Is Caitlin Clark popular because she's white?

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In reply to cevans_40 • 4:17p, 6/19/25
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Did Tiger Wood's perceived skin color have anything to do with his popularity?
His color, being the lone black golf superstar definitely helped. His story, of being raised to be a golfer helped, too.


There have been other black golfers. He's not Jackie Robinson here. Tiger became popular because of his incredible talent. Being half black is just a footnote on the story, not a part of the main plot.

It's like saying Sandy Koufax benefitted from being Jewish instead of recognizing he was one of the greatest pitchers of his generation who just happened to be Jewish.

To equate these two is laughable. Tigers popularity is 90% due to his skin color.
No, not 90%. Race certainly played a factor, but it was maybe 20%. As El Gallo Blanco said, it was his age and playing style. He turned from amateur to pro and just immediately dominated.
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4:21p, 6/19/25
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To equate these two is laughable. Tigers popularity is 90% due to his skin color.
What a dumb take people like Woods because he is a once in a lifetime player, if he was some joe schmo on the tour no one would give a ***** Plenty of dark skin players came before Woods that no one cared about Vijay Singh for example.
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In reply to cevans_40 • 4:27p, 6/19/25
cevans_40 said:

To equate these two is laughable. Tigers popularity is 90% due to his skin color.
No way this is a real post.
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In reply to El Gallo Blanco • 10:27a, 6/20/25
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El Gallo Blanco said:
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Clay is such a troll. I like him ok, and his opinions are usually on target.
that said...
I hope Angel accepts the offer and dogs his a**
(Not a big Angel fan)
No way she could beat him if he even played a year or two of basketball in HS. I don't think people realize how awful even the best female basketball players are.

The best ball handling women to ever exist would get dominated by average Joe's at the rec center.


Some of the A&M's women's team lived at sterling when we lived there. They routinely boatraced the other tenants on the court there.
Most of the dudes at the Rec Center were preatty solid back in the early 2000's, and had clearly played HS basketball. I didn't mean to imply any random collection of males could beat the best women.

Don't Women's college team usually have a team of guys who played in high school to scrimmage against regularly?
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In reply to torrid • 10:44a, 6/20/25
torrid said:
cevans_40 said:
Kvetch said:
BigRobSA said:
Aggie Dad 26 said:
Did Tiger Wood's perceived skin color have anything to do with his popularity?
His color, being the lone black golf superstar definitely helped. His story, of being raised to be a golfer helped, too.


There have been other black golfers. He's not Jackie Robinson here. Tiger became popular because of his incredible talent. Being half black is just a footnote on the story, not a part of the main plot.

It's like saying Sandy Koufax benefitted from being Jewish instead of recognizing he was one of the greatest pitchers of his generation who just happened to be Jewish.

To equate these two is laughable. Tigers popularity is 90% due to his skin color.
No, not 90%. Race certainly played a factor, but it was maybe 20%. As El Gallo Blanco said, it was his age and playing style. He turned from amateur to pro and just immediately dominated.
Who knows, maybe he would have even been slightly MORE popular if he was a good looking young white dude who just came in and starting waxing everyone's ass?
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In reply to El Gallo Blanco • 10:58a, 6/20/25
El Gallo Blanco said:
torrid said:
cevans_40 said:
Kvetch said:
BigRobSA said:
Aggie Dad 26 said:
Did Tiger Wood's perceived skin color have anything to do with his popularity?
His color, being the lone black golf superstar definitely helped. His story, of being raised to be a golfer helped, too.


There have been other black golfers. He's not Jackie Robinson here. Tiger became popular because of his incredible talent. Being half black is just a footnote on the story, not a part of the main plot.

It's like saying Sandy Koufax benefitted from being Jewish instead of recognizing he was one of the greatest pitchers of his generation who just happened to be Jewish.

To equate these two is laughable. Tigers popularity is 90% due to his skin color.
No, not 90%. Race certainly played a factor, but it was maybe 20%. As El Gallo Blanco said, it was his age and playing style. He turned from amateur to pro and just immediately dominated.
Who knows, maybe he would have even been slightly MORE popular if he was a good looking young white dude who just came in and starting waxing everyone's ass?


Gaaaaaayyyyyy!
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1:11p, 6/21/25

Catalin stalker UNO reverses judge; forces her to tell him to stop talking.
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3:18a, 6/22/25
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https://www.espn.com/wnba/scoreboard/_/date/20250622

So the Fever game is the only one on regular TV. Two others you have to watch on your computer or cell phone? It's obvious how much interest CC brings to the league. And several disgruntled players on other team
Want to beat her to a pulp? That's like cutting your nose off to spite your face.
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4:21a, 6/22/25
Caitlin Clark is a great player but Sophie is real top shelf talent

It’s never too late
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8:01a, 6/22/25
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Is Caitlin Clark popular because she's white?

ABSOLUTELY! She's engaged the white fan base with lots of moms and daughters attending the games.

But the real question is whether Caitlin Clark is hated by the black players in the league because she's white?

ABSOLUTELY! She's been taking a beating for a year and a half now. The complacent media would being beside themselves if the script was flipped. It's a bad look for the league.


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In reply to Teslag • 8:20a, 6/22/25
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Around the BLM fiasco, somewhere back then, woke became "Woke," black became "Black" and white stayed white. Nothing changed there.
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3:08p, 6/22/25
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I never even watched part of any woman's basketball game until the Ags won the Natty. After that I only watched Caitlin's games in college and the WNBA. Really only to watch her play. I can't name 5 WNBA teams or 5 players. I don't really care to.

My high school JV team would beat the best team in the WNBA. 5 out of 11 players could dunk. 3 point guards also ran track. 3 were 6'5.

Woman's basketball is nothing like men's basketball. One is played below the rim and one above the rim.

Hell yeah the a black Women hate her. This is how women react to a threat. Larry, Dirk and Luca got a little bear up their rookie years but after that, only respect. The Black Women in the WNBA will hate CC forever. An interesting vibe.

Now she has an enforcer. Bet they get another.
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In reply to Zapata23 • 3:57p, 6/22/25
Dirty_Mike&the_boys said:
Caitlin Clark is a great player but Sophie is real top shelf talent



I call dibs on having her body guarding mine.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
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In reply to No Spin Ag • 4:04p, 6/22/25
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Dirty_Mike&the_boys said:
Caitlin Clark is a great player but Sophie is real top shelf talent



I call dibs on having her body guarding mine.


Oh yeah


It’s never too late
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4:23p, 6/22/25
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I'm actually interested in the WNBA now. I like to watch hot chicks fight for some reason. The WNBA has a new fan!
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4:31p, 6/22/25
It’s never too late
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4:49p, 6/22/25
It’s never too late
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4:51p, 6/22/25
This is pretty funny

Tres Leches = three white girls

It’s never too late
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6:02p, 6/22/25
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Wow. Thems are some legs on that woman!
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In reply to monarch • 6:37p, 6/22/25
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Wow. Thems are some legs on that woman!


Her instagram is worth a follow

https://www.instagram.com/sophie_cham
It’s never too late
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6:48p, 6/22/25
The level of ****** you need to be to claim Tiger is popular bc he is black is extreme. Tiger is the best golfer to ever play and his peak was so far above anyone else that he has no comparison. Not even MJ
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Caitlin Clark is popular because she is good. She is next-level to all the other players in the WNBA. That's where the jealousy and hatred stem from.
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In reply to Zapata23 • 7:11p, 6/22/25
Dirty_Mike&the_boys said:
This is pretty funny

Tres Leches = three white girls

That is awesome.
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In reply to Zapata23 • 7:28p, 6/22/25
Dirty_Mike&the_boys said:
monarch said:
Wow. Thems are some legs on that woman!


Her instagram is worth following

https://www.instagram.com/sophie_cham?igsh=MTNieW1yOWRudjltdg==


Welcome to the party, pal.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
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In reply to Zapata23 • 9:12p, 6/22/25
Dirty_Mike&the_boys said:
monarch said:
Wow. Thems are some legs on that woman!


Her instagram is worth following

https://www.instagram.com/sophie_cham?igsh=MTNieW1yOWRudjltdg==

I don't instagram, but that link tries to direct me to MFBarnes IG page.
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In reply to Artimus Gordon • 11:37a, 6/23/25
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https://www.espn.com/wnba/scoreboard/_/date/20250622

So the Fever game is the only one on regular TV. Two others you have to watch on your computer or cell phone? It's obvious how much interest CC brings to the league. And several disgruntled players on other team
Want to beat her to a pulp? That's like cutting your nose off to spite your face.
Yes.


But have you SEEN some of her haters' faces?
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9:11p, 6/24/25
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They are playing the Storm right now on the NBA channel. Yes, there's nothing else on.
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Since she came back from injury, she's been on a terrible dry spell from 3, and yesterday's game was one of, if not her worst game since she went pro. Right now she's giving the haters all the fuel they can handle, but the team still won despite her turnovers and misses. Any honest hoops fan knows she'll turn it around and get hot again.
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6:26a, 6/25/25
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Jason Whitlock speculates that there is a rift in the team between the coach and players who "play for the other team" and those who don't. He recently discussed how the Celtics built a team around Bill Russell that looked more like Bill and later built a team around Bird that looked more like Bird so each superstar would feel more comfortable. He believes Clark would thrive if she had a male coach and teammates more like her. Interesting theory.
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3:02p, 6/30/25

Who trolling who with these red-laces?
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11:05p, 6/30/25
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ridiculous

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In reply to TyHolden • 11:23p, 6/30/25
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ridiculous



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Not hate...more like jealously. Most players in the WNBA, and probably 75-80% of the players in the NBA, don't play team basketball. They play one on one basketball. That is the problem. Frankly, who cares about either league.
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In reply to NavasotaAg • 11:30p, 6/30/25
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Since she came back from injury, she's been on a terrible dry spell from 3, and yesterday's game was one of, if not her worst game since she went pro. Right now she's giving the haters all the fuel they can handle, but the team still won despite her turnovers and misses. Any honest hoops fan knows she'll turn it around and get hot again.


I don't think the female body can handle hitting the floor as much as she does. She's going to start breaking down.
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In reply to monarch • 11:34p, 6/30/25
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monarch said:
Not hate...more like jealously. Most players in the WNBA, and probably 75-80% of the players in the NBA, don't play team basketball. They play one on one basketball. That is the problem. Frankly, who cares about either league.
only a handful can play basketball…I could find 5 guys over the age of 35 at the Y that could smoke most wnba teams
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