These interviewers clearly don’t watch the league with messing up Angel’s name and not letting Cathy finish her sentences. Also, Cathy dropped the ball with the charter roll out. Some teams still have to bus and take commercial while others like Indiana already had their charter yesterday. That’s a competitive advantage. One that she didn’t like other teams doing a few years ago and had fined NY for chartering their women before everyone else. The owners didn’t even know this week that she was approving charter flights. They found out thru media. The transparency with team leadership and the WNBPA is awful.
How did he mess up Angel Reese's name?? Besides Caitlyn Clark, Angel is the second most popular player right now. Numbers don't lie. If the WNBA hopes to succeed they better start promoting players like Angel Reese as well. Because just like Bird vs Magic. Caitlin needs a player to go against her or it won't work. Rivalries are a good thing in sports.
Spoken like a true CEO. She has vision but also grounded in reality. Unlike her predecessors, she knows that WNBA is a business first. She was very quick to latch on selling Indiana Fever on nationally televised to latch on CC effect. Her only problem now is creating that rivalry without all the gaslighting from old guard players like Grimes, Taurasi, and Breanna Stewart. It would be awesome if they can get a Fever vs Aces rivalry in the playoffs, with Liberty as the third wheel. Creating the Ionescu vs Clark match up would also be great as they are good friends. Just keep Stewart out of the picture. Maybe a Kelsey vs Vandersloot match up would be nice as well.
The fact that this is on CNBC who talk business all day the question about salary seemed very ill informed by the interviewer. Bad interview, no research, no preparation.
The immediate problem the WNBA has is that their regular season is starting in the middle of the NBA playoffs. The NBA playoffs go thru June. The American sports fan will 100% not turn over to the WNBA regular season once the NBA post-season is over. Why is that? America doesn’t even watch regular season NBA! America surely will not watch regular season WNBA! WNBA is at an interesting inflection point. Unfortunately, the WNBA will not inflect upwards. The WNBA playoffs start when the NFL regular season starts. Ouch! Even WITH Caitlin Clark, the WNBA had scheduled themselves into irrelevancy.
Wrong. Angel raising her hand saved the WNBA, before that moment, no one gave a hoot about women's basketball. Viewership and attendance immediately exploded and folks have been tuning in ever since.
@@coachfezz1137 The numbers don't lie. Caitlin has been playing her entire college career, the numbers exploded AFTER she lost the championship. Why? Angel Reese.
Delusional…. The WNBA HAS LOST ALMOST $$$HALF A BILLION SINCE INCEPTION…. The WNBA problem is simple…. Players actually believe they are as good as NBA players…. WNBA players try to play like NBA players. Players even try to talk and dress like the men - as is evident in this broadcast. Coaches try to coach the teams as if they are NBA teams. The women need to change the game and make it more exciting…. They already use a smaller ball and have a shorter three point link…. WNBA LOSE $10 million each year for a 6 month season…. Average crowd 7,000 and declining….. Adapt/modify and change or cease to be relevant!
These interviewers clearly don’t watch the league with messing up Angel’s name and not letting Cathy finish her sentences. Also, Cathy dropped the ball with the charter roll out. Some teams still have to bus and take commercial while others like Indiana already had their charter yesterday. That’s a competitive advantage. One that she didn’t like other teams doing a few years ago and had fined NY for chartering their women before everyone else. The owners didn’t even know this week that she was approving charter flights. They found out thru media. The transparency with team leadership and the WNBPA is awful.
This is the caitlin clark show
The guy is interviewing and basically saying I don’t give a damn. What a clown!
He know Angel Reese a star 🌟
Not really
Who let that guy ask questions?Gabby Reese????
Lol jab at angel
He tried.
And she came up first. So not an afyer thought!!!
These interviews are the wnba of interviewers.
I’m glad that Cathay Engelbert got hipped with the new era and everything is about to grow for the better of the WNBA
Before she even plays a game Caitlin Clark is the one that is underpaid.. and demands a salary increase based upon ticket sales and demand alone!
Gabby Reese.... Really.... He definitely been hearing the name Reese though.... He almost got it.
Agree, delusional IF the WNBA culture does not CHANGE with this new rookie 2024 class to the new WBB.
Don’t screw up the opportunity!
How did he mess up Angel Reese's name?? Besides Caitlyn Clark, Angel is the second most popular player right now. Numbers don't lie. If the WNBA hopes to succeed they better start promoting players like Angel Reese as well. Because just like Bird vs Magic. Caitlin needs a player to go against her or it won't work. Rivalries are a good thing in sports.
SEND SIDES PACKING - ASAP. THANKS from ALL of the NEW WBB fans of the world.
Spoken like a true CEO. She has vision but also grounded in reality. Unlike her predecessors, she knows that WNBA is a business first. She was very quick to latch on selling Indiana Fever on nationally televised to latch on CC effect.
Her only problem now is creating that rivalry without all the gaslighting from old guard players like Grimes, Taurasi, and Breanna Stewart. It would be awesome if they can get a Fever vs Aces rivalry in the playoffs, with Liberty as the third wheel.
Creating the Ionescu vs Clark match up would also be great as they are good friends. Just keep Stewart out of the picture. Maybe a Kelsey vs Vandersloot match up would be nice as well.
No one knows who Jamal Murray is
Raise the ticket prices so the women can get more money
The fact that this is on CNBC who talk business all day the question about salary seemed very ill informed by the interviewer. Bad interview, no research, no preparation.
Salaries?👏👏👏👏👍
New Orleans should get wnba new Orleans angels.😇
He does not know the star's names
No shame in that
Bias officials has ruined the NBA.
Bro said NBA stars LeBron James and JAMAL MURRAY?!?!?
The immediate problem the WNBA has is that their regular season is starting in the middle of the NBA playoffs. The NBA playoffs go thru June.
The American sports fan will 100% not turn over to the WNBA regular season once the NBA post-season is over. Why is that?
America doesn’t even watch regular season NBA! America surely will not watch regular season WNBA!
WNBA is at an interesting inflection point. Unfortunately, the WNBA will not inflect upwards. The WNBA playoffs start when the NFL regular season starts. Ouch! Even WITH Caitlin Clark, the WNBA had scheduled themselves into irrelevancy.
Gabby Reese is a volleyball player. This old dude has no knowledge of the WNBA and it shows. What a blunder.
Caitlin Clark, only one I know and like..
Caitlin clark single handedly saved the wnba, CC is the greatest female basketball player in the world
Wrong. Angel raising her hand saved the WNBA, before that moment, no one gave a hoot about women's basketball. Viewership and attendance immediately exploded and folks have been tuning in ever since.
@@EverFox-cw2ho ha nah no way
@@coachfezz1137
The numbers don't lie. Caitlin has been playing her entire college career, the numbers exploded AFTER she lost the championship. Why? Angel Reese.
Only reason Reese is in the league is because they wanna try and recreate magic bird. With Clark
The only reason Clark is popular is because Angel waved her hand and took the win. America didn't care about women's basketball before that.
@@EverFox-cw2ho nice try race baiter
They all already get paid too much. Popularity is not growing. Fund yourselves. Delusional.
Who cares? The WNBA does not make a profit. I give it a season or two at most before it goes back to being irrelevant.
Delusional…. The WNBA HAS LOST ALMOST $$$HALF A BILLION SINCE INCEPTION…. The WNBA problem is simple…. Players actually believe they are as good as NBA players…. WNBA players try to play like NBA players. Players even try to talk and dress like the men - as is evident in this broadcast. Coaches try to coach the teams as if they are NBA teams. The women need to change the game and make it more exciting…. They already use a smaller ball and have a shorter three point link…. WNBA LOSE $10 million each year for a 6 month season…. Average crowd 7,000 and declining….. Adapt/modify and change or cease to be relevant!
You do realize the NBA was in this same position at one time, and it took some special players to turn it around.