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Originally Posted by Ocotillo
This is why I can't get into the WNBA because every social media post turns into a race war between Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark fans. And secondly, there are WNBA people that go out of their way to shit on Clark when she has elevated the sport, put more money in the pot and she is by all accounts someone you'd want your daughter to be.
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Agreed. But with a footnote that it's also invited a lot of vile shit on the other side too. Even if I don't like Reese or the WNBA gatekeeping, a lot of that trolling is way over the line. The issue is that: 1) the WNBA continues to turn a blind eye to the Clark hate. At some point they need to call out the mob against Clark too and stop making this one sided. 2) the whole league and media needs media training. And have to recognize the reality that social media is not real life and feeding trolls only worsens the issue; 3) they need to get the old guard of media gatekeepers in line. Put up or shut up. They are the last sport to deplatform those who rage bait on social issues for clicks. Their only relevance is to create outrage. They need to control the message, the same way every single league has done it to where controversy has mostly been minimalized of late