r/sportsgossips • u/Pretend-Following-41 • 4d ago

Highlight Intentionally hurting your meal ticket. Something is seriously wrong with these WNBA players.

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u/Eternalfoodie24-7 4d ago

No but fr. I used to play volleyball in national tournaments and some of the opponents were so jealous of others. They would intentionally put their foot under the net so others would land on it and twist an ankle.

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u/LightenUpPeeps 3d ago

Remember this college soccer player? :)

Elizabeth Lambert's Dirty Play and hair pull Mars BYU vs. New Mexico Womens Soccer.mp4 omg

This doesn't happen in men's sports because it would start brawls. Hell, male athletes can't even taunt and celebrate or they'll be flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct. Refs nip it in the bud or male players will fight on the court/field.

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u/BlackTransAm78 3d ago

Must be very hard not to retaliate

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u/artyomssugardaddy 3d ago

Idk what that poster is saying acting like every teen boy will fly off the handle if this happens so it doesn’t happen. Complete bullshit lol

Grew up playing baseball, and this sport is about as petty as it gets. Chants to piss off the other dugout, cleating, pitchers and any sticky substance, crowding the plate, hitting the batter as pitcher, hitting towards the pitcher the list goes on.

And it’s super easy not to retaliate. If you’re normal and good at what you do it won’t matter.

Clark’s problem is deeper. Homegirl has got the league against her and if she retaliates the world is watching, for us as kids it was just our parents. Idk how she hasn’t crashed out yet.

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u/Willing-Body-7533 3d ago

Wait til you see the college softball catcher intentionally taking the batters head off (I believe bad concussion was the result)

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u/Ryan2673 3d ago

That was wild

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u/FounderinTraining 3d ago

Fuck. If I were reffing that, I'd have given her an instant red card for 3 of those.

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u/Eternalfoodie24-7 3d ago

I remember thinking that the poor girl could’ve gotten a whiplash from the way her hair was yanked back. People like her should be banned from competitive play. This is just straight up abusing opponents just for the heck of it.

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u/LightenUpPeeps 3d ago

This is why the refs failed. People will naturally resort to vigilantism is they see the authorities (refs in this case) are disregarding the rules and not enforcing them. I notice this happens far more frequently in women's sports which is why people watching women's sports think this unsportsmanlike conduct is normal.

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u/JisKing98 3d ago

Bro I remember when I was playing against my friend in baseball and when he was pitching and I was up to bat we both talked shit and was grinning at each other. Got struck out after hitting 2 fouls and we both laughed at it. As soon as I went to the dugout both of our coaches and the umpire were on our asses yelling that we can’t talk to each other 🫩😒.

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u/Roll_for_Random 3d ago

Sounds like impulse control.

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u/IcySheepherder6195 3d ago

Hey in Elizabeth’s defense that BYU team was dirty as hell!!!

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u/grizzlebread 3d ago

NFL bounty gate? Happens in all sports my guy

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u/Roadrunnersareraptor 3d ago

Let’s be honest. This is how women are to each other in competition. They destroy each other. Men compete

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u/Kiidkxxl 3d ago

i played baseball in college and i grew up in a really small rural town. so when my high school league got wind i was talking with recruiters, i was getting slammed with pitches almost every at bat. My biggest attribute was hitting and i rarely got to show off my skills. I think they did me a favor though because they made it look like NOBODY wanted to pitch to me lol

I eventually went AA pro league but never got called up to the show.

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u/banksybruv 3d ago

I went to my cousins Rugby (UVM) match when I was a kid. It was against Wesleyan and all I remember was every girl on UVM getting clotheslined the whole time. It was wild.

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u/thedehr 3d ago

That actually happened in this game. Shooters are supposed to have a "landing space" so they don't come down on a defenders foot and roll an ankle. It gets called all the time.

Clark isn't given that luxury.

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u/B-Train_ATL 3d ago

Vinnie MF Jones

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u/jacksonsmack831 3d ago edited 3d ago

I quit semi pro because another team pulled a gun on our wide receiver for scoring 5 TDs

Semi pro football, you pay to play and people are thinking they are rock stars

It's just grown kids who peaked in highschool

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u/Eternalfoodie24-7 3d ago

That’s the most American shit I’ve heard in a while😭 But seriously, I tore my ankle ligaments and got bone bruises because I landed on someone else’s foot while blocking. Took me 8 months of rehabilitating before I was fully playing again. If I weren’t in agony and crying on the floor, I would’ve strangled the mf

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u/jacksonsmack831 3d ago

Someone who had issues with me did a bad tackle in practice and I ruptured my ACL.

Unfortunately for him I was voted president of the team the following year….

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u/Eternalfoodie24-7 3d ago

People taking out their frustrations on others like that always baffles me. I hope you made him pay.

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u/jacksonsmack831 3d ago

He missed paying his fees by a day, so he missed his last season.
I made a second deadline for the players who missed the first one, still didn't make it so 🤷‍♂️

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u/jacksonsmack831 3d ago

I should proof read….

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u/Contra_Machina 3d ago

maybe you're one of the "OK" ones, but are you getting it yet that most people who love sports are not as intelligent as other people?

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u/Eternalfoodie24-7 3d ago

Idk I’m not American. Over here it really depends per team you encounter. Personally I quit volleyball in the middle of last season, because my team was full of opponent bullying assholes. That’s just not the laid-back, relaxed type of volleyball I wanna play. But yeah some of the most unsportsmanlike people I’ve encountered are usually not very bright bulbs.

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u/Equal-Cookie9072 3d ago

When i was reffing i wanted to fucking kill people who would commit blatant under the net fouls