Caitlin Clark.
WNBA point (?) guard for the Indiana Fever.
Have you seen this phenom? She is to women’s basketball as Larry Bird was to the NBA. Down here we can only watch her on YouTube so there’s that, but what we’ve been seeing is a female athlete at the top of her game being ignored by the referee’s in each game she’s been in. Not only her, but her teammates as well, Sophie Cunningham, all getting fouled without penalties being called against the opposing team.
What?????
Depending on who you listen to, some say her coach, from the University of Iowa, GO HAWKS, didn’t teach her what to expect when she started playing with the “big league”. So we should accept that it’s ok to throw another player to the ground without provocation? We should accept that a significant hip thrust resulting in being thrown, once again, to the ground, that’s ok? That’s how it is in the “big league”?
Personally, we, Ivan, and I, don’t think so. Having listened to several male former NBA stars commenting on this blindness in not calling blatant fouls, several feel that these girls are being made stronger for the abuse, but several also say that at her age, 23 years old, CC is the best new WNBA player of all time.
I feel that the commissioner of the WNBA needs to get involved in this nonsense, and hold the referees accountable for their lack of calling obvious fouls, and that the fans also need to hold the officials accountable as well.
The Fever, it has been rumored, are considering a boycott of some upcoming games. Do you understand what that would mean for everyone concerned? The ticket sales alone would be nothing. The concession stand sales would be nothing. The endorsements would be nothing. CC is one of the biggest, if not the biggest money maker in the history of the WNBA. Have her sit out a few games from injuries incurred by being fouled without them being called, God forbid, and see what happens to the industry.
Of course there will be WNBA after Caitlin has moved on, and it was there before her, but with her there, right now, it’s never been as good.
Until next time, stay happy, and healthy in the Lord, and pray that the Lord does something about the horrible referees in the WNBA.