It seems that the WNBA is finally hitting its stride after Caitlin Clark's rookie debut this year with the Indiana Fever. It's been reported that attendance is 105% higher when she's playing, and viewership spiked 200% since her debut. Is she the sole cause, or are their other factors in the WNBA's growing popularity?
@tammy296
Yes, One player can make all the difference as far as boosting the popularity of a sport to the mainstream in this case. Caitlin Clark has not only boosted the ratings for the WNBA not only helped get a ton of eyeballs across the world to just watch women's basketball at the highest level and people have had a chance to see a lot of other great players as well because of the fact that they were just tuning in to see. You know, Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever and now people are following this league intensely wagering on this league.
People are seeing how talented a lot of these other players are. Players are now getting exposure who never got exposure before as you see what is it ...a new television contract has been issued, chartered flights the sky's the limit for the league now...
I could go on and on and on. But yeah, it's very similar to when David Stern took over the MBA and decided to market players instead of the teams and it worked brilliantly. NBA became a multi-billion dollar league so kind of a similar strategy is happening now. People love or hate Angel Reese people love or hate, Caitlin Clark... Gabby Williams is now with the Seattle Storm. It's going to take them sometime to get the cohesiveness down but watch out for Seattle Chennedy Carter. It's just so many great players and the league's only going to get better.
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