I've seen companies kill products. I've seen politicians kill careers. But watching people try to kneecap the very thing making them relevant? That's an entirely different level of self-sabotage. That's not shooting yourself in the foot. That's hiring a marching band to provide the soundtrack while you do it.

For years the league needed that one transcendent star. Somebody who could move ratings, sell jerseys, fill arenas, and get people arguing at Thanksgiving dinner about pick-and-roll defense.

Success arrives carrying flowers, and somebody immediately starts looking for the return receipt.

It feels like the office finally hires the employee who doubles profits, and management responds by assigning her a desk in the parking lot.

If she leaves the WNBA today, she might play in the men’s league. For sure, her future is SET.

Not that long ago, the WNBA featured some obscure women that nobody knows, refusing to promote their best-known player.

Sports aren't unique, either. Politics does the exact same thing, as Democrats are trying with Trump.

A politician wins and 30% of the country lose their minds.

This despite all his successes.

Nobody gets to simply be... good. You're either saving civilization or personally responsible for humidity.

We've become a nation where every accomplishment comes with an asterisk and a congressional investigation

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