As we were walking into the radio studio together Monday morning with our show-prep notes in hand, my radio co-host Mike Imprevento tossed a quick question my way:

“What do you think about Caitlin Clark being left off the U.S. Olympic team?”

I groaned.

“I don’t know what to think,” I replied. “I know  I’m supposed to be outraged about it, but there are too many other things to be outraged about right now. Gotta think about it.”

And that’s the glory of talk radio. We don’t HAVE to discuss anything.

Well, I’ve had about 12 hours to think about the WNBA rookie superstar being left off the team and it may not score a 10 on the outrage meter, but snubbing Clark was a blockheaded move by the selection committee.

Putting Clark on the team would gin up interest in a sport that most of us don’t love. With Clark on the team millions more Americans would be cheering for the women’s basketball Olympic team. A star attracts attention.

The basketball phenom from Iowa, who single-handedly generated massive interest in a sport as a star for the Hawkeyes, is having a pretty impressive rookie year with the - checks Google - Indiana Fever.

In fact, no player selected for the Olympic team has more 3-pointers than Caitlin Clark and only one of the Olympians has more assists.

So why isn’t she on the roster?

She’s got super-woman talent, she has star power, she’s raised the profile and paychecks of women’s basketball. She’s also a good sport in a sport that doesn’t seem to value sportsmanship. Or sportswomanship.

The official reason she wasn’t offered a spot - a lame one - is that Clark missed most of the Olympic training camps than began in 2022.

Of course she couldn’t attend. She was still in college. The Olympic team practices only seven times before heading to Paris for the games and apparently the committee worried that the “chemistry” wouldn’t be good if someone who never played with the others during camps was inserted into this sisterhood.

Spare us. Please. We’re not that stupid.

The real reason she’s not an Olympian? Petty jealousy. Girls being girls. The other players in the WNBA don’t like Clark. She’s grabbed too much attention, too much money and apparently she’s too white.

Here’s the always entertaining Charles Barkley, on Caitlin Clark’s treatment in the league.

OK, here’s comedian Bill Maher, making sense again, pointing out that women just aren’t good teammates. He uses the F word a few times. If that offends you, don’t click.

Women’s basketball is making a colossal mistake by leaving Caitlin Clark off the team. She’d raise the profile of the U.S. team, inject some energy into the fan base and cause millions of us who never watch women’s basketball to tune in. From a marketing perspective putting Clark on the team is a slam dunk.

But they don’t want her.

Fine. For her part, Caitlin Clark kept it classy.

That’s also a talent.

Someone should ask the Olympic selection committee this: Do you want people to watch your Olympic Games?

No. You’re good then.