US women's basketball team in Ohio.

INDEPENDENCE, OHIO – APRIL 03: Diana Taurasi #12, Brittney Griner #15 and Sabrina Ionescu #6 look on during the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Training Camp at Cleveland Clinic Courts on April 03, 2024 in Independence, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)

The main argument for Caitlin Clark to make Team USA’s roster for the Summer Olympics seems to center on attention.

Clark, the most popular player in the sport, would bring millions of eyeballs onto women’s basketball at the Summer Olympics. So, now that Clark has been left off the roster, will fans still be watching?

Of course, Outkick’s audience is not representative of the entire country, so the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

Team USA’s women’s basketball team will likely still get good ratings at the Summer Olympics, but they would have been better if Clark had made the roster.

Former ESPN host Jemele Hill isn’t worried, though.

“I don’t consider Caitlin Clark being left off the Olympic team, a snub. Now when Candace Parker and Nneka Ogwumike were left off the Olympic teams, THAT was a snub. Nneka was league MVP, led Team USA in scoring a year before the Olympics, and was MVP of the FIBA qualifying tournament. CP had won two gold medals, was a former MVP and a champion. Think Nneka is the only WNBA MVP to not make an Olympic roster,” she said.

“And the thing is, about 10 million people are going to watch anyway. They act like 25 people are doing to watch if she isn’t playing. They clearly don’t understand the Olympic ratings stranglehold.”