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  1. 23 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    From cnn:

    Caitlin Clark just did something no athlete has done since Michael Jordan
     

    And it turns out that what she did was sign a deal with an apparel maker for a signature line, similar to Jordan with Nike.  She signed with Wilson, for who knows what amount.   Does this not seem like overhype?

    It’s a mystery why they have no fans and females choose to watch Real Housewives over women’s sports. Gotta tear her down from her high horse. 

     

    “Your ass is as flat as your titties bitch!” - Bill Burr. 
     

     

  2. 5 minutes ago, Foosters said:

    I'm guessing if some guy came out of college holding the below records, we probably wouldn't say shit like "i just don't understand where the hype comes from!"

     

    Achieved most 30-point games by any man or woman in Division I in the past 25 seasons

    Became Big Ten's all-time leader in assists

    Broke Big Ten all-time scoring record

    Became Division I women's career scoring leader

    Became all-time leader in points among major women's college basketball players

    Set Big Ten career record for 3-pointers

    Set NCAA single-season record for 3-pointers

    Became all-time NCAA Division I men's and women's scoring leader

    Achieved most three-pointers in a single season by any male or female Division I player

    Became the first Division I women's player to score at least 1,000 points in two different seasons

    Achieved most points in single season in Division I women's history

    Passed Temeka Johnson for the most career assists in NCAA tournament history

    Passed Diana Taurasi for the most career 3-pt FG in NCAA tournament history

    Became first player in NCAA tournament history with 3 career 40-point games

    Passed Taylor Robertson for most career 3-pt FG in Division I history

    Won Naismith Player of the Year for the second year in a row

    Won AP Player of the Year for the second year in a row

    Won United States Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Year for the second year in a row

    Passed Chamique Holdsclaw for the most career NCAA tournament points

    Won second consecutive Wooden Award

    Won third Nancy Lieberman Award

    Tied Elena Delle Donne as the fastest Division I women's player to reach 2,000 career points

    Became first Division I player to record at least 900 points and 300 assists in a single season

    Broke single-game scoring record for NCAA women's tournament semifinals

    Became first player in NCAA tournament history with consecutive 40-point games

    Achieved Big Ten single-season scoring record

    Made most 3-pointers by a men's or women's player in NCAA title game history

    Broke men's and women's scoring records for single NCAA tournament

    Achieved most assists by single women's player in NCAA tournament history

    Set Big Ten single-season records in points, assists, 3-pointers and free throws

     

    Exactly. If she doesn’t qualify for the current hype, no one does. Maybe the angst is for another reason?

  3. 1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    The entire sports media complex in this state basically figured she'd take the WNBA by storm.  I understand that's not a media circle you'd pay any attention to, but these people definitely understand sports but had become so infatuated with CC that they just can't bring any modicum of objectivity or reality to the discussion around her game.

    4 games in playing on the worst team and still flirting with a Triple Double   
     

    She’s been fine 

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  4. 2 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    It was all the circus 3s she hit in college.  Topped with crazy passes.  She's not any better or more dominant than the players you named, but she was constantly making these highlight reel plays on a nightly basis.

    Combine that with how 1 and dones and the transfer portal destroyed star power in the men's game, and you had this whole rise of increased popularity in women's basketball because these players would face off against each other over multiple seasons, and the whole thing just kinda went wild.

    100%. Reminds me of the Zion/Duke treatment and level of stardom. 

  5. 2 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

    Yeah, I get all that. But how does Title IX prevent private funds from flowing to athletes per market value, even if it creates inequities in total compensation?

    jurassic park life finds a way GIF
     

    https://msmagazine.com/2023/12/13/female-athletes-sue-university-oregon-sex-discrimination/#:~:text=Building on a recent groundbreaking,for more than 50 years.
     

    Spoiler

    On Dec. 1, 32 current and former female student athletes at the University of Oregon filed a Title IX class-action lawsuit, alleging sex discrimination in athletic participation opportunities, financial aid, benefits and publicity, including support for opportunities to receive payments for use of their names, images and likenesses, known as NILs

    Building on a recent groundbreaking federal court decision, the student athletes are suing for monetary damages connected to these discriminatory practices. The lawsuit is the first ever to seek damages connected to NIL discrimination against women.

    “Title IX has been the law for more than 50 years. Oregon needs to comply with it, now,” said Arthur Bryant of the law firm Bailey & Glasser, which represents the plaintiffs. “The history of Title IX has shown: If women want equality, they need to fight for it. So that’s what the women at Oregon are doing.”

     

    The complaint alleges that the school treats its male student-athletes “shockingly better” than its female student-athletes. For example, the 85 football players enjoy “palatial locker rooms, their own theatre with seats upholstered in Ferrari leather, nearly-unlimited publicity … and myriad other forms of support that one can hardly imagine,” according to the complaint. Meanwhile, University of Oregon does not provide the women’s varsity beach volleyball team with any practice or competitive facilities, forcing female athletes to practice and compete at a public park that lacks stands for spectators, has bathrooms with no doors on the stalls, and is frequently littered with feces and drug paraphernalia.

    “Male athletes are treated incredibly better in almost every respect,” said lead plaintiff Ashley Schroeder, captain of the women’s varsity beach volleyball team. “This week, we could not practice because, sadly and disturbingly, someone died near the public courts we have to use in Amazon Park. We cannot use the restrooms there because they’re not safe and, sometimes, people are in the stalls using drugs. But the men’s teams have full scholarships, multi-million-dollar budgets, and professional-level, state-of-the-art facilities. I love the University of Oregon, but this hurtful, outrageous sex discrimination has to stop.”

    The Oregon athletic department offers 20 varsity sports and generated more than $153.5 million in annual revenue in fiscal year 2022, yet they provided no athletic scholarship funding to the varsity women’s beach volleyball team, according to an extensive report in The Oregonian. No other public university among Power Five conferences—the five most prominent and highest-earning athletic conferences in college football—has a varsity team with no athletic scholarships.

    “We love this school, but, in addition to treating its women athletes unfairly, it is also depriving us and other women of equal opportunities to participate,” said plaintiff Elise Haverland, captain of the women’s club rowing team, which does not have varsity status or scholarships. “Oregon’s own numbers show it needs to add at least 94 varsity women athletes to reach proportionality. That includes a women’s rowing team and more.” 

    According to the university’s Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act figures, women are over 55 percent of the undergraduate student body and 49 percent of the student-athletes, but Oregon spends only 25 percent of its athletics dollars and 15 percent of its recruiting dollars on them. To make up for the unequal athletic aid it offered its female student-athletes from 2017-18 through 2021-22—the past five years for which data is publicly available—Oregon would have to pay more than $4.5 million in damages to its female athletes, the suit states.

     

    The complaint alleges inequalities in gear and equipment. Oregon’s football players receive new gear four to six times each season, including six unique football helmets for their 12 regular-season games, six jerseys, six pairs of pants, multiple pairs of cleats and socks, four pairs of sweatsuits, pads and arm sleeves, according to the suit. The football equipment room includes an “athlete fitting room” where each player has a personal appointment during the preseason to be measured and sized for shoes, pants, jerseys, pads and all other equipment. 

    Meanwhile, the Oregon women’s beach volleyball team is provided all their athletic gear once at the beginning of the school year and does not receive new or additional gear throughout the season, the suit claims. The gear given at the beginning of the year is often used and does not fit because Oregon makes no effort to ensure that the gear is obtained in the players’ sizes, the suit claims.

    Athletes experience differences in hotel accommodations as well. According to the complaint, the women’s beach volleyball team does not have the option to stay in hotel rooms before home games as does the football team, and even for many of their away tournaments, female athletes have been hosted by players’ families, often sleeping in cramped and shared quarters or on air mattresses. If the beach volleyball team members are fortunate enough to receive hotel rooms, they are often required to sleep up to four a room, including with student team managers, and the hotels are low quality or in unsafe areas, state the plaintiffs.

    The complaint also alleges that football team members are given so much publicity and university-driven NIL support that three of the team’s players are listed among On3’s NIL 100 list. Conversely, the complaint notes that no Oregon female athlete is listed. 

    “Oregon’s female student-athletes are given so much less publicity and NIL support that no female student-athlete receives anywhere near the amounts mentioned on that list,” states the complaint.

    Due to the damages claims and the inclusion of NIL income inequalities, the case could have significant implications for the finances of college athletics and the future of Title IX.

    “We are proud to represent these courageous women who have decided to stand up and fight for the equality Title IX requires and against the sex discrimination that Title IX prohibits,” said co-counsel Lori Bullock. “These young women did not go to school imagining they would sue their university, but they are committed to fighting for what is right.”

    The complaint alleges that the school treats its male student-athletes “shockingly better” than its female student-athletes. For example, the 85 football players enjoy “palatial locker rooms, their own theatre with seats upholstered in Ferrari leather, nearly-unlimited publicity … and myriad other forms of support that one can hardly imagine,” according to the complaint. Meanwhile, University of Oregon does not provide the women’s varsity beach volleyball team with any practice or competitive facilities, forcing femaleathletes to practice andcompete at a public park that lacks stands for spectators, has bathrooms with no doors on the stalls, and is frequently littered with feces and drug paraphernalia.”

     

    “The complaint also alleges that football team members are given so much publicity and university-driven NIL support that three of the team’s players are listed among On3’s NIL 100 list. Conversely, the complaint notes that no Oregon female athlete is listed. 

    “Oregon’s female student-athletes are given so much less publicity and NIL support that no female student-athlete receives anywhere near the amounts mentioned on that list,” states the complaint.”

  6. Settlement just kicks the can down the road. Go to trial and lose, pay immediate damages. Let schools who shouldn't be in the big money athletic game file for bankruptcy and shutter their athletic programs.  They can go back to teaching students and club sports for 90% of universities .  
     

    Paying the settlement now will just lead them back to court from any of the following: smaller conferences, non revenue sports and title 9. 
     

    Rip the bandage off and start from scratch. 

  7. 1 hour ago, immamac said:

    There’s an absolute level of truth in what she says. I stated the same thing in this very thread. 

    That doesn’t mean she is a moron and isn’t gonna ride the gravy train whether it was her or not that got the train going. The fact is if the wnba numbers this year pop they are all going to make more in endorsements. 

    All time scoring leader and looks like Pistol Pete/S Curry playing out there.  Always the most talented player on the floor and makes all of her teammates better. 
     

    Your point has merit but she is a poor example. 

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