Posted on 09/01/2024 5:08:15 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
There's no doubt that things can get physical in the WNBA, and Caitlin Clark can be the first one to attest to that. In her rookie season with the Indiana Fever, she's hit the floor several times, and some have come as flagrant fouls against the opposing teams. An interesting stat came up on a Caitlin Clark stats page on X, formerly Twitter, that could shock some people who watch her.
“Interesting stat: 17% of the WNBA’s flagrant fouls this season have been committed against Caitlin Clark. The Chicago Sky were responsible for 80% of the flagrants committed against Clark,” the Clark Report page tweeted.
To add to the stats, Sporting News reporter Steph Noh made a clip of the flagrant fouls that were committed against Clark, and most of them have come against playing the Sky.
The Fever and the Sky games are always physical, and it looks like Clark takes most of the hits. In their latest matchup, the Sky were assessed two flagrant fouls, and both came against Clark. Of course, these games get the most attention because of the battle between Clark and Angel Reese, but they have also become bigger because both are in the playoff picture and trying to win each and every night.
The latest flagrant foul committed against Caitlin Clark came when Chicago Sky's Diamond DeShields committed a hard foul that made the Indiana Fever hit the floor. After Clark hit the floor, DeShields tried to help her up, but she immediately got up and went to the other side of the court, and the foul was later upgraded to a flagrant 1.
Earlier this season, Clark took a hard foul against Chennedy Carter when the two teams faced each other.
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Flagrant fouls only because she’s white and she’s a better player.
Shitcago...what a surprise. Guess they don’t like white girls.
I’m picturing Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in MLB — and every dang pitcher in baseball just throwing fastballs straight at his head.
But that didn’t happen.
What about the ones that weren’t called?
Seems like a simple solution to me. Suspend the players on the Chicago team for the fouls. And then fine the organization.
where is the coach?
the coach’s job is to protect their players
put a defender on the court
Very misleading headline.
The refs could very easily fix this.
Any white kid in a majority black school would view this as a relative walk in the park. At least on a professional ball team, she’s getting paid and, unlike in school settings, there are referees. And instant replays, with consequences for the culprits.
[Flagrant fouls only because she’s white and she’s a better player.]
Bingo. Her teammates should be backing her up.
Yes! When Wayne Gretzky was the king of the the NHL, if anyone did a dirty hit on him his coach sent out his muscle line to instantly hurt every opposing player on the ice. No opposing coach was willing to risk his team.
If her teammates refuse to stand up for her, she's going to have to do it herself.
[And Caitlin Clark hasn’t been complaining. People just see what is going on. But you had to try and denigrate Clark, didn’t you?]
Can Larry Bird wear a dress?
Not every pitcher, but enough. And Jackie did get them back though sometimes he got the wrong guy. See Jackie Robinson and NY Giant Davy Williams. There’s a good film of the incident.
Correct. She is a straight, smart, white girl from the Midwest in a lesbian black league that is mainly urban and stupid.
Of course she is hated. She makes them fell bad.
And straight. They hate that about her, too.
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