Caitlin Clark, the brightest young star in the WNBA, won't compete for Team USA at this summer's Olympic Games in Paris. The president of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee said the snub marked a 'missed opportunity' for women's basketball.
at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. The president of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee said the snub marked a “missed opportunity” for women’s basketball.
“I think it’s a missed opportunity because she’s clearly a generational talent at a time when the world was ready for it,” Casey Wasserman, president of the Los Angeles Games committee, told USA Today. “There have been incredible talents in the world, shame on all of us, the world wasn’t in a place to embrace that,
The No. 1 pick in this spring’s WNBA draft has brought record-breaking crowds and unprecedented attention to women’s basketball. Her Indiana Fever routinely sell out arenas at home and on the road, causing rival teams to move games to bigger stadiums to accommodate more fans.has had some bumps so far in her WNBA career. The NCAA’s all-time leading scorer still posts respectable scoring and assist numbers, but her efficiency has struggled.
“I understand both sides of the issue but purely as an opportunity to showcase a generational talent to the world, clearly,” Wasserman said. “I certainly hope [
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