When Michael Jordan first burst onto the scene of an NBA struggling to find ratings success post-Magic Johnson and post-Larry Bird, the electric Chicago Bulls wunderkind engendered a lot of jealousy and hatred.
(Just Google what the “Jordan Rules” were.)
Despite that, Jordan was never really labeled a “villain,” save for fan bases outside of Portland, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Utah.
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Now, it’s obviously way too soon to anoint Indiana Fever superstar sophomore Caitlin Clark as the next “Jordan” of anything, but the similarities are noteworthy.
Both are incredibly popular cults of personalities, both had to carry an outsized expectation with regards to fixing ratings woes and apathy, and both have drawn quite a bit of jealousy and disdain from their peers.
So what separates
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