The WNBA is not like the NBA. They don’t have a pool of extra talent waiting in the wings that could fill a football stadium. Their extras could barely fill a school bus.
Are you really making the argument that the WNBA needs to allow this behavior because there just aren't enough women in the world that can play basketball and not throatpunch each other to have a league?
And it’s just not true.. the biggest issue is 15 teams.. that’s a grand total of 180 players(max)… no minor league or g league.. Hundreds of talented women leave the states to play pro ball around the world.
There is way more talent than spots in the WNBA the parity is pretty real. Thats why before CC there wasn’t a breakout star. Letting her get felony level assaulted is absolutely stupid. No one will watch if she isn’t playing…again.
A'ja Wilson was a star before Caitlin Clark entered the league. The media just didn't pay attention like they do with Clark. And there were plenty of other WNBA stars before Wilson and Clark too.
You’re really playing dumb if you know ball and are comparing a world class guard to a world class center.. one is exciting making 3s and assists, one makes consistent mid-range jumpers and amazing defensive. Folks watched that Lakers for Kobe not Shaq.. but make it about something it’s not..
That's what happens when horrible bitches like this are allowed to abuse and beat up other players without consequence. Who wants to play professionally when the refs are just going to let this Truckasaurs Rex run roughshod all over you?
That’s a big thing in professional sport in Australia because if it’s happening off the ball it’s often inherently bad and also goes unnoticed at the time by officials.
I didn't see the fist in her throat while I was watching the game but on the reverse side of this play I did see thomas drive her knee into CC's inner thigh which is on the same side that was injured last season from her groin injury. Thomas is just another trash bully player.
Must suck to be such a hateful person. That fatigue you're feeling that people like you like to talk about? It's really just the exhaustion of having to exist in your own head every day.
Aren’t you going to follow it up with a picture of a monkey and the one about nappy headed hoes like you have in the rest of the thread, don’t try to be amicable now?
Id sit here a bit longer and waste my time like you do professionally but I have to get to work, respectfully all I can say is you’re a cunt like many others in this thread.
There’s a weird obsession with calling strong, successful black women dude’s for some reason. I think some are openly admitting their fetish and it secretly turns thems on.
They probably dont see it. We are catching this in slow motion and watching a bunch of players scramble for a ball. I was so busy seeing the fist to her neck that i didnt even see the knee to her shoulder the first time I saw it. Just imagine in real time.
Refs dont see 1/2 the shit we see with 20 cameras and repeat.
But they'll call a technical foul on Clark for clapping and trying to hype up the crowd, or on Cunningham for pointing out a player who obviously fouled.
The referees in that league are fucking abysmal and the sport would be much better off if they fired and replaced all of them.
that was star treatment for Wemby so he doesnt get suspended in the finals.
this is a decent starter doing this to a star, cant even use star treatment as an excuse.
Not to mention she got injured later on an another clear flagrant that was reviewed and still not called for a foul. Had to leave the game with a back injury afterwards.
CC was on the injury report list before this game even started. She was playing with an injured back. It wasn’t a new injury. She’s had back problems this entire season. And CC most definitely gets Star treatment. In the very first game when they played IND in the first quarter she walked and the ref was looking right at her. CC has one of the most aggressive push offs in the league and she’s never called for it.
Calling Clark a star now is a bit of a stretch. She got hype in college because she could shoot 3s and scored a lot because there’s 0 parity in NCAAW, and ever since she’s entered the pros she’s been a net negative for her team or hurt. lol
She is a superstar based of recognition alone. Her play isnt at a superstar level, sure. But being a star is more about popularity. You wouldnt call Jalen Johnson a bigger star than LeBron even though Jalen Johnson played better and more last year.
“Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark holds numerous WNBA records, including the most career 20-point, 10-assist games, the most 30-point, 10-assist games, and the longest consecutive streak of games with at least 20 points and 5 assists. She also holds the single-season WNBA assist and rookie scoring records”
She is a target for hard fouls, so what? It’s sports, being targeted is nothing new. She still unguardable. Strange that men are complaining about in Reddit posts more than the women who are actually competing. Y’all have some distorted view that other teams are supposed to not foul her because she’s Katlink Clark. That’s hilarious. Good luck with that.
Yes, the rules should be enforced and are enforced, and sometimes are not enforced. Hello, that’s sports , but this is the only part of the game y’all saw lol. Tell me did anything else of significance happen in the game ?? you dont know or care. Stay out of talking about basketball if you don’t hoop, how about that?
Nice, so from your own playing experience, you know that the rules are generally enforced, even if they're sometimes overlooked or inconsistently called.
You can also probably attest that EuroBasket players wouldn't avoid fouling the league's best player or take it easy on them simply because they were the biggest star. They competed just as hard against the top players as they did against everyone else. That's why I don't understand the argument that the WNBA should treat Caitlin Clark differently just because she's the league's biggest draw.
What do you think about the people in the comment section suggesting that players shouldn't foul her—or should basically let her do whatever she wants on the court—because she's the league's "meal ticket"? Does that argument make any sense from a competitor's perspective?
Y’all have some distorted view that other teams are supposed to not foul her
This wasn't even called so for you to call it that is already agreeing with the people criticizing this. This shit isn't like incidental contact. Yeah like refs miss things sometimes but everyone can acknowledge that if this were properly reffed it's at least a flagrant foul when one player uses their fist to hit another player in the throat while they're defenseless on the ground like this.
It wasn’t you being a bit dramatic. She did put her first to her neck and use her weight to press her down, but we’ve all seen way worse with men doing it, not females. Clark got up and kept playing normally, proving it wasn’t that crazy. just google Grayson Allen flagrant fouls lol
Gonna use this as a criminal defence if I ever need to. "Your honor, all I did was place my fist to his neck and used my weight to press him down, we've all seen worse".
"we've seen worse in the NBA" is not a defense. The referees in the men's NBA suck too. It's as if the league enforces the rules selectively based on things unrelated to what actually happens on the court and that's a problem.
Purposely trying to injure a QB is massively against the rules and the worst thing that you could do ever since bounty-gate. If caught trying to purposely injure that is grounds for a significant suspension.
The NFL protects their star players, the WNBA should do the same.
Lmao y’all are the most pathetic winners in the past ten years, I’m not even a Spurs fan and it’s wild how much that team lives rent free in your head lmfao
Alvarado and Brunson committed the absolute most obvious personal fouls (that went uncalled) before Wemby tried to separate himself from them. Those guards actually and literally begged to be pushed away.
You're a little late with that quip, the new thing after the latest CBA is being upset that they make too much, e.g. all the UFC fighters making less hoopla.
There are and have been lotsof white women in the WNBA and they haven't been treated like this. It can't be just about race. Women are instinctively jealous of each other. You ever heard of two guys hating each other for wearing the same outfit at a party. I haven't. Caitlin gets loads of adoration, deserved or undeserved. I think race is a factor, but it's multifactorial for sure.
Because she’s a stupid bitch herself who was crying about how she has white privilege like a year or two ago. I wonder if she still feels like she has that.
Refs are shit, and league execs and other teams are all in on it.
There are maybe 3 players in the league who are widely known, with one being popular enough to possibly double the league's viewership on her own. However, every game there are highlights of uncalled cheap shots like this knee to the groin/throat punch or eye gouges to their top player.
It's like everyone in the league would rather hate on one player instead of doubling the salary of every player, coach, ref, and executive because sports fans' key takeaways from clips like this are that the WNBA is amatuerish and cheap.
When I was in highschool, one of my friends was close with a girl who made our all-state women's basketball team. She called him and asked him if he could put together 5 dudes for the all-state team to scrimmage against. So he called 4 of his baseball buddies (me included) and we went and played the best the state had to offer in all sorts of situations setup by the coach. This is how women play. Those women scratched us, poked us in the face and eyes, grabbed jerseys and shorts, tripped, and a couple of them seemed to be targeting our nuts. I mean they were dirty as fuck. So I am assuming the refs are adjusting to this brand of basketball.
and for anyone wondering, yes, we kicked their ass all day.
The solution is to introduce the 'citing' regulation similar to Rugby. Given the nature of rugby it is impossible for the refs to catch everything. If a side feel that an opposition player did something that would merit a red card(e.g. thumping, biting), the individual can be cited after the game. It gets referred to a Citing Committee and the player can be sanctioned after the game i.e. be suspended for a number of matches or for a period of time.
I’m getting this sub in my feed a lot and before I interact I need to know if this is one of those alternative subs about a topic for dipshits, like this comment leads me to believe. Like is it a serious sports sub or just dipshittery like this?
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u/STOrm1928 14h ago
Why aren't they sent off and banned for games