TIME Magazine just left Caitlin Clark off their Most Influential People list for 2025?!

Wait, wait…. The same Caitlin Clark who literally changed the face of women’s basketball in a single season? This ain’t just a snub—this is wild.

Caitlin Clark didn’t just show up in the WNBA—she blew the doors off the league. Rookie of the Year. First rookie on the All-WNBA First Team in over a decade. She dragged the WNBA into the spotlight and gave it something it hadn’t had in forever—massive hype. Stadiums sold out. Viewership? Skyrocketed. People who never watched women’s hoops before? Tuning in. And that’s not even mentioning the $2 billion media deal the WNBA scored—yeah, billion, with a B. That’s the Caitlin Clark effect.

So what’s TIME Magazine’s deal? How does their own Athlete of the Year for 2024 not make the 2025 Most Influential list? You’re telling me Serena Williams—who didn’t even compete this year—is more influential? Come on. Even sports personality Colin Cowherd called it out as “the dumbest thing” he’s seen, and honestly… he’s not wrong. Caitlin brought three times the viewership by herself compared to the rest of the league. That ain’t influence? Then what is?

Here’s where it gets spicy—some think politics inside the WNBA played a role. Remember when Washington Mystics owner Sheila Johnson went on CNN and basically said every WNBA player deserved to be on the TIME cover instead of Caitlin? Yeah. That might’ve lit a fire under the media that ended with Clark being blacklisted from the final list. Think about it—if the league’s own people are salty about her shine, what’s stopping TIME from quietly moving on without her?

But this isn’t just about one magazine list. It’s about how the media picks and chooses who gets to be “influential.” Clark literally changed how people see women’s sports. She sold out arenas, crashed ticket websites, moved merch like LeBron. She got NBA fans and college football dads watching the WNBA. That’s cultural influence. That’s generational. And they ignored it.

So what’s the real reason behind this snub? Jealousy? Politics? Media bias? Drop your thoughts in the comments—because something just doesn’t add up here. And if you’re as fired up as we are, smash that like button, subscribe, and stay locked in. This Caitlin Clark saga is just getting started.