I wondered if they would, again, still try to build around a huge talent in the WNBA who’s a huge star, one of the most popular players in the league, regardless of what you think about her play. I think this is great for Angel Reese. I think this is fantastic for Atlanta, for visibility.
I meant it when I said Atlanta’s going to be lit, not just on the court, but off the court. They do a great job at the Gateway Center of selling out tickets, but they’re going to be able to move games to State Farm Arena where the Hawks play now because of the Angel Reese effect.
What? Excuse me? Let me make sure I’m understanding you correctly. L. Duncan, the so-called face of sports coverage at Netflix. The same Netflix who is rapidly figuring out why ESPN was so eager to get L. Duncan off their TV. According to the face of Netflix, Angel Reese is a huge star. Something called the Angel Reese effect, which no one’s ever heard of besides L. Duncan.
This mysterious effect is going to cause the Atlanta Dreamers to move home games out of the Gateway Center and into an actual NBA arena. El Duncan expects Uncle KC to believe that.
Let me ask you something. The last two years, Angel Reese played for the Chicago Bravado, right? In terms of professional sports, even semi-professional sports like the WNBA, Chicago is a significantly better sports town when compared to Atlanta. In her two years with the Bravado, how many games were moved out of the Windrust Arena into the house that Michael Jordan built called the United Center because of this so-called Angel Reese effect?
I’m not talking about games that were moved because the Bravado were playing Caitlyn Clark. How many games were moved into an NBA arena because of the increased demand to see rebounds? According to my calculations, none.
Hell, there were a lot of games in Chicago where there were more people capable of breathing on the court than there were in the bleachers.
For the third year in a row, the mainstream media is trying to convince us that Angel Reese is a mainstream draw. But Uncle KC doesn’t look at their words, especially when the narrative is coming from L. Duncan. Uncle KC prefers to look at their actions.
Yesterday afternoon, the WNBA released their national TV schedule for the regular season. There seems to be a lot of confusion as to how this schedule is determined. The diva of Dump Divas, Cat Inglebert, she does not tell the networks which games they’re going to be broadcasting. Networks like CBS, NBC, ABC, ESPN, they make the decision as to which teams will be featured on their respective networks.
And yesterday they sent a very clear message to Angel Reese. You are not a star.
The networks were fighting over games featuring the Indiana Felines. If she stays healthy, and I would be willing to bet religious investors in the WNBA and even atheist investors, they are on their knees praying that Caitlyn Clark remains healthy throughout this regular season. Otherwise, this dump of a league is in deep trouble.
If she stays healthy, Caitlyn Clark will be featured on national television 44 times this season. There are only 44 games on the schedule, which means every game of the Indiana Felines will be nationally televised. I wonder why.
According to the networks, the second most popular team in the WNBA, the Dallas Wankers. Paige Beckers and her girlfriend Elmer Fud will be avoiding questions about their romantic relationship 36 times this season.
Now, me personally, I don’t really understand this decision. The Dallas Wankers were struggling to draw last season. They were struggling to sell tickets.
But, Uncle KC, that’s because the Wankers were losing. This year, they’re going to be winners. Paige Beckers is a great player, but I don’t think that’s the reason the Wankers will be nationally televised 36 games this season.
My guess is the draw is her relationship with Azy Fud and the potential drama it could cause. You got to remember this league is reliant on dramatics. Drama is the fuel that feeds the flaming fire. The storylines are what’s generating the mainstream interest, not the pretend basketball.
Number three is the New York lesbians with 35 games on national TV. Number four, the Las Vegas anonymous faces with 33 games.
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. The anonymous faces are the defending champions. AJ Wilson is the highest paid player in the league. All of their games should be nationally televised. This is why their faces remain anonymous. They’re never on my TV.
Do I really need to sit here and explain why the anonymous faces are fourth on this list? This is the same team that struggled to sell out home games during the WNBA finals last year when tickets were selling for less than $40.
There are several other teams on the list before we get to Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dreamers. The so-called big star, the so-called face of the WNBA, doesn’t come close to ranking in the top five in nationally televised games.
Angel Reese will be featured 27 times on national television. And if you remove the games featuring Caitlyn Clark, Angel Reese will be airballing layups in front of a national audience 23 times.
This is unfair. My queen was just traded two weeks ago. The networks didn’t know that she would be playing in Atlanta.
If that’s the case, how come the Chicago bravado are just barely above the dreamers on the list of nationally televised games?
The message could not be any clearer. The networks who have access to a lot more data than we do, the networks are telling you Angel Reese is not a mainstream draw.
Look, I understand why the networks along with the league itself, I understand why they’re broadcasting every game featuring Caitlyn Clark, but this could backfire. Caitlyn Clark and the WNBA as a league is at serious risk of overexposure.
Think about it. What is one of the biggest complaints right now with the NFL? Overexposure. The league is destroying its scarcity. The product is being watered down because Roger Goodell is watering the NFL product down because he wants the league on national television seven days a week.
MTV did this same thing with Jersey Shore. In 2009 going into 2010, Jersey Shore was the biggest show on television. MTV was drawing seven, eight million viewers a week. At the time, the only thing capable of competing with Jersey Shore was the NFL.
So, what does MTV do? They start mass producing seasons. Instead of one season a year, they are producing two seasons every year. Instead of a six or nine-month break between seasons, MTV is airing new seasons of Jersey Shore three months after the previous season finale.
Didn’t take long for the show to be overexposed. Jersey Shore went from averaging eight million viewers to barely eclipsing three million. The series finale was one of the least watched episodes in years.
In the span of two or three years, Jersey Shore was completely overexposed.
From mid-May to late August, the WNBA will be featured on broadcast television 74 times.
Now, to put that number in perspective, Major League Baseball will have 48 games in that same time span. The NHL this season had 16 games on network television. The NBA, which is subsidizing this dump of a league, had 64 games on network TV in the last six months.
Part of me understands why the WNBA is doing this. For starters, they have got to generate revenue to justify these exorbitant salaries. But they’re also trying to maximize their potential. They are trying to take advantage of their momentum.
But there’s another side to this equation. You run the risk of people getting tired or maybe even bored with Caitlyn Clark.
That’s what this is all about. Giving Caitlyn Clark maximum exposure.
If you don’t believe me, go look at the schedule for the WNBA finals. Only two games will be broadcast on NBC. The rest will be on USA Network or Peacock.
During the 1996 season, Michael Jordan was broadcast on NBC 20 times. 20 out of 82 games were on broadcast television. This was his comeback season. This was at the height of his drawing power. And the most high-profile athlete of my lifetime was on broadcast television 20 times in six months.
Caitlyn Clark, 44.
Obviously, some of those games will be on ION or USA Network, but you get the point. The more you have of something, the less valuable it becomes. Must-see TV becomes “I can watch the same thing two days later.”
Now, I could be wrong. This could work out great for Caitlyn Clark and the WNBA, but there is no denying the fact Caitlyn Clark and the league itself are at risk of being overexposed.
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