest in a lot of other gold medals in other sports. Taurasi selfish and her stats this year prove she given that spot. She ran Skylar Diggins out of Phoenix and karms gave her a better team to play on. The Storm are 8-4 while Taurasi is wth a 6-6 team.

CC has a good attitude (unlike some other players in the WNBA). That's only a part of why so many people like her. Her positivity will catch up to her tenfold in the long run.