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Originally Posted by Gravedigger
It also underlines a problem in our culture of "What about me?" Caitlin has been elevated to a celebrity status, and already makes more money than most of the women who've been playing for years, off her first contract as a rookie. That's the crux of it all, is them wanting what Caitlin has, what they hoped and dreamed the WNBA would give them when they got there but hasn't materialized. But they also yearn for the attention side of it all, where's my reporters asking me questions about how great I am? The ego, the pride, the vanity, it's pretty rampant in the world nowadays where everyone wants the attention, and if someone else gets it people aren't happy for that person, they ask what about me? When parents and friends have been kissing your ass your whole life, and you were better than all the other athletes in your game/district/region/conference, nobody ever told you the truth that you likely won't be the best, or even top 100, when you're competing against the best.
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I honestly don’t think it’s as much about jealousy. The wnba for good reason has a chip on their shoulder and the media that covers it is so used to playing victim they don’t know how to enjoy success. Worse, the people covering the sport are your typical outrage mongers who try to jam social issues into the sport when they don’t need to.so they make these thinly veiled comments then get offended when they’ve provoked a reaction. And then they hide in their small self congratulatory bubbles where everyone can shout “yassss queen, slay!”. It’s the same shit as women’s soccer except that is more about entitlement versus playing victim. They have created this awful narrative that is the opposite of the inclusivity they want to shout about, because they do not want to include clark in. Some are saying it directly and in others you can just see it in the body language. And all of that is just weird.
I’m all for the growth of women’s sports but the old guard in soccer and basketball want to make the sport entirely about social issues, and I think we’re seeing that the general public is exhausted by it