Hey, @eugenerequiem5. Maybe you should ask your AI friends what the average Sky home attendance would be without the two Fever games that were moved to the United Center (19,496 on June 7 and 19,601 on July 27).
The Caitlin Clark effect says, “You’re welcome.”
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A tale of two Amazon Prime nationally televised games in Phoenix:
August 7th vs. Indiana Fever (without Caitlin Clark)
Attendance: 17,071
August 28 vs. Chicago Sky
Attendance: 10,445 (below the Mercury’s season average)
@EugeneREQUIEM5
🤣🤣🤣
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Going to bed knowing I have at least one Duke degree and you failed out of community college
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@priusrunaway You blocked me for having a degree from Duke? Really? I guess jealousy hits some people really hard.
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Recent video of the players currently on the @IndianaFever roster who are desperately hoping not to be traded:
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THIS JUST IN: @airswoopes22 is expected to elaborate soon on the reasons why no Fever players have requested trades, and why attracting free agents has not been a problem. Sources insist that Swoopes’s takes about the @IndianaFever’s locker room will be less delusional this time.
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Old #WNBA media: “We want to boost viewership for All-Star Weekend. Any ideas?”
All Fans: “How about an extra event, maybe a 3-point showdown between two of our stars and two NBA stars?”
@SubriaWhitaker : “ARE YOU NUTS?! We don’t want anyone to watch if there are MEN there!”
MrFish retweeted
The divisive extremism of the far right & far left, in one 48hr period:
Caitlin Clark wins Time’s “Athlete of the Year.” Accepting the award, Caitlin uttered two truths: 1)She said she’s earned everything she’s accomplished, and; 2)She acknowledged she’s had certain privileges because she’s white.
Both these statements are important, and both are true. The right can’t accept the 2nd statement as true, and the left can’t accept the 1st statement as true. How do we know this? Look at the immediate reaction from both the far right and the far left.
Immediately, many on the right (see Megyn Kelly) attack Caitlin for saying the words “white privilege.” Why this reaction? Because way too many on the right are afraid to deal with the real issues of race & racism that still exist in this country.
Immediately, many on the left (see WNBA team owner Sheila Johnson) attack the very concept of Caitlin even winning the award. They say she only won it BECAUSE she’s white. Not because she earned it. Why this reaction? Because way too many on the left still use race as their big crutch and refuse to acknowledge the real progress we’ve made on the issue of race in this country.
A pox on both their houses. Meanwhile, Caitlin Clark just keeps saying & doing all the right things and quickly becoming the best female hooper on the planet.
This. And all because either the player doesn’t look the way she’s supposed to look, or else they think some of the player’s fans are too obnoxious. Or, sadly, both.
Agreed. You expect the drama from random fans on X… but to see it from analysts and legends of the game is concerning.
This is literally everything that they wanted and begged for for decades… more viewers… higher salaries… shoe deals… private flights… better treatment overall… and yet some of them STILL can’t get out of their own way to support the player who’s driving those changes. 🤦♂️
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It’s a sign of the times when people misinterpret the loudest, most classless idiots commenting on the W as “most of them,” instead of understanding that it’s like 1% or less. (And everyone knows what is meant by “new fans.”)
I hope Diamond is ok. I really can't wait for this season to be over. Some of these new fans to the WNBA have been unbearable and the way most of them hate black women is disgusting. @WNBA you've haven't done anything to condemn this behavior AT ALL. And some ppl are saying that
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MrFish retweeted
$71.4 million: What Jayson Tatum will make in the last season of his deal.
$77.8 million: Payroll of the entire NBA, 1983-84 season.
MrFish retweeted
I’m not a Republican anymore bcuz I believe in democracy & the rule of law.
I’m not a Democrat bcuz I differ with Democrats on most policy.
But I’m voting for Biden & other Democrats bcuz preserving democracy & the rule of law is much more critical than differences in policy.
MrFish retweeted
Don’t ask introverts why they’re quiet. They find small talk uninspiring and prefer to speak only when they have something meaningful to say. They’d rather not talk just to fill the silence, and they wish everyone would do the same.
MrFish retweeted
Good morning,
When the nominee of one of our two major political parties is an ignorant, cruel, democracy-hating, authoritarian-loving, crime-embracing pathological liar who has zero respect for the Constitution and who believes he’s above the law, it really doesn’t matter that the nominee of the other political party is a little too old.
Grow up. Focus on what matters. Have a great Friday.
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I learned 5-6 yrs ago why the phrase “black lives matter” is so damn important. To say black lives matter is not to say other lives “don’t” matter. It is to say black lives matter TOO. It is to say black lives ALSO matter. This needs to be said bcuz too often it’s not acted upon.
I’m stunned by the amount of faculty turnover in the Upper School at @ssfs_springers in just the past few years. Not complaining—significant change was needed—but I hope the changes have brought a new and improved energy to that division.
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