Caitlin Clark is a “unicorn” says former Miami Marlins president David Samson, and the WNBA has “tried to show she is not that.”
Samson offered his take in an episode of his podcast “Nothing Personal with David Samson” recently.
Pushing a quick one out here and I’m back off the grid. David Samson talks about Caitlin’s financial impact on the league but also why they so desperately need to find the next Caitlin Clark.
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In a clip shared on X, Samson notes the recent preseason game between the Indiana Fever and the Brazilian National Team pulled in “1.3 million people [who] watched it on ESPN.”
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“1.3 million people — put that in perspective … No NBA pre-season game has had that audience in the last seven years. Only two pre-season games in the NBA have had that audience in the last 15 years. More people watch this pre-season game than Game 1 of last year’s WNBA finals. No MLB Spring training game has ever come close,” he continued.
“The most is when 912,000 people watched the Yankees’ vs. Phillies, and that was 20 years ago. 1.3 million people watched Caitlin…
