Posted on 06/02/2024 1:10:45 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
The WNBA on Sunday upgraded Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter's foul against Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark to a flagrant-1 violation after reviewing the play.
Carter gave a shoulder shot to Clark that knocked her to the floor before an inbound pass during the third quarter of Saturday's 71-70 win by the Fever. The officials called it an away-from-the-ball foul and didn't review the play. It was deemed a common foul at the time.
The league fined Sky forward Angel Reese $1,000 for failing to make herself available to media after Saturday’s game. The WNBA also fined Chicago $5,000 for failing to ensure that all players comply with league media policies.
The league office may reclassify a flagrant foul or upgrade a foul to a flagrant one that isn’t called during the game. In addition, the league may impose a fine or suspend a player for a flagrant foul. The WNBA didn’t do either to Carter.
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How much is the NBA paying the WNBA to exist?
Love is love.
Usually, the refs are more aggressive in ejecting the players in a NBA game if something like that was to happen. Then the commissioner will suspend the player. Or at least, it used to be that way. (After the Bad Boys era)
“And if Carter had just reached for the ball while making the contact...”
Why mention this “if”?
The ball was sitting motionless in the hands of Clark’s teammate.
It looked like the ball was dead and wasn’t going to be passed for at least five seconds based on the normal flow of how inbounds passes are made.
Clark was standing there waiting for play to restart.
What a joke.
Blacks are the most racist people in America
You are correct and that is why I don’t watch or support Negro Bangers League and associated Felons (except for their Mug Shots).
Pretty easy to knock someone down from Blindside.
Protected Species.
Yep, WNBA just cuddled a Tar Baby, things might be a little sticky for a while.
I don’t know, but the NBA certainly wants the WNBA to stay around, Equality and all that.
No Kidding?
Has the WNBA ditched those restrictive expensive uniforms and just gone for the traditional shirts vs skins?
a know I was just about ready to watch my first WNBA game with miss Clark. I always thought it was just a black lesbo league.
Like watching HS BB except slower and no dunking.
Were the 67 people attending the game outraged?
“The ball was sitting motionless in the hands of Clark’s teammate.”
If you revue the film, both her teamates hands went on the ball to push it toward her and Clark’s hands were in a position to recieve the inbound pass. It wasn’t until after the contact that the teamate released the right and dropped the ball. From the official’s standpoint, the effort to inbound had started as the ball was in possession of the player out of bounds and a 5 swecond count would have been started but was stopped by the contact.
Also, review the call. It was considered a deadball foul and the contact was not considered in an act of guarding a player so it was called intentional.
The flagrant came later and was after consideration of the amount of contact. But it could have been hidden by an act of guarding and not just throwing a shoulder. For years grabbing to stop the clock, especially if they had a foul to give, was a regular thing. The whole change to fouls in the NBA was done so they couldn’t intentionally foul people, like O’Neil, that couldn’t shoot free throws. But in the minds of the league this time, this also displayed a cheap shot. Hence fine.
The amount of uncalled contact in the both leagues is far greater than people think. And it is allowed as long as it doesn’t hamper the flow of the game. All three rulebooks, NBA/WNBA, National Federation of High Schools, and the NCAA, have a line in the back under rule interpretations that reads “just because there is contact, to include violent contact, doesn’t neccessarily constritute a foul.” As you can see, there is a lot more to these calls than just the contact itself.
wy69
“Has the WNBA ditched those restrictive expensive uniforms and just gone for the traditional shirts vs skins?”
Not yet. Not all the players have nike tattoos on the chests.
wy69
17,000+ sellout
Only 65.
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