Sports World Reacts To Caitlin Clark Not Being On US Olympic Team: 'Monumentally Dumb'

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Sports World Reacts To Caitlin Clark Not Being On US Olympic Team: 'Monumentally Dumb'
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rookie — the all-time NCAA Division I basketball scoring leader — didn’t make the 12-player roster in a year where Team USA veterans such as Phoenix Mercury starsOthers making the women’s squad include Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier, Mercury’s Kahleah Copper, Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu, Seattle Storm’s Jewell Loyd, Connecticut Sun’s Alyssa Thomas as well as Aces’ Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young.

“All she does is grow the game, pack arenas, and set rookie records. What a short sighted decision,” Cohn wrote.“In the span of weeks, she went from playing college ball, to becoming a professional, to having a grind of schedule. A multi-week break probably isn’t the worst thing in the world. She will eventually make an Olympic team,”

“Her popularity isn’t going anywhere. The league isn’t going to fall off a cliff if she’s not on the team, and every single decision can’t be about placating the optics around one player,”There’s a lot of fake outrage from people who just started watching women’s basketball this year.

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