Olivia Dunne’s LSU Coach Jay Clark Makes Massive NBA Claim About Gymnast’s Latest Performance

“For our sport, there’s no NBA, there’s no NFL. There’s no opportunity for these kids, after they complete their collegiate career, to go on and to do it professionally,” Jay Clark said in The Money Game documentary while comparing the sports. Unfortunately, the LSU Gymnastics coach was right on his point and the problem he mentioned has yet to get a solution. However, nothing stands still. The sporting world has moved further with the days. The college gymnastics, NBA, and NFL are on their own way to move things forward. But yet again, the comparison between the NBA and college gymnastics has come up. The credit goes to Olivia Dunne’s performance on Friday last week.

The LSU Gymnastics is moving toward its next contest, the Quad Meet, hosted to be in Oklahoma. The defending national champion program has started its fresh season with a stunning victory. Now, the program wants to carry on the momentum. In the upcoming weeks, that would be the most needed factor for them. Coach Jay Clark thinks in that way. Also, he knows the seniors’ role and value in the squad to keep the momentum. Last Friday, the squad didn’t have Haleigh Bryant’s service. But seniors like Olivia Dunne stood up and played their roles beautifully to claim the victory. In the gymnastics week 2 press conference, the coach mentioned that part.

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The coach wasn’t much surprised at seeing Olivia’s performance last Friday. For him, Livvy is someone who has been doing such a job season after season. In the past, she had minimum chances to show her color. But whenever she earned a call, she utilized and stood up for the program’s cause. That feature of hers impresses Jay Clark. According to him, Livvy played the same role last year as well. Yet, she remained the unsung hero. The coach, however, had a wish to celebrate her contributions.

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Last year, Olivia Dunne didn’t receive any individual award on the final night. But her coach had a wish to give her one. In the press conference, Clark claimed, “I don’t think umm I’ve said before I don’t think she gets the credit she deserves sometimes, uh, in terms of the impact that she’s had for us, cuz um, that role she played almost all year last year was extremely important and if they if we had a the equivalent of a Sixth Man award like they have in the NBA, I would say she probably would have been a favorite to win.”

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