{"id":798641,"date":"2026-08-02T04:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T04:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/798641\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T04:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T04:26:11","slug":"social-media-was-not-loving-caitlin-clark-getting-snubbed-by-tv-networks-mvp-graphic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/798641\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media was not loving Caitlin Clark getting snubbed by TV network’s MVP graphic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The wild thing about Caitlin Clark<\/a> is that whenever she gets mentioned, she elicits reactions.<\/p>\n

But whenever she’s not mentioned, she still elicits reactions.<\/p>\n

And if they didn’t already know that second part, one of the WNBA’s<\/a> broadcast partners just got a refresher from the folks on social media.<\/p>\n

CAITLIN CLARK IS MISSING FROM ESPN’S NEW WNBA DOCUMENTARY AND THE FILMMAKERS WON’T SAY WHY<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Caitlin <\/p>\n

Some fans were stunned that Caitlin Clark was snubbed by Ion Sports (a TV network) while discussing the top five WNBA MVP candidates. (Photo by Soobum Im\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

If you were watching Ion recently\u2026 What’s Ion?<\/p>\n

Ion. C’mon, y’know, Ion… it used to be PAX TV? They showed “Supermarket Sweep,” and have since morphed into a quasi-sports network with some WNBA coverage.<\/p>\n

What’s confusing about that?<\/p>\n

Anyway, they were talking about the WNBA’s very healthy MVP race this season, but fans were quick to notice that a certain No. 22 who plays in Indianapolis<\/a> was conspicuously absent.<\/p>\n

Now, there are arguments against Clark being the MVP. A high number of turnovers and questionable defensive play among them.<\/p>\n

But, considering Clark’s play at points this season, including a 43-point performance against Seattle<\/a> last month and a fourth-career triple-double on Friday night in Portland, it’s kind of hard not to see her cracking the top five candidates.<\/p>\n

ELLE DUNCAN BLAMES CAITLIN CLARK, HER FANS FOR MEDIA SMEAR CAMPAIGN WHILE IGNORING FACTS<\/a><\/p>\n

And the way people reacted to Ion’s post (remember: Ion is a broadcast network that shows lots of “Law & Order: SVU” reruns), a lot of folks on social media think she certainly is a top five candidate.<\/p>\n

Tell us how you really feel about Ion… which is a broadcast network. A real one, we swear!<\/p>\n

I don’t mean to get all tin-foil hatty, but I’m starting to wonder if these omissions are by design, and simply to drive engagement on social media.<\/p>\n

Why? Because it works.<\/p>\n

\"Caitlin <\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark certainly gets people talking, whether you mention her or not. (Photo by David Ryder\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

When was the last time most people cared about the WNBA MVP race? About the same time someone said, “Hey, let’s roll over to Ion and see what must-see programming they’ve got going on over there.”<\/p>\n

Never.<\/p>\n

But by leaving out Clark, people start hammering their socials, thereby injecting Ion and the WNBA into people’s feeds.<\/p>\n

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It’s almost like something Andy Kaufman would do if he were running the WNBA or a fringe TV network.<\/p>\n

And he probably would’ve had he not sadly passed… or did he?!<\/p>\n

Matthew Reigle is a writer for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wild thing about Caitlin Clark is that whenever she gets mentioned, she elicits reactions. But whenever she’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[1760,2839,259870,99,434],"class_list":["post-798641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-indiana-fever","tag-outkick-sports","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}