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Players, coaches and fans the world over are gearing up for what is already a transformative season for the WNBA, headlined by record-smashing number-one draftee Caitlin Clark.

The new season begins on Wednesday AEST, but surging ticket sales have already prompted teams to move games into larger venues.

The league has also recently launched a charter flight program for players, pouring in a reported $50 million over the next two years.

Players and coaches said radical change has arrived for the WNBA, after decades of the men’s “Big Four” – the NBA, NFL, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball — maintaining a chokehold on American sport.

“It’s not business as usual anymore. And this has been brewing for a while,” Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve told reporters.

“We’ve been on a wave. But this is like, you know, a bit more of a tsunami.”

Clark and a charismatic cast of fellow rookies that include the Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese and Los Angeles Sparks’ Cameron Brink have been given the lion’s share of the credit.

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