{"id":2264225,"date":"2024-06-10T16:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T20:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-reacts-to-being-left-off-olympic-team\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T16:28:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T20:28:54","slug":"caitlin-clark-reacts-to-being-left-off-olympic-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-reacts-to-being-left-off-olympic-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Responds to Olympic Team Exclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcaitlin-clark-reacts-to-being-left-off-olympic-team%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2264225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Indiana Fever&#8217;s Caitlin Clark \u200ddisplayed notable grace upon being \u2064excluded\u2064 from the Team USA roster for\u200d the \u200b2024 Olympics \u2064in\u2062 Paris. Despite her omission, she expressed no disappointment \u2062and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-move-to-force-conspiracy-theorist-marjorie-taylor-greene-off-her-committee-assignments-report\/\" title=\"Democrats Move To Force Conspiracy Theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene Off Her Committee Assignments: Report\">showed support<\/a> for \u200cher \u2062peers \u200dwho \u200bmade the\u200c team, viewing the decision as motivation\u2062 for\u200b future opportunities.\u200c In\u200b a statement, Clark\u2064 mentioned her excitement for \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-prove-youre-inclusive-and-antiracist-download-the-trans-sans-font-today\/\" title=\"To Prove You\u2019re Inclusive And Antiracist, Download The Trans Sans Font Today\">selected team<\/a> and her intention\u2063 to \u200bcheer them on. Fever \u2063coach Christie Sides relayed that Clark&#8217;s initial reaction\u2063 was determined, stating the exclusion had &#8220;woke a monster&#8221; within her. The decision not to include Clark was controversial, with \u200bsports broadcaster\u2063 Stephen \u200bA. Smith criticizing it as foolish and \u2063detrimental to the sport&#8217;s growth.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indiana Fever star <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/caitlin-clark\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caitlin Clark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  was all class when she reacted to being left off the roster for Team USA this summer at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a clip posted on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1799879205426974899\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the WNBA rookie was asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">reporters<\/a> about not making the team and the level of disappointment she had about it. Clark responded that she had none and only wished those who made the cut the best of luck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHonestly, no disappointment. I think it just gives you something to work for,\u201d Clark told the press. \u201cThat\u2019s a dream. Hopefully one day I can be there. I think it\u2019s just a little more motivation. You remember that and hopefully, when four years comes back around, I can be there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Caitlin Clark takes the high road here on getting left off the Olympic team, but I honestly can\u2019t think of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-fever-coach-warns-wnba-says-caitlin-clark-olympic-snub-controversy-woke-a-monster\/\" title=\"Indiana Fever Coach Claims Caitlin Clark's Olympic Snub Has 'Woken a Monster,' Issues Warning to WNBA\">dumber move<\/a> for a sport trying to grow its fan base than this. Whine about no attention for decades, finally get it, and then blow it like this: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WyXUPzpX0q\">pic.twitter.com\/WyXUPzpX0q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1799879205426974899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m excited for the girls that are on the team,\u201d she added. \u201cI know it\u2019s the most competitive team in the world and I know it could have gone either way \u2014 me being on the team or me not being on the team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m going to be rooting them on to win gold,\u201d Clark continued. \u201cI was a kid that grew up watching the Olympics, so it will be fun to watch them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fever coach Christie Sides told reporters that when the 2024 WNBA drafted guard learned the news that she wasn\u2019t on the team, she said Clark told her, \u201c[T]hey woke a monster,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/caitlin-clark-epically-responds-not-making-olympic-team-1910202\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Newsweek<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe thing she said was, \u2018Hey, Coach, they woke a monster,\u2019 which I thought was awesome,\u201d Sides said. \u201cShe\u2019s young, she\u2019s going to have so many opportunities in the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not everyone was as gracious as Clark about the snub. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/stephen-a-smith\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sports broadcaster<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/her\/news\/olympics-stephen-a-smith-slams-team-usa-womens-basketball-for-caitlin-clark-snub-how-could-you-be-that-idiotic\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stephen A. Smith<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  slammed the move and said it was a case of \u201cidiocy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is about what I will personally label \u2018The Idiocy of Team USA Women\u2019s Basketball.\u2019 How dare you make this decision,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt\u2019s stupid. I want all the ladies on this squad to know every single one of y\u2019all deserve it. Caitlin Clark does not deserve a spot ahead of any of the players on this roster \u2014 if we\u2019re talking just basketball. You know we\u2019re not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was a stupid decision,\u201d he added. \u201cBecause it compromises what your ultimate goal is, which is to elevate the WNBA brand. How could you be that idiotic and not make that call, when throughout history, Team USA has been, in part, about marketing? It\u2019s dumb, period.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barstool\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stoolpresidente\/status\/1799467905178091598\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dave Portnoy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  went viral when he posted about the move, calling it dumb and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHey dummies, for the first time in the history of basketball you have arguably a player who is the most popular player in the world,\u201d Portnoy said in a clip posted on X. \u201cAnd you leave her off the Olympics team?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s not only a showcase for her. It\u2019s for the sport and the other WNBA players who are on this team. How dumb, how braindead, how idiotic do the people running this thing have to be?\u201d he added. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clark could still make an appearance at the Olympics if a player gets injured resulting in an alternate making the team. However, in the past, alternates have never been announced, so there\u2019s no indication of whether she\u2019d make that short list, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/40314567\/caitlin-clark-says-not-disappointed-olympics-snub\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ESPN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana Fever&#8217;s Caitlin Clark displayed grace after being excluded from the 2024 Olympic Team USA roster. 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