player? I think the onus is on you, or anyone else, to make the case that rules should be broken (didn't try out) so that the highly unusual situation of putting a rookie on the olympic team can happen. It looks not earned by Clark to put her on just because of popularity. What will they do next? Run a market analysis on who their 12 top popular people are?

I think that's disrespectful to Clark. She's above that nonsense. Don't bend the rules for her. She'll be on the Olympic team in 4 years anyway.

Plus, there's another issue that nobody has mentioned. She probably doesn't want to do it. She just had a full college season, all the way through to the final championship, and then a full WNBA season with no break. She probably doesn't want, nor is it probably a healthy thing for her, to play an international season next.

Look, I'm one of the biggest Clark fanboys on CB. I love watching her play and think she's great. She's going to be a star. But it's ok that she's not an Olympian her first year.