Kate Linklark Quad injuries could affect fever for the next 2 weeks
Caitlyn Clark suffered from some quad tension, some hot fans may be worried, but Clark doesn’t seem to be the case.
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Colorado Springs salesman John Copecky had plans for the weekend on a massive basis. He paid about $3,000 for a flight, a hotel room and four tickets, and took his wife, 14-year-old daughter and her basketball teammate to a Kate Rinklerk game with the Connecticut Sun in Indianapolis this Friday night.
On Monday afternoon, Kopecky read on social media that Clark had a broken quadriceps and would be out for at least the next two weeks. He spoke to his wife, and they decided to cancel their flights and hotel rooms at the time, hand over their tickets to a friend in Indianapolis, and take a look at the August schedule of Fever for another game attending another game.
“It didn’t make sense to fly to Indianapolis once Caitlin was not playing,” Kopecky said in a phone interview Tuesday. “We’re Caitlin fans before Fever fans. She’s the biggest draw. That’s who girls want to see. That’s the point where we go to Indy. We saw Caitlin Clark.
Kopecky and his family are not alone. Ticket prices for the next four heat games in the secondary market are beginning to tackle the reality that fans and the WNBA themselves are the biggest draw in women’s basketball history, and that one of the biggest attractions for all sports, men’s and women’s has been around for some time. It’s most dramatic with tickets to the June 7th heat ski game at Chicago’s 23,500-seat United Center. Clark is an overwhelming draw as ticket prices fell more than 300% within two days.
I can personally see a noticeable change in my interest in the fever game without Clark. A week ago I bought four tickets on StubHub and took nie to sports at the Fever-Washington Mystics game in Baltimore on Wednesday night. Tickets on the same line are made for less than half of what I paid. All I can do is imagine if it will cost you to play games. Perhaps they will hand them out. And yes, we’re still going to the game.
Ironically, the reason the game is being played in Baltimore is because the mystics decided to move from the 4,200-seat DC venue to the 14,000-seat CFG Bank Arena to make as much money as possible from Clark’s presence. Massive Capital One Arena, which sold out twice last season, is a trip to Baltimore as it is unavailable as the biggest crowd in WNBA regular season history, 20,711, has been renovated.
The finest seems never to stop for Clark, but one stunning stat stands out more than the others. In Clark’s record rookie season last year, Fever’s average attendance was the highest in the league: 17,036. It was also superior to the average from home participation of five NBA teams in the 2023-24 season. The home partners, the Indiana Pacers, Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizard, Memphis Grizzlies and Charlotte Hornets: Kate Linklark and the Revolution of Women’s Sports.
You read it correctly. Clark and Fever defeated five NBA teams with an average home participation. This kind of statistics would not have been conceived before they arrived at the WNBA. So, for those who want to continue to minimize the historical impact on Clark, the league and women’s sport as a whole, think of it as attracting people who have never seen women’s basketball.
TV viewers that are always empty in Clark’s games will probably be a hit. During the 2024 regular season, out of 23 WNBA games, it reached at least 1 million viewers, of which 20 featured Clark. According to Fox Sports, Clark’s game averaged 1.78 million viewers. All other games averaged 394,000. This is why 40 of the 44 fever games have been on national television this year, and most teams in the league.
All of this shows the importance of Monday’s news about Clark. This isn’t just another player who gets injured. This is the WNBA’s top financial driver and will not be able to play, promote or sell the league for at least a few weeks.
In December 2024, the Indianapolis star reported that he was responsible for 26.5% of the WNBA league-wide activity during the 2024 season, according to Dr. Ryan Brewer of Indiana University Columbus. One for every six tickets sold at the WNBA Arena could be attributed to Clark, Starr said.
NBC News returned to Brewer before Clark’s injury, moving forward with her impact on the 2025 WNBA season. answer? About $1 billion.
That’s how important Caitlin Clark is to the WNBA. You’d think the league might recognize the moment. But so far, no. A WNBA spokesman never responded, who asked three times about Clark’s injuries and what it means for the league.
Editor’s Note: Christine Brennan’s book, her book on games: Caitlin Clark and The Revolution in Women’s Sports will be published by Scribner on July 8th.
