Jemele Hill rips 'irresponsible headlines' on Caitlin Clark's WNBA ratings impact before proving their point

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Sunday's WNBA playoff game between the New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces was the most-watched semifinal round game the league has seen in 22 years.

The game drew an average of 929,000 viewers, up 60% from the semifinals last year.

The numbers of the rematch of last year's WNBA Finals got the attention of Jemele Hill, who seemed to try to make a point about Caitlin Clark.

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Jemele Hill and Caitlin Clark (Getty Images/IMAGN)

"And yet I keep seeing irresponsible headlines claiming the WNBA playoffs are down because of no Caitlin Clark," Hill wrote on X.

Despite historic numbers for the WNBA, it can be argued ratings would have been much higher had Clark been playing.

After Clark drew a WNBA record 1.84 million viewers for her first playoff game against the Connecticut Sun Sept. 22 while competing with an NFL Sunday, she followed it up with another record audience of 2.54 million viewers for Game 2. Clark and the Indiana Fever lost both games, however, sending Clark home for the offseason.

That Game 2 viewership was more than double what the Liberty and Aces drew earlier this week.

Hill, though, despite her take on "irresponsible headlines," admitted viewership would be higher with Clark.

"Would the ratings be higher if she were in it? Of course. But guess what, [an NBA] Finals would rate higher if it were Lebron vs. Steph. Or, if big market teams were in the mix. So what? That’s the headline."

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark reacts during a first-round WNBA playoff game against the Connecticut Sun Sept. 25, 2024, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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