CANDACE PARKER’s JERSEY RETIREMENT GAME WILL NOT BE NATIONALLY TELEVISED. WNBA & LA SPARKS FAILED.

Summary

Candace Parker's jersey retirement with the Los Angeles Sparks, scheduled for June 29th, isn't being nationally televised, sparking widespread discontent. Despite her monumental contributions to basketball as an icon at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels, both the WNBA and the LA Sparks have been criticized for their apparent oversight. The situation exposes the league's shortcomings in broadcasting and marketing legends, with calls for accountability ranging from reprimands to potential firings within their management ranks.

Highlights

• Candace Parker's jersey retirement will not be nationally broadcast—an oversight that sparked significant criticism. 🏀
• Parker is hailed as a transformative figure in basketball, likened to legends like Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant. 🌟
• The WNBA and LA Sparks face backlash for their poor handling of Parker's significant milestone. ⚠️
• Marketing and scheduling decisions within the WNBA are under scrutiny, with calls for firings and reprimands. 📣
• Fans lament over long-standing biases in women’s sports coverage, particularly against African-American players. 📰

Key Takeaways

• Candace Parker's jersey retirement from the LA Sparks on June 29th is not nationally televised, causing uproar in the basketball community. 📺
• The decision is seen as disrespectful and negligent towards Parker's legacy as an icon in women's basketball. ❌
• There are comparisons of Parker's influence to basketball legends like Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson, highlighting her significance. 👑
• Issues with WNBA's marketing and scheduling departments are being sharply criticized, with calls for stronger leadership and better decision-making. 💼
• Fans express frustration over lack of media coverage and perceived indifference towards the women’s game, especially affecting legends like Parker. 🎙️

Overview

Candace Parker, recognized as a transformative figure in women's basketball, finds her significant milestone of jersey retirement with the LA Sparks marred by controversy. Slated for June 29th, the game will not be nationally televised, an oversight many deem as disrespectful to her legacy. Parker's untelevised retirement highlights a significant blind spot in the WNBA's treatment of its iconic players, suggesting a need for serious reforms in how the league honors and highlights its legends.

The situation has sparked a wave of criticism aimed at the WNBA and LA Sparks' management teams. Stakeholders are calling for accountability, with many suggesting that this neglect is a fireable offense. Parker's career, spanning decades of groundbreaking performance and influence, is being compared to NBA giants like Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson, underlining the perceived gravity of the oversight. Fans and commentators are voicing their frustrations, highlighting the disparity in media attention and recognition for women’s sports figures.

This incident also brings to light broader issues within the women’s sports arena, particularly regarding media coverage and marketing investment. With longstanding complaints about insufficient exposure and investment, Parker's case becomes a symbol of these systemic issues. Critics argue that the undervaluation of women's achievements in sports is deeply rooted and calls for an overhaul are louder than ever. As the conversation grows, there is hope that corrective actions can propel the WNBA towards a more equitable recognition of its stars.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction The chapter "Introduction" sets the stage for the content that follows. It provides an overview or a teaser of the key themes and topics that will be explored in the subsequent chapters. The introduction aims to engage the reader's interest, illustrating the importance or relevance of the subject matter.
• 00:30 - 02:00: Candace Parker's Legacy The chapter titled 'Candace Parker's Legacy' delves into the monumental achievements and lasting impact of Candace Parker in the world of basketball. It explores her journey from college to professional basketball, highlighting key moments such as her historic performance in the WNBA and her influence as a role model for young athletes. The discussion also covers her contributions off the court, including her involvement in social justice initiatives and her role as a mentor. The chapter paints a comprehensive picture of Parker's multifaceted legacy, celebrating her as both a sports icon and a trailblazer for future generations.
• 02:00 - 04:30: Criticism of WNBA and LA Sparks The chapter delves into the various criticisms faced by the WNBA and the Los Angeles Sparks, examining both internal and external factors. It sheds light on public perceptions, league challenges, team dynamics, organizational decisions, and their impacts on the reputation and performance of both the league and the LA Sparks. The narrative might also touch on broader societal attitudes towards women's sports and the ongoing efforts to address these criticisms and enhance the sport's appeal and accessibility.
• 04:30 - 09:00: Comparison to Other Sports Icons The chapter discusses the lack of national television broadcast for Candace Parker's jersey retirement on June 29th. This is highlighted as a significant issue.
• 09:00 - 12:00: Impact of Candace Parker The chapter highlights the significance of Candace Parker's contributions to basketball at various levels, including high school, college, and professional leagues. It emphasizes her status as an icon and a living legend, who is certain to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, while also implying that her efforts and status deserve more recognition from both the WNBA and her team, the Los Angeles Sparks.
• 12:00 - 18:00: Criticism of Media and Supporters The chapter titled 'Criticism of Media and Supporters' focuses on the critique of how Candace Parker is perceived and treated by media personnel and supporters. The summary indicates that there is a severe lack of respect toward Candace Parker, causing her to be taken lightly and viewed as unimportant. This chapter addresses the apathy, inconsideration, and incompetence shown towards her, describing it as gross negligence. The speaker strongly emphasizes that this negligence is severe enough to be considered a borderline fireable offense.
• 18:00 - 27:00: Personal Rant on Viewer Support The chapter titled 'Personal Rant on Viewer Support' includes a vehement critique of the managerial decisions within the WNBA. The speaker suggests that the individuals responsible for scheduling and marketing should be dismissed due to inadequate communication efforts. The commentary calls for Magic Johnson and his ownership team to take decisive action in rectifying these apparent shortcomings.

CANDACE PARKER’s JERSEY RETIREMENT GAME WILL NOT BE NATIONALLY TELEVISED. WNBA & LA SPARKS FAILED. Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 for
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• 01:30 - 02:00 all right so Candace Parker has a jersey retirement on June the 29th but the game isn't nationally televised and so that's just the major problem
• 02:00 - 02:30 Candace Parker is an icon Candace Parker is a living legend obviously a future Hall of Famer from the high school level to the Colgate level to the pro level and Candace Parker deserves better than for the WNBA and the Los Angeles Sparks
• 02:30 - 03:00 to not take her seriously to not feel that she was important enough to be indifferent apathetic inconsiderate incompetent and this is gross negligence what we've we're seeing here with Candace Parker this is borderline a fireable
• 03:00 - 03:30 offense someone in the WNBA who's leading their scheduling department and marketing department needs to be fired Magic Johnson and his ownership group they need to fire the person who wasn't out there communicating with
• 03:30 - 04:00 the WNBA and a scheduling team to make sure that that game was fought for to be a nationally televised game and shame on Kathy inglebert because as I stated before one of Kathy engelbert's flaws is that she's more often than not reactive
• 04:00 - 04:30 instead of proactive and she more often than not makes blunders and she has to come back and clean it up this is a a moment this is when Kathy is going to be reactive instead of proactive and realize she made a huge error a huge mistake and didn't think enough about this Legend This icon to care enough to fight extremely
• 04:30 - 05:00 hard for the LA Sparks to have that Jersey retirement nationally televised okay hold on yeah yeah and so Kathy needs to be reprimanded by Adam Silver one of her higher
• 05:00 - 05:30 ups they need to reprimand her she needs to get on the scheduling team she needs to get on the marketing department and have a serious conversation with them and the same thing with the Los Angeles Sparks there should have been some communication back and forth between the LA Sparks and the WNBA with the
• 05:30 - 06:00 networks to make sure that that game was nationally televised I don't care if you had to fight extremely hard to get that game on Amazon Prime it's better for that game to be on Amazon Prime than for it to just be only on the app which is a major massive problem and you don't do that to a superstar you don't do that to a legend you don't do that to an icon okay and to to my knowledge I'm the
• 06:00 - 06:30 only one on YouTube who has made content about this obviously starting right now because everyone else on YouTube probably not named keah they don't care about Candace Parker they don't care about her Legacy they don't care about her history they don't care about her impact they were just trying to bury her last season to try to make Caitlyn look
• 06:30 - 07:00 better than Candice her rookie year and there's no way anyone could look better than Candace Parker in their rookie season but that's what they tried to do and tried to hate on Candace Parker to prop up Caitlyn Clark rookie season over Candace Parker and tried to downplay everything Candace Parker did her rookie season so there's no content from these people about that because they don't care now I got to look on ke's channel maybe she put something on their Channel
• 07:00 - 07:30 what I will say I would hope that the Chicago Sky would try to fight extremely hard uh to make that happen somehow some way but even though she won a championship with the Chicago Skies she was with she was drafted to the LA Sparks and she was with the LA Sparks longer so it shouldn't be up to the Las Vegas Aces to retire her Jersey she was only with the aces for one
• 07:30 - 08:00 season that shouldn't just because she won a championship with the aces it shouldn't be on the aces to say we're going to fight really hard to have a nationally televised game to do a jersey retirement for Candace Parker it shouldn't be on the sky to say that well she's from Illinois so she was with us and she won a championship but she was only with us for a little bit of time so it shouldn't be on us to do that although I think Chicago Sky will probably do
• 08:00 - 08:30 something like that but it's on the LA Sparks to make sure that that Jersey retirement happens on national television and so yeah is this something that makes the league look bad yeah it makes the league look out of touch it makes the league look like they're not paying attention and and so like I said that's negligence to me and someone should be thoroughly severely reprimanded I think
• 08:30 - 09:00 someone should be demoted if not fire then demoted and so something like that needs to happen because Candace Parker is the equivalent of a major NFL quarterback that who won multiple championships Candace Parker you could if you can compare her to Joe Montana can that that's how important she is to the WNBA you could compare Candace Parker to Joe
• 09:00 - 09:30 Montana you can compare Candace Parker to John Elway you can compare Candace Parker to pton Manning that's and so can you imagine if the Indianapolis Colts didn't do some sort of banner retirement number retirement for pting Manning and and and somehow did it with a pre-season game and didn't do it with a nationally televised game that's insane can you imagine the San Francisco 49 if they would have did that to Joe
• 09:30 - 10:00 Montana could you imagine that that's could you imagine the Denver Broncos that they would have done something like that the John Elway the NBA Candace Parker that's Magic Johnson that's Larry Bird okay that's Kevin Durant and really that's better than Kevin Durant if we're being because she was the first Kevin Durant before that was a Kevin Durant but I'm speaking about impact and
• 10:00 - 10:30 popularity and just being a legend of the sport now I don't know what team would retire Kevin Durant's Jersey because he's bounced around so much but I would think probably the OKC Thunder because he was there first and he was with them the longest and then the golden stay Warriors but it would take both of those franchises to retire his jersey cace Parker had the same impact as Kobe Bryant so could you imagine if the Lakers didn't retire Kobe Bryant's J Jersey that's how just as much as Kobe
• 10:30 - 11:00 Bryant and Michael Jordan meant to the D to the NBA Candace Parker and Maya Mo Diana terasi and Sue Bird Okay the Houston comments when it the championship teams that won four championships in a row like Cheryl sups and Cynthia Koop and Tina Thompson those players deserve to have nationally televis games where they
• 11:00 - 11:30 have Jersey retirements because that's how important they are to their league to that Sport and so for the Los Angeles Sparks to treat Candace Parker as if she was just some role player and didn't matter to treat Candace Parker like she was Udonis hlum from the Miami Heat she no she wasn't this amazing role player like ham she's a legend a
• 11:30 - 12:00 superstar but you treated her like you were doing a jersey retirement for Udonis hlam that is a massive problem that is a massive massive problem so shame on the Los Angeles Sparks shame on the WNBA for not being considerate are you kidding me
• 12:00 - 12:30 so this thing you got to be kidding me so this thing was off the whole time let me let me do this real quick again that's a damn shame you see how the devil be hating on me all right so June 29th which is my little brother's birthday Candace Parker is having her Jersey retirement but that game isn't now nationally televised
• 12:30 - 13:00 that's a shame that's gross negligence that's incompetence that's being indifferent that's uncaring that's inconsiderate uh to me that's a d eltion of Duty that's a fireable offense or at least an offense where you should be demoted you should be thoroughly uh reprimanded severely reprimanded that's a horrible thing that they done that they did to Candace Parker it's an absolute shame uh based on the impact she's had on women's basketball it's because of her that big now have versatility she was the first LeBron the
• 13:00 - 13:30 first KD she was the first Shape Shifter hybrid player who can play all five positions and she was a master at all five positions she was an enigma and anomaly which is why she won Rookie of the Year in MVP in her rookie season because we've never seen anyone like this before she's a living legend an icon a future Hall of Famer she's an icon on a high school level she's an icon on the Collegiate level and she's an icon on the pro level okay and the and
• 13:30 - 14:00 someone well Kathy engleberg needs to be reprimanded by Adam Silver Kathy engleberg needs to reper man whomever is in charge of the scheduling department and the marketing department and I think that they should be demoted the LA Sparks Magic Johnson and his ownership group because the LA Sparks are independently owned Magic Johnson bought them when a b bought the team from Genie bus the WNBA was going to go under retraction and get rid of the Los Angeles Sparks so magic John and his partners with the Dodgers purchased the
• 14:00 - 14:30 LA Sparks so Magic Johnson and his ownership group they need to demote whomever is in charge of their marketing department for not reaching out to Kathy engleberg and the WNBA scheduling marketing department to fight to have this game on National Television this game will be buried on the app cace Parker is the equivalent of in terms of her popularity right cace Parker is the equivalent of Kobe Bryant of Larry Bird
• 14:30 - 15:00 Magic Johnson Michael Jordan Joe Montana John Elway pton Manning okay like that's that's Candace Parker that's Candis Parker okay and can you imagine the Uproar what would have happened if the 49ers somehow buried Joe Montana's number retirement
• 15:00 - 15:30 on a during a preseason game or if the Indianapolis Colts did that to pton Manning or if the Denver bronos did that to John Elway okay or if the Candace City Chiefs one day did that to Patrick Mahomes could could you imagine or if the Celtics somehow buried Larry bir Jersey retirement or the Lakers buried Magic Johnson's Jersey retirement or the Bulls buried Michael Jordan's jersey retirement that's how when important Candace Parker is to
• 15:30 - 16:00 women's basketball that's her impact she's that's her impact there is no Banna storeart without Candace Parker because she made them all believe that you don't have to just be a power forward and a center you can play all five positions you can dribble like a guard you can shoot like a guard in a wing you could defend multiple positions you can be 64 63 62 and play point guard and shooting guard because up until that point if you were 6'2 eight times out of 10 you were power
• 16:00 - 16:30 forward or a center if you 63 64 65 66 you were Center or power forward so Candace Parker made bana Stewart believe that she can be versatile she made John Co Jones and danana boner and Elena delodon and Nelissa Smith and now Asia Wills you azra Stevens you name it Bella arari Alana Smith all across the board whether they're in America or overseas Candace Parker made them believe that
• 16:30 - 17:00 you can play all five positions that you can be versatile okay that's her impact that's her impact okay and the fact that the WNBA was so uncaring so apathetic so indifferent so incomp incompetent so inconsiderate for them to not make that game a treasure make that game of the utmost importance that is gross negligence and that is a
• 17:00 - 17:30 firable offense or at least an offense where that person should be demoted in the marketing department scheduling Department from the Sparks and from the WB and Kathy eberg deserves a severe thorough reprimanding from Adam Silver okay now there are people in the comments who are saying well this is another reason why the WNBA can't turn a profit is why they they never grew well that's a lie the WNBA didn't grow because of you remember you said you
• 17:30 - 18:00 won't watch women's basketball because they're women they don't dunk they're ugly they're black they're lesbians they're too liberal and that's why you didn't want to watch so all of you people who are in the Millions on top of the networks who only gave the WNBA just 4% media coverage to split what all women sports combined up until the year 2022 when they only bumped it to 15% on top of that when you
• 18:00 - 18:30 add on top of that the marketing dollars the WNBA with all women sports combined up until this day have only received less than 5% marketing investment marketing dollars so if there's less than 5% of marketing dollars behind the WNBA and they have to split that with all women sports combined and up until 2022 they were only receiving just 4% media coverage splitting that with all women sports combin and then when you add you people
• 18:30 - 19:00 in here who only start watching the WNBA this season or last season or two seasons ago only because of Caitlyn Clark because you said they're black lesbians liberal ugly don't dunk and they're women it's impossible for a league to grow it's impossible for that League to turn a profit it's impossible for that League to get out of the red oh and by the way the NBA only subsidizes six WNBA teams and they don't give them a lot of money it's really Le than 40% okay they only subsidized the NBA
• 19:00 - 19:30 own teams in the WNBA and I'm just and when and when I say six I'm adding the Golden State Valkyries so far they haven't given them a dime yet I'm just saying but so this league was really carried by these independent owners and these independent owners never received a dollar from the NBA and I'll just make that video public again showing you the Chicago Sky co-owner and the CEO saying we've never received a dollar from the NBA the NBA doesn't subsidize us and that goes with all independently own teams of the WNBA
• 19:30 - 20:00 right so that's why the WNBA couldn't grow and the NBA won't fully subsidize them they give them less than 40% and those are only just the teams the NBA owns okay so it's impossible to turn a profit so shame on you for trying to clown the WNBA drooling at the mouth for any opportunity to try to call the WNBA a piss poor league and a poverty League to fit your narrative and agenda because you're a second and you're a misogynistic and you're a racist and a
• 20:00 - 20:30 homophobe and and a bigot and all of these other things okay and you just get off on trying to make women look bad especially black women where you're wrong so really you should be pointing the finger at yourself you're the reason why and you waited until this white chick who's really good at who's really thrilling when she plays the game you waited until she got in the lead because Kate n Clark was good for views she was good for Ratings she was good for clicks subscriptions and followers engage ment all of that that's those are the people
• 20:30 - 21:00 who jumped on board for that and then there's this other sect of people this other faction of people who jumped on board because everyone else jumped on board and then there's this other faction of people who jumped on board and start watching because the podcasters and media spent it to make Kate and Clark a white victim being bullied and under attack by these beastly black lesbians of the WNBA okay and so a lot of white people decided to watch to defend Caitlyn Clark
• 21:00 - 21:30 to support Caitlyn Clark because she was under attack by these black lesbians of the WNBA so all of all of this support is inflation all of this support is disingenuous it's not real support which is why I said if K Clark gets injured you'll see this is all fake support so there's this group of fans who are only here because they felt that kateen Clark was being bullied by black players of the WNBA so I'm here to support Kat and
• 21:30 - 22:00 Clark then there's this other group of fans who are just on board because it's popular to be on board and then there's this other group of fans who said wow I never heard of her before I like the way she plays oh I'm going to start watching now and then there's this other group of people who are on board for content for engagement for followers and clicks and Views and ratings likes all of that stuff so it's all a grift okay it's all a grift right so you have to blame yourself you
• 22:00 - 22:30 have to blame yourself the reason why the league didn't grow and then you should start pointing fingers at the the media the networks because they said there's no way we're going to put marketing dollars behind the WNBA it's a no one wants to watch women play and that's a true statement by the way by I Believe by uh ESPN yeah that statement came from the head of ESPN at that time who said no one wants no one wants to watch women play basketball so the fact that you said they're women I'm talking about the
• 22:30 - 23:00 networks they're women we're not going to put marketing dollars behind them or give them media coverage because they're women they're black they're mainly black they're mostly black and they're lesbians we're not going to put marketing dollars behind them and we're not going to give them a lot of media coverage okay and so it is virtually impossible for a league to grow and to turn a profit when you're dealing with all of the powers that be they're all against you because of your race your gender your sexual preference right your a political views ideology and all of those things like
• 23:00 - 23:30 that oh and the fact that they're really callow by saying that you're ugly you look like men and they're they're really shallow and superficial because they said you don't dunk so you're dealing with all of that and then you're dealing with the media and those in charge of marketing investment giving you less than 5% and less than 4% of media coverage that's a huge problem there's no way you can grow so instead of you getting off getting horny and ring and frolicking when it's time to bash
• 23:30 - 24:00 the WNBA and to make the WNBA look bad because they can't turn a profit you first have to point fingers at yourself because it's it's your fault and then you got to point fingers at the networks and those in charge of marketing dollars marketing investment okay and this is for the people who are in the comments saying that oh this is why the WNBA can't grow look at what they did to Candace Parker no no no Kathy inglebert is a reactive
• 24:00 - 24:30 commissioner and often times she's very re reactive instead of being proactive that's her flaw so this that yeah this is a huge blunder for Kathy inglebert but this has been going on this hatred for this league has been going on since 1997 and that's on you that's on the networks and that's on those in charge of marketing investment and marketing dollars right so we shouldn't be hearing any more of this garbage anymore anymore of this garbage about
• 24:30 - 25:00 the league can't turn a profit where would this league be if the W if the NBA wasn't subsidized they only subsidized five teams and now six teams when you at the Golden State Valkyries and they only give them less than 40% so just kill it stop it I just killed you with that right there right and then I killed You by by exposing you right and then I told you to start exposing the media who only gave than 4% media coverage with all women sports
• 25:00 - 25:30 combin and less than 5% of marketing dollars to split with all women sports combin so that's on you the media and those in charge of marketing investment right so this is an argument you can't win it can't be refuted it's unimpeachable I win you lose and you need to shut the hell up forever right that's the TR truth about it you know so like I said before uh I'm most
• 25:30 - 26:00 likely I'm most likely the only one uh doing YouTube videos a YouTube video on this right now unless keah is has made a video because no one else is going to make a video about this unless this thing starts picking up momentum and it looks like it's going to go viral this topic and then that's when they'll jump on board for views and subs and all of so it's totally disingenuous so like I said before I'm the only one
• 26:00 - 26:30 who cares about the WNBA no one else cares about it no one but me okay because everyone is in this for a Google check and that that's a massive problem so like I said shame on any one of you for supporting these people and that's one of the reasons why I have the comments off because many people who talk to me in the comments or want to talk to me and interact with me engage in the comments live interaction these people don't support my channel these people people aren't subscribed to my channel these people don't like my
• 26:30 - 27:00 videos they don't share my videos they don't try to help me beat the shadow band and the in in the channel suppression they don't try to help these very important videos go viral to make a difference to make a change so why would I want to interact with people who don't like me people who hate me who' been hating on my channel why why you don't get that privilege of live interaction with me this is exclusive okay you're listening in to the very best and there is no one better than me in a discussion
• 27:00 - 27:30 so who are you to ever think that you could have some sort of some form of live interaction with me when you've been hating on my channel when you don't try to help my my channel grow when you don't try to help these very important videos go viral or to help my channel break the suppression and the shadow ban who the hell do you think you are you don't get to talk to me so anyway so any videos I do in the future you'll never be able to interact
• 27:30 - 28:00 with me again I just tried to pick it up this time around and I'm like no these people do not help my channel grow none whatsoever all of these important videos even before the kateen Clark injury videos even before the ju guu Watkins entry videos all of these important videos you people did not help my channel grow you people were not sharing these videos you people were not trying to beat the help me beat the shadow band and the suppression you people were not
• 28:00 - 28:30 trying to make these very important topics of discussion go viral to make change okay so shame on every last one of you you don't get to talk to me ever again so in the future with my channel I'm looking for new viewers who've never seen my videos before I'm looking for new subscribers so I can flush out everyone else because all of you all you people have done was hate on me and hate on my Channel out of envy and out of
• 28:30 - 29:00 jealousy okay and just out of spite and just out of just being a hater and that's that's That's what Satan loves that's of the devil and that's why many of you people at the world end it today just based on that jealousy iny and hatred in your heart many you people will be rotting burning and frying in hell if the world end it right now and today I swear to God that's it