It is ABOUT TIME the WNBA is doing chartered flights

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[@ArgentiumTea]

No one hate successful women more than other women.

[@makenzienohr4105]

This is a myth. No one hates successful women more than poor men

[@formulacoolade]

@@makenzienohr4105 talking to my girlfriend who has women as co workers and a boss, this is not true lmao. Women tear each other down like its highschool no matter how old they are.

[@makenzienohr4105]

@@formulacoolade I’m not saying women never tear each other down, I’m just saying the #1 hater of successful women is poor men who no one wants - other women are 2nd place. Talking specifically about successful women here

[@dreamshakejake3736]

⁠​⁠@@makenzienohr4105 100% women tear each other down more than guys tear women down. Psychologically, you’re built to attack people you hate with subterfuge, reputation destruction, personal attacks etc. I see all that crap coming from women, directed at other women the most. But as a rule, most people do despise those who are more successful than themselves. Regardless of gender.

[@javianjohnson8746]

@@makenzienohr4105 Lol you're acting like women enjoy seeing other women more successful, prettier, opportunistic than themselves. Focusing on Caitlin alone, have you SEEN what players like Diana Taurasi and Swoops have said about her? Nothing else other than jealousy were the motive behind their comments

[@w_out7631]

Caitlyn already impacting the game for the better!!!

[@LordNewbie2]

50milions on flights = still no profit😂😂

[@Defender78]

Is it 25 million or 50 million I've heard two numbers. Now what if the chartered planes turned out to be some old propeller planes from the 1970s?

[@aaronevans5209]

It’s 25 million a year and the deal is for two years. So, 50 million total…

[@marcoreeves6953]

NBA is going to foot the bill and these feminist still gonna complain.

[@Certifiedloverboy17]

Stephen A is the Drake of sports media

[@GooniesNeverSayDie1980]

Why isn't First Take & Undisputed talking about the WNBA & women's basketball anymore, heck, the two shows are talking about the NFL, NHL, MLB, UFC and boxing during the NBA playoffs. What happened to all these sport's news media talking heads claiming how they loved women's basketball so much, they're huge long time fans. Stephen A has 99% creative control of First Take & Skip has 99% creative control of Undisputed, where all the women's basketball segments now?

[@TranscendingPolygons]

What really needs to change is the worship of athletes like they're better humans than everyone else.

[@windridermach]

but they're "heroes" and "role models" 😂

[@windridermach]

how bout it's about time the wnba makes some damn money? how bout that sas? 😂😂😂

[@AkAGoLakers]

Charter flights should have been in play since the 90’s, Last but not least it’s about time the WNBA invested in the right way, Shout out to the GOAT Diana Taurasi, And all the other women who paved the way for all this greatness. 📌🥪

[@petep5207]

OK, Diana

[@Realityroundtablepod]

Catlin is box office diana isn't

[@kickstand801]

Oh Catilyn. She's gonna be soooooo hated by the rest of the women in the WNBA. Poor thing.

[@kicknowledgesmith8608]

She will have to deal with it, just like Lebron did when he was crowned the best before playing 1 NBA game, it comes with the territory, getting praised as the best will paint a target, hopefully she lives up to the hype. If you get the praise you have to take the criticism. but the media will protect her and cover her like they do Lebron. When she loses, excuses will be made for her.

[@SaturnFrost]

The players in the wnba been talking about not being treated like professional athletes for years, the only difference is is that when Clark speaks on it, the league and the media listens.

[@aimser1]

Thank you

[@Sequence1994]

Tell'em Stephen!

[@brandonzzz1]

I couldn’t have said it any better myself there is a godsend prodigy at play here less Embracer with love she’s here willing and ready to take the game to a whole Nother level with Angel, Reese, and the new generation of talent that’s coming in

[@innocentazn]

let me guess...the NBA is going to have to pay for those chartered flights. lol

[@formulacoolade]

it will be a good investment if they can land lucrative TV deals for the WNBA in the long run because of Clark, but that remains to be seen.

[@PorkChopExpress86]

​@@formulacoolade how is it a good investment for one organization to invest, in order to generate money for another organization? Ridiculous

[@richgarcia6040]

wnba will fail case in point becky hammon las vegas coach salarie 1mil a year Caitlin clark 76k a year thats why they have problems do you need a coach that expensive if nobody isnt watching already and your brand is failing i almost bet the 12 coaches make more that the 153 players smh....

[@robertokeefe2357]

Well said E.L.E .. Everybody Love Everybody..

[@tootsx8675]

So happy for them! 🎉

[@terellcarter8780]

💯the fact that she came into the wnba with all this hype and it still took her taking a stand for change to happen is jarring but also encouraging as odd as that may sound.

[@KevinHernandez-qz8sb]

Caitlin Clark airlines. Just don't chose Boeing!

[@seanmims2649]

The league doesn’t make money. The NBA will be paying this bill. I still don’t see women wearing jerseys

[@killzzzz_]

Context for Chicago Sky game: Local broadcasts need to pick up these games in order for the WNBA to stream it on their League Pass. Without any local media broadcasts, they can’t stream the game.

[@Davis_Jr]

Caitlin Clark already moving the needle for the WNBA. This is long overdue

[@rislingpodiumperformance]

One of the major airlines could have done a huge PR move and done sponsored flights like they do for college kids teams with United for example doing University of Colorado men's football. United, Delta, American, Southwest, Alaska, Spirit, Frontier, JetBlue missed a massive opportunity to have been able to say "official airline of the WNBA" which could have been huge for them among female customers.

[@SaturnFrost]

When it happens to Griner after spending a year in a Russian Jail cell, noone cares. When it happens to Clark, we get private planes. Anyway, im glad Clark is bettering the league.

[@carlsagan2607]

Good for them on the flights.

[@lustbubo4638]

Stop it bro. I haven't seen you cover 1 WNBA game EVER

[@joesreeftank22]

lol, maybe he will now. Now that there is some interest. I haven’t watched a wnba game in over 20+ years until the first fever wnba game just saying.

[@nr14989]

Lets go W 🎉

[@user-fr5hm8ot8e]

lol the other women need to be paying a one time thank u fee of 5k to Clark that’s star power

[@sportstalk-en7kb]

that looks like a genderbender player or am i wrong.

[@kicknowledgesmith8608]

I still don't care about the WNBA. The Caitlin Clark hype will fade at some point, unless she dunks or something. College basketball is much better.

[@vumsang9746]

No disrespect all the women in the world please don’t bring me her name for the world I’m not sorry for this opinion

[@brucelau2023]

oh Catilyn. She's gonna be soooooo hated by the rest of the women in the WNBA. Poor thing.

[@tylertran93nsx]

Nobody cares what you think STEPHEN…. they been asking this for years.

[@formulacoolade]

and no one in the WNBA was worth it until now.

[@playerx2006]

@@formulacoolade Right, like what is tylertran talking about? lol They've been asking for years, never got it till now, once Caithlin spoke about it. They did it right away.

[@Walterwhite-uc1tk]

You mean to tell me this whole time WNBA had their players traveling 🧳 with regular people on flights before lol 😂 damn NBA don’t be cheap now

[@SaturnFrost]

The players wanted private flights for years, the league told them no. Clark gets ambushed by fans asking for autographs, and now the entire league has private flights. I now see what people mean when they speak about the Caitlin Clark affect.

[@newjack1982]

The fact that we had all these great women who came before her and it took her to say this for it to change is crazy. She better live up to everything they ask of her because if not!!!!!

[@justineebourgeois3420]

They need to take regular flights like regular ppl. Waste of $ 🤦‍♀️