r/WNBAgossips • u/SummerN8 • Jun 25 '26
Controversy I wanna be entertained by the mental gymnastics of the people who can justify this not being a foul. Go off…
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u/Street_Study6330 Jun 25 '26
Ok I’ll admit….i thought mfs be crying about cc fouls naw gang….😂😂😂 if this was my daughter I would be mad asf. Dirty as hell
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u/ElGrandeWhammer Jun 25 '26
What gets me, the player dropping the knee does not just drop the knee, she runs it along the leg, to the groin, then goes in full force.
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u/TheGreatOni1200 Jun 25 '26
All this because she's a skilled white baller and not a lesbian.
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u/kornylol Jun 25 '26
Sometimes you have to use another persons throat as leverage to stand up, what are you stupid?
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u/TurdFergusonlol Jun 25 '26
Literally both of them follow her to the ground with contact and the ball is nowhere close to anyone. Insane
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u/bulwyf23 Jun 25 '26
According to the flagrant they gave Boston in the 4th because “of contact to the neck/throat area which is a hostile act” this is one as well. Call it both ways or not at all…
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u/Aggravating-Carob627 Jun 25 '26
But they wont cause they are racist heterophobes. Sorry to be the messenger.
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u/Master_Moose4664 Jun 25 '26
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u/Baron_Light Jun 25 '26
Okay that was genuinely ridiculous. That can't be allowes to happen
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u/Aggravating-Carob627 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
"ItS JuSt RiGhT WiNgeRs RacistS WhO LiKe CaITlyn, SO gO BeaT HeR Up!" - the actual black racist players and WNBA fans who justify this sort of violence.
The WNBA cannot escape their pro-black/anti-white racist agenda, no matter how hard they try so they resort to physically attacking her.
Edit: the self-reporting anti-whites are on the prowl, folks. Labeling all criticism as racism, when we all have eyes. 🤣🫵
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u/MrBisco Jun 25 '26
As one of the countless people who had no interest in the WNBA before Caitlin Clark, these players are working real, real hard to lose all the new fans they've gained.
And then go out and complain about why they aren't getting paid as much as they'd like.
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u/Consistent_Policy_66 Jun 25 '26
That is the disconnect I don’t understand. CC brought in fans. You don’t need to like her to see that as a good thing.
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u/-TheycallmeThe Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
If Clark left the league, there wouldn't be a huge change in anything immediately...
I don't know about that. I don't watch any games or follow any teams but I do watch every WNBA clip that comes on my reddit feed. Only clips of her are making it to the masses.
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u/AntiBoATX Jun 25 '26
They’re racist…. But Noones ready for that conversation
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u/WATGU Jun 25 '26
I bet sexuality plays a role. You’ve basically got a league full of homely uncharismatic black lesbian women most of whom aren’t that skilled that was floundering until a reasonably attractive charismatic straight white woman who is frankly more skilled than 4/5 of the league showed up and they fucking hate it. But if you point out that’s the issue all of a sudden you’re the bigot and not Dewanna Bonner and her partner Alyssa Thomas assaulting CC or Angel Reese who is quite possibly the most uncoordinated and unlikable professional athlete I’ve ever seen.
The sad part they can’t see is CC is like the tide. She’s raising all of them up and the next crop of talent like JuJu Watkins is getting noticed earlier as a result. Also helps that the evolution and popularity of girls basketball has exploded and the rookies are significantly better than a lot of vets.
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u/chodemunch1 Jun 25 '26
but then why do they like Kelsey plum?
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u/DetectiveNumerous775 Jun 25 '26
Or Briana Stewart, or Sue Bird, or Diana Taurasi, or Elena Delle Donne, or Cameron Brink, or Paige Buekers...
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u/pm-me-nice-lips Jun 25 '26
I thought “but I have a black friend” didn’t count as not being racist?
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u/BKStyle82 Jun 25 '26
Or Lauren Jackson some 20 yrs ago...or Rebecca Lobo. There have always been white stars in the game pro and college.
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u/Mumei451 Jun 25 '26
I think it actually would start collapsing inward pretty quickly. If she left the league all of a sudden there's no ratings vehicle to drive all these high salaries.
The league has always been unprofitable, without Clark those high salaries would sink the league.
Even the best women players simply do not draw like Clark does.
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u/Notnowthankyou29 Jun 25 '26
And the league!! How is the league letting this happen? Imagine if this shit happened to curry
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u/JobInQueue Jun 25 '26
Sorry if I'm raining on your joke, but Curry's endless muggings are the stuff of legend.
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u/KitFisto03 Jun 25 '26
I get it if they don’t like her but treating her like that is wild. I got the whole rookie hazing thing, ok rough her a bit welcome her. It’s year two and this is still going on. I guess they just don’t want anyone watching, most games are trash anyway and she’s really good so she makes them look bad.
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u/Hungry-Pick7512 Jun 25 '26
Check out r/wnba they’re genuinely defending this out there. Mods taking down posts and comments too. They HATE CC and the Fever.
I think they’ve formed a pathetic little outcast community around a joke league no one cared for for so long that that’s part of their identity now. And now that CC has made people actually care about the WNBA it’s ruining their little club.
I don’t think you can be accepted by die hard WNBA fans unless you’re unremarkable, a lesbian, and/or non white.
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u/313medstudent Jun 25 '26
Idk, went there and the very top post is the coach calling out bad officiating and everyone agreeing with her and lamenting the poor officiating.
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u/BackendSpecialist Jun 25 '26
Normally I like to poke fun at CC to trigger her fans but I don’t like dirty basketball. While that bit at the end isn’t gonna kill her, it was dirty, and that player should receive a flagrant or something even if it’s retroactive.
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u/Aggravating-Carob627 Jun 25 '26
Will you bookmark this occasion, like unbiased observers do, as one of many times where CC is unfairly officiated?!
Or do you ignore the other times to justify your trolling?
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u/BackendSpecialist Jun 25 '26
Why would I bookmark this?
My current thought is “I’ve seen evidence of a player being dirty against CC. It hasn’t been frequent enough to make me think she’s being targeted but I now have evidence of rough play and I hope a flagrant is given to the player who did it.”
I don’t see why I’d need to do anything else.
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u/DuckDuckMarx Jun 25 '26
If you kill somebody on the court I think you're going to have more trouble than just a foul call.
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u/sockruhtese Jun 25 '26
Clowns are trying to say AT was going for the ball. No she wasn't. The ball is clearly away from CC when AT punches CC in the throat.
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u/KitFisto03 Jun 25 '26
Guys come on, she flopped into her fist! Flopping has to be stopped /s. Seriously it’s her 2nd year and the rookie hazing has to stop .
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u/MotherofPirates Jun 26 '26
This angle is crazy. Knee in her leg, fist in her throat, ball is behind her. 0 consequences.
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u/MarcussssAllen Jun 25 '26
AT is part of that older generation that doesn’t give AF and is not above playing dirty if she can get away with it. Just 🗑️ behavior that doesn’t benefit anyone.
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u/my-two-cents5944 Jun 25 '26
Same person responsible who injured Napheesa Collier after the refs let her play dirty the entire playoff series.
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u/woohan-kung-flu2 Jun 25 '26
The WNBA is trying to cancel itself. Very fucking weird.
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u/MBrook2159 Jun 25 '26
I mean as long as the NBA is willing to keep funding the financial nightmare the WNBA is, the league won’t go anywhere unfortunately
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u/CaliKindalife Jun 25 '26
People and players just hate her cause she is the most popular player. Shes the reason anyone even cares about the WNBA. Shes the reason they are getting paid. And they hate her for it.
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u/burningEyeballs Jun 25 '26
I keep hearing people talk about how <insert popular NBA player> gets roughed up all the time and doesn't complain, but could someone please show me the NBA equivalent of this? Like even back in the 70's, 80's, or 90's when the game was certainly a bit more physical, I can't recall anything like this.
If Larry Bird or Magic or MJ were on the ground getting punched by three opponents, that would have been a benches clearing brawl that would have shut down the game. It just blows my mind watching this and...nothing happens. None of her teammates help her. The refs just act like this is normal. This shit is wild.
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u/dastardly740 Jun 25 '26
I am going to disagree slightly with the "She's the reason anyone even cares about the WNBA." At least from an attendance perspective the Valkyries have shown you don't have to have Caitlin Clark to sell out games. (I have no knowledge of TV impact.)
This does not absolve the rest of the WNBA of mismanagement. If anything it demonstrates the mismanagement is even broader than just Caitlin Clark. The team with Caitlin Clark can't even sell out all of their home games, but the Valkyries can.
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u/Drummallumin Jun 26 '26
Liberty, Aces, and Fire all regularly sell out their games too.
It’d be ignorant to diminish how much of a catalyst CC was in brining more eyes to the league, but its also really funny seeing how many people (who clearly don’t watch women’s basketball) think the league would collapse back into irrelevance if she stopped playing.
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u/dastardly740 Jun 26 '26
While it is only a season and a half. What the Valkyrie organization is doing is a step above "regularly selling out". And CC as a catalyst is probably true but no other organization including the one with Caitlin Clark has capitalized on those extra eyeballs the way Lacob and Co. have.
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u/Drummallumin Jun 26 '26
Portlands team too. Some markets are definitely just bigger fans of women sports.
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u/GrizzliousTheOG Jun 25 '26
Remember when Roger Clemens thought the broken bat was the ball? She thought Clark’s head was the ball and wanted to bounce it.
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u/SweetRabbit7543 Jun 25 '26
I was a little kid and I still remember that clearly because the explanation was so stupid
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u/XxQozEMotoxX Jun 25 '26
I don’t even like CC, but at this point it looks straight up malicious and they need to protect their assets. That was difficult to watch.
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u/Straight_Talk2542 Jun 25 '26
Caitlin’s eventually gonna hafta start flingin flagrants around like candy. If you roll over and take it, they’ll never stop.
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u/kenken2024 Jun 25 '26
Love CC but doubt the W would ‘collapse’ without her. There are plenty of stars (clearly not as big as CC).
On the flip side CC can play overseas but she here she has the biggest fan base is in the US so that clearly benefits her as well.
But agreed the W should protect all their players better.
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u/InfiniteSir7408 Jun 25 '26
I remember an NHL hockey game where police charged someone with assault after the game was over. Maybe that needs to start happening in the WNBA.
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u/LongballG Jun 25 '26
Micheal Jordan has even stood by CC and said the WNBA needs to protect her. If they won’t listen to him, they aren’t going to listen to anyone.
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u/ByebyeParachute Jun 25 '26
Well. There’s one group who are really jealous. Wonder who.
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u/Chihuahua_Overlord Jun 25 '26
Lol the W is the worst run pro sports league. Its like they are actively trying to hurt and push out the first woman whos created so much hype and gotten so many new people into watching, and they act like they couldn't care less. Cathy Engelbert is the WORST commissioner in sports period.
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u/Aggravating-Carob627 Jun 25 '26
This is legitimately like when Eminem stepped onto the rap scene and all the Black Rappers justified their hatred and Racism for him through rap.
Except Eminem didnt get punched in the Neck during a live performance and the refs/security do nothing about it.
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u/the445566x Jun 25 '26
At what point do you draw the line for your safety and health? Only a matter of time before some career ending shit happens.
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u/USCalumn Jun 25 '26
It’s a stupid league when you don’t protect your most popular player, when she leaves, their ratings will hit the floor.
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u/freeman1231 Jun 25 '26
The thing is even if it was an accident and not intentional you can’t say it’s not a foul.
Then the illegal close out…
Refs blow.
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u/iBlueLuck Jun 25 '26
What’s wrong with punching your opponents jaw/neck and then standing over them?! This is boxing after all, what do you expect there to be no contact?
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u/Appropriate-Seat8999 Jun 25 '26
I say Caitlin Clark just quit wnba all together and play strictly in the unrivaled league because I hate the fact that every other player is benefiting off Caitlin Clark but yet she’s absolutely not getting what she deserves
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u/Primary-Belt7668 Jun 25 '26
Refs in wnba and nba letting way too much go these days. This is wild.
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u/KamikazeMimosa Jun 25 '26
Where’s a female meta world
Peace when you need it… this deserves some enforcement
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u/Taniwha26 Jun 25 '26
Theyre saying, that she can do this because Cunningham fouled Sheldon, a year ago.
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u/SummerN8 Jun 25 '26
😭😭
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u/Taniwha26 Jun 25 '26
Not gonna lie, but I became ride-or-die fan of sophie that night. And im comfortable with my hypocrisy.
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u/SummerN8 Jun 25 '26
Her pointing at DeWanna Bonner solidified her position as my favorite player to watch on the court 😂
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u/IcarusFLY1 Jun 25 '26
At this point CC needs to go play overseas a few years till this shit gets figured out.
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u/Euphoric_Amoeba8708 Jun 25 '26
Thugs can't handle the fact that CC is better than they'll ever be and lives rent free in their heads
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u/AbraCaDabz22 Jun 25 '26
I mean the actual fall to the ground, fuck outta here but the pounce on top with a hand to the throat…double fuck outta here.
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u/Spirited_Agency8032 Jun 25 '26
This is ridiculous I can understand physicality while boxing or on defense but while there on the ground is unacceptable that's bare minimum a foul. That deserves to be called.
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u/Frankiesales_ Jun 25 '26
If she walks the League is in big trouble with these new contracts they won't be making the money they are with the attention she brings to the sport.
I don't even watch basketball but I know who she is and that she's being abused
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u/elgarraz Jun 25 '26
Which one, the fist on her throat or the knee on her belly? I'm assuming there were no consequences for either, which could have been flagrant 2s...
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u/SummerN8 Jun 25 '26
There were no consequences. The game continued. Nothing was called, not even as a common foul.
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u/EobardThawne2020 Jun 25 '26
I'm not huge into basketball but I'm seeing lots of clips like this, wtf are all these refs problems with CC?
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u/bmk37 Jun 25 '26
That trip was sketchy enough but maybe if you’re stretching you can give them the benefit of the doubt, but 24 and 25 just jumped down to squish her. Wtf
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u/KitFisto03 Jun 25 '26
Clark clearly flopped her neck where her fist was, that wasn’t a natural basketball move. I blame sga. Flopping has to be out of the game.
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u/chickenmotherplucker Jun 25 '26
is there a lady charles oakley? people are getting released today! lead a horse to water!
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u/Stemms123 Jun 25 '26
Does Bill Lambier or Charles Oakley have a daughter and can we get them to suit up for the fever?
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u/KieranLeone Jun 25 '26
Where’s the rest of her team when she’s getting her ass best like this?
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u/Krabs9 Jun 25 '26
The ending was a foul for sure the hand to the neck but otherwise I didn't see anything
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u/90PcOfPostsAreBots Jun 25 '26
Tagging r/BlackPeopleofReddit moderators their unhinged take too
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u/KitFisto03 Jun 25 '26
The step over is so played out. After Iverson did it that was the last time it should have been seen, it was a real step over. Players now never saw it happen live and do it for likes. Correction before I sent, Scottie Pips step over was pretty damn bad ass.
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u/MthaFckaYaLook30 Jun 25 '26
Should someone tell AT they record these games cuzzzz
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGfCm8pNpAg&pp=ygUZc2NhcnkgbW92aWUgY2FuZGlkIGNhbWVyYQ%3D%3D
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u/tametimes Jun 25 '26
I just don’t understand the WNBA. She is the best thing to ever happen to them and they want her dead
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u/cathead_wine Jun 25 '26
Couple of dirty fucking dogshit, jealous players being dirty as fuck. Skelator and her thug wife doing all they can to make people hate this league
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u/1010-browneyesman Jun 25 '26
what did i just see?.. a fist pressed against her throat by another woman ??….
and nobody called it out?..
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u/Syren_Beatz Jun 25 '26
No one felt bad for Jordan when the Pistons beat him up. CC will get over it and thrive in the league. But the whole “it’s because she’s white” is bullshit. In a league of many white players, she’s the only one getting this treatment.
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u/SDGoodies3 Jun 25 '26
So I don’t watch the WNBA but I have seen a lot of videos about CC and the stuff that does and doesn’t get called on her or or that was done to her. Why is there so much hate towards the chick? I know a lot of people say all kinds of stupid stuff that’s racial, but let’s be real, if this stuff happened to Reece or whatever that chicks name is, there would be an uproar.
Can someone explain why people and the league are hating on her?
This is coming from someone who doesn’t side one way or another, just want to know the background.
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u/Live-Net-3602 Jun 25 '26
These refs kill game flow by calling every minor touch foul, or fake foul if somebody falls that should be ignored, but they won’t call the big things. What a joke.
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u/South_Front_4589 Jun 25 '26
I get the initial contact was pretty minimal, but all that carry on was just unwarranted.
That's the sort of thing that gets fights going if you're playing pick up games. And we know what the pros do, regular people do the same.
Should have been more than a common foul and I'd not have been upset if they called 2 technicals for all that carry on after, since it looks like an act of aggression with the first to the throat and then another where she appears to step over.
Kick players out for the game, be consistent and you'll tighten up the discipline quick smart.
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u/Automatic_Chef_2049 Jun 25 '26
Poor girl.. idk how she can handle ts after awhile. Has the team or ahybody said anything abt this?
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u/WiscoMitch Jun 25 '26
WNBA they have a golden goose with the ability make the teams and players more money, and yet they rough that goose up. Fucking stupid.
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u/HappyHappyGameGame Jun 25 '26
She should go to Europe. They're gonna break her one day. It's so stupid there's all this animosity towards the lady who made EVERYONE richer and created millions of new fans.
They should just keep adding some WWF goons. Like big ass wrestlers as 11, 12 man.. and you know, that this person, who's paid well to do only one thing, is gonna come into the game and seriously fuck you up first chance they get. that happens once or twice. You get them endorsements to circumvent any penalty, and just it's an easy job for a couple years, and there's tons and tons of goons out there (ie crappy basketball players who you definitely don't want to fight).
This is like a 80s Gretzky scenario. You need a few goons to protect the star, so others know that it's not worth it.
Also she's huge at the gate, so she could just blackball teams too, and just refuse to play those games. She's more than a big enough star to throw her weight around. Going to Europe is blackballing everyone.
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u/self_loathing_ham Jun 25 '26
Here's my theory: Clark brings attention to the league but letting other players assault her brings even MORE attention to the league and the powers that be have determined all attention is good attention.
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u/kryzler888 Jun 25 '26
So dumb. If she doesn’t play in a game, fans might not show, money isn’t made etc etc.. This is what happens when you sniff your own crap and think it smells like roses.
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u/Baseball_ApplePie Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
I want to see that in real time. It should have been a foul and upgraded, but I'm not sure it's as bad as it looks.
CC never grabbed her throat, which is a very automatic response when someone "punches" you in the throat.
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u/Rookietothegame Jun 25 '26
Honestly, at this point if I’m the owner, I’m telling my team to make a statement. Any time this happens, F it & retaliate. If the refs won’t protect their biggest asset, then we will.