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3) Clark, who has already declared for the WNBA Draft, will be the first pick by the Indiana Fever on April 15 in Brooklyn. 6) She will lead women’s basketball to the forefront of professional sports and marketing, at least in North America, like no player has done since Michael Jordan transformed men’s hoops starting in the late 1980s.
One look at the TV ratings explains this emerging phenomenon. The game between Iowa and Ohio State on March 3 drew 3.39 millions viewers on Fox Sports. Sports Media Watch reports that it was the most watched women’s game since Tennessee played Connecticut in January, 1999. Further, it is the second-most viewed college basketball game this season, women’s or men’s. Only a game between Arizona and Michigan State in November had more viewers.
“This will certainly be a moment we’ll look back and say you know it was a game-changer for us,” WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert told Sports Business Journal upon the news of Clark’s announcement to go pro.