It isn't Team USA's responsibility to 'grow the game' or generate TV ratings.
One of the dumbest questions I’ve ever asked came after the U.S. women’s basketball team obliterated France to win a gold medal at the 2012 London. The recipient was Sue Bird, who had just walked off the court after this juggernaut of a team celebrated a 41st consecutive Olympic win. The victory was decisive but the buzz was lacking, and that led to a tired storyline.Bird, to her credit, didn’t punch me in the throat.
“It just takes a second out of my day to make someone else’s day,” she said then. “That’s how I was raised. Also, I was that young girl. I remember going to games just like this. I remember wanting a high five and wanting an autograph and wanting to catch a T-shirt. That really does make your whole year or week and it really just takes a second out of your day. Also like you said, those are moments they’re going to remember for a really long time.
Again: If you’re angry that Clark didn’t make it on merits, yell it out to the masses. The fact that so many people are engaged in this discussion is healthy for women’s hoops, and many of them might want to google the name Arike Ogunbowale. She’s second in the WNBA with 26.6 ppg and didn’t make the U.S. Olympic team, either.
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