This is not the first time.
It will not be the last time, until the @WNBA
decides to actually protect its biggest star.
@CaitlinClark22 built this league’s cultural moment.
She and the entire league deserve better than this.
@SportsPatriotUS It’s best to stay quiet. I am pretty sure they have their own private chat and have full support of CC. They don’t have to be public about it. And CC may have also told them to not engage.
At some point the WNBA has to decide if it wants Caitlin Clark protected or just profited from.
Because this is getting ridiculous.
You cannot market her, put her in primetime games, sell out arenas, use her face to grow the league, and then act confused when fans are furious that she keeps taking cheap shots and ending up hurt.
Now she’s out with a back injury for a nationally televised game people were absolutely tuning in to watch.
That is bad for Indiana. Bad for the league. Bad for TV. Bad for every new fan they worked so hard to get.
And before someone starts, no, this is not saying she should never be touched. It’s basketball. It’s physical. She can handle contact.
But there is a difference between physical play and letting the biggest draw in the league get roughed up until she is sitting on the bench in street clothes.
You don’t have to like Caitlin Clark to understand the math here.
Protect your players.
Protect your product.
Because people will stop planning their night around games if the player they tuned in for keeps getting knocked out of them.
NEWS: Alyssa Thomas has received a Flagrant 2 and a one-game suspension for the contact she made with Caitlin Clark's throat during Wednesday's game, the league announced.
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