Caitlin Clark has elevated women's college basketball to unprecedented heights. The WNBA has the same impact on Clark at the next level.
Via Chloe Peterson Indianapolis Star, 36 in 40 games It will be played by the Indiana Fever, the first overall pick in the WNBA draft, and is scheduled to be televised or streamed nationally.
Eight games will be on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. Other games will be carried by Prime Video, CBS Sports Network, NBA TV and ION.
Surprisingly, only eight games are set for ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. Clark is a proven draw. Why not put as many games as possible on platforms that the most people can access?
The WNBA needs to rethink its plans, obviously. It should get more games on more popular networks.
This is how sports leagues grow. They show stars. The WNBA is about to have a supernova. It would be foolish not to get more of his games on one of the league's biggest broadcast partners.
That's what the NFL does. Every sports league does this.
Clark fans won't have to wait long to see him again. The Fever begin their 2024 regular season on May 15 in Connecticut. The game will be televised by ESPN2 at 7:30pm ET.
He was able to put up NFL-style numbers for the final games of his college career. It will be very interesting to see if she can build a similar audience in the next phase.
