Caitlin Clark's Fever playing more national TV games than defending champs 'kind of crazy,' WNBA star says

The WNBA is doing immoderate it tin to get much eyeballs connected its biggest superstar, Caitlin Clark.

Six WNBA teams person already moved games against the Indiana Fever to larger venues, and the Fever volition play 41 of their 44 games connected nationalist tv this season.

It's the astir nationally televised games for immoderate squad successful the league, adjacent much than the reigning champion New York Liberty, who volition person 33 games shown connected nationalist TV.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark plays against the Dallas Wings successful Indianapolis Sept. 15, 2024.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

That scheduling is "kind of crazy," 1 of the WNBA's apical players said.

"Obviously, radical privation to ticker Caitlin play, and you person to enactment the radical connected TV that radical privation to see. But, astatine the aforesaid time, determination are stars each implicit the league, and you privation bully basketball, arsenic well," Minnesota Lynx prima Napheesa Collier said connected Tuesday's "First Take" connected ESPN. "Obviously, Indiana … volition beryllium a large team, but to not person the defending champs connected TV more, I deliberation it's benignant of crazy."

Clark has been the unfortunate of immoderate disapproval some connected and disconnected the tribunal from chap WNBA players. Collier made definite to clarify, though, that this was not a changeable astatine Clark oregon the Fever.

Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever poses for a representation astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis during her introductory property league April 17, 2024.  (Matt Kryger/NBAE via Getty Images)

"It doesn't person to beryllium wherever you're taking games distant from Indiana, but I deliberation you tin rise the level of TV games for the different teams arsenic well. … [The Fever] should person those magnitude of games connected TV connected primetime, but I deliberation different teams should person much than what they have."

Clark's beingness successful the athletics has brought historical viewership to assemblage and pro basketball. The last 3 games of her assemblage vocation were the most-watched women's assemblage hoops games ever. She besides had respective of her regular-season games gully much viewers than WNBA playoff games, and her WNBA matchups with Angel Reese were immoderate of the most-viewed WNBA games ever.

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark rushes up the tribunal Sept. 15, 2024, during a crippled astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis. (Grace Hollars/IndyStar/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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WNBA teams adjacent had to determination to larger arenas simply due to the fact that of the summons request Clark drew. The Fever sold 90 times much tickets during the 2024 play than successful 2023.

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