Clark scored just nine points in Indiana’s 36-point loss to the New York Liberty.
There is no doubt that the talk of the WNBA has been Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark and how she is performing to start the season. However, it has been a less than ideal beginning for the first-year player as it prompted sports analyst Colin Cowherd to give his criticism on the league for the rough scheduling of Indiana’s games.
The Fever have started 0-2 to start the season where in each contest, they have lost by 21 and 36 respectively, including Thursday night’s defeat to the New York Liberty where the Iowa women’s basketball product only scored nine points. Cowherd would advocate that because Clark has driven in immense interest and revenue for the league already, they should have started her and Indiana’s schedule easier.
“They have never had a player either good enough or interesting enough to drive marketing revenue and TV ratings, so that the entire league can fly private. They fly commercial like the rest of us,” Cowherd said. “That doesn’t mean there haven’t been good players, very good players, but Caitlin Clark, who’s never played until a week ago in a WNBA game is the first player that appears they’re banking on her and I say banking literally. They’re literally going out of private flight for two years. The money they’re going to spend on that’s more than the WNBA payroll, so they finally have this moment. Don’t put Caitlyn Clark up in the first four games against New York twice and Connecticut twice. The best defensive teams.”
"Get Messi paid. Get Beckham to LA. Get Caitlin Clark an easy schedule."
— @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/Yl8Em5hDGY
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) May 17, 2024
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