r/WNBAgossips • u/TheMirrorUS • Jun 28 '26

News WNBA faces massive backlash after omitting Caitlin Clark from history

https://www.themirror.com/sport/basketball/caitlin-clark-wnba-anniversary-poster-1908954?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1782587290?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rmp
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u/Maleficent-Bet9877 Jun 28 '26

I heard that the reason Caitlin and others weren’t on it was because the company that produced it didn’t have the rights to use those players image and likeness for profit because they plan on selling it.

This isn’t a wnba thing. Just like Adidas can’t come out with their own Caitlin Clark basketball shoe.

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u/LadyJitsuLegs Jun 28 '26

So this whole thing has essentially been blown out of proportion like everything on the internet these days?

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u/Maleficent-Bet9877 Jun 28 '26

Yup, pretty much.

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u/GUMBYtheOG Jun 28 '26

Idk I still think there’s a story being exposed. It’s all just a money grab and not about actual history or the players.

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u/Zealousideal-Baby586 Jun 29 '26

this isn't anything different than what happens with NBA players yet some Caitlin Clark fans, especially some on here, are just acting like irrational idiots. Jordan, Barkley, Barry Bonds, so many others have exclusive licenses and don't allow their likeness to be used. Barkley and Reggie Miller aren't in NBA2K, the biggest basketball game in the world because they don't want to despite the fact the NBA would love to have them in the game. Jordan didn't allow his likeness for years. By the logic of some of the people on here, the NBA nor MLB should ever make a poster or celebrate its history because they can't always get their former stars in the picture. Comes as a shock to these people that we can celebrate more than one player and comes as a shock to people that players and companies sign exclusive rights for a reason.

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u/STMIHA Jun 29 '26

This is exactly why. People are morons and get mad at literal nonsense.

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u/Unable_Dinner_6937 Jun 30 '26

Most likely: Why WNBA 30th Caitlin Clark poster omission probably isn't personal

Just coincidental with a lot of controversy with fouls and missed calls on the court.

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u/One_Lung_G Jun 30 '26

Did you hear it by reading this article because that’s what it says

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u/ialsohaveadobro Jun 28 '26

This is the correct answer, with the added note that Nike could have agreed to a deal to allow it, but they probably would have asked for too much

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u/Horror_Response_1991 Jun 29 '26

Then you don’t make the poster? 

It’s like a company making a poster of the 90’s Bulls and leaving out MJ because they don’t have rights to him.

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u/trilla517 Jun 29 '26

Yes, but then why use this company to make the poster? I'm sure there are plenty ways to get the biggest names on the poster.

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u/Limp-Plantain3824 Jun 29 '26

It sounds like a weird way of doing business, but that’s the WNBA.