Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark’s arrival in the WNBA in 2024 has had an enormous impact on the league’s popularity. Attendance and television viewership have skyrocketed, paving the way for impressive media deals and a transformational new collective bargaining agreement.

Atlanta Dream star Angel Reese, arguably Clark’s biggest rival, spoke about Clark’s impact in 2024, per The Spun, and wanted people to appreciate her impact as well.

“People are talking about women’s basketball that you’d never would think would be talking about women’s basketball. People are pulling up to games. We’ve got celebrities coming to games [and] sold-out arenas just because of one single game,” Resse said in 2024, when buzz around Clark was reaching all-time highs.

“And just looking at that, I’ll take that role. I’ll take the bad guy role, and I’ll continue to take that on and be that for my teammates, and I know I’ll go down in history. I’ll look back in 20 years and be like: ‘Yeah, the reason why we’re watching women’s basketball is not just because of one person, it’s because of me too, and I want you to realize that.’ Like, it’s just not cause of one person. A lot of us have done so much for this game.”

The Truth: The people want Caitlin Clark

While Reese is absolutely right that her star power has been enormous as well, the players across the WNBA have been made aware: the people want to see Clark, and the league knows it has to deliver on that above all else to keep its positive momentum rolling.

The league announced that Clark and the Fever will have every single one of their 44 games this season nationally televised.

All 44 of the Indiana Fever’s regular season games this season will be on national TV.

It will be the most games on national TV ever for a WNBA team. pic.twitter.com/J3tfNJAyrw

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) April 22, 2026

There are other stars around the league for sure, but the truth of the matter is that Caitlin Clark is the biggest draw, and the WNBA is smart to maximize her exposure.