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Caitlin Clark Named Athlete Of The Year AGAIN! Does She Deserve It?

Hi Rachel, I'm 73 years old Japanese man and have been watching your channel from Yokohama, Japan. I found Caitlin Clark video several months ago on Youtube. I didn't play basketball so much in my life except a little in the high-school class and wasn't interested in it particularly women's basketball. Basketball isn't a popular sport in Japan and very few professional players, all men exist since 2010? There are no women pros of basketball in Japan. So as a Japanese I'm very normal but now I've been looking for women basketball videos on YouTube everyday particularly Caitlin Clark and occasionally comment like this.
I think you are absolutely right about her role for Women's basketball and Women's sports. She is one of the GOATS of the college and WNBA but her influences beyond those small world. People like me who has no interest in Women's basketball through the life has been attracted with her play and herself. I think she is more revolutionary and gives bigger effect on the sports than MJ and women's lives at least in the US. MJ is great but NBA was already the big professional sport enterprise before MJ joined it. There had been a lot of GOATS before MJ and NBA was well established when MJ came but Caitlin is in totally different situations. WNBA has not been making enough money to support itself without NBA help and able to pay not-professional-sport-level salary for the players. The even couldn't afford charter flight before CC joined the league. She single-handedly change everything around her and it's just starting. I'll continue to watch her progress and your channel in 2025. Keep up your good job and let me know about CC and WNBA. I hope someday CC and you will visit Japan and talk to me face to face!