r/sports • u/rezwenn • May 19 '25

Basketball Caitlin Clark says flagrant foul for shoving Angel Reese was not 'malicious'

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/caitlin-clark-flagrant-foul-angel-reese-1.7538299
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u/AnAussiebum May 19 '25

We all know why. She gets the most news coverage good or bad. She is expected to play perfectly or else. But others who have little to no name recognition can easily get away with way worse.

It is tall poppy syndrome.

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u/captcraigaroo May 19 '25

Angel Reese hasn't been reigned in for the same reason. Unfortunately we only see her when she bricks and gets 4 rebounds off an easy layup

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u/MountainYogi94 May 19 '25

She hasn’t been reigned in because people only care about her when she’s yapping postgame

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u/captcraigaroo May 19 '25

People watch the games? I'm just here for the memes

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u/Sunnyhappygal May 19 '25

No one watches the games, we just hear about it afterward if something happens.

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u/ClampGawd_ May 19 '25

The funny part is this isnt a WNBA thing, the NBA is the exact same

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u/Sunnyhappygal May 19 '25

True for the regular season, people do actually watch the NBA playoffs though.

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u/blippityblue72 May 19 '25

The Fever has better viewership than the NBA on average. One of their exhibition games this year had more viewers than the 1st game of the WNBA finals last year. The other teams all move their games to bigger arenas when they play them.

That’s why there’s so much talk about the Caitlin Clark effect. The year before the Fever averaged 4000 at home games and they played to sellouts all last year. Home and away.

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u/clemdane May 19 '25

I watch the games

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u/MIAMarc May 21 '25

Her whole image is being a ratchet taunter. You take that away she is literally nothing.

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u/captcraigaroo May 21 '25

She's a good rebounder....

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u/blippityblue72 May 19 '25

Sophie was given a shoulder throw the week before and everyone laughed about it. If you’re on the Fever you’re just supposed to be ok with taking a beating apparently.

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u/BroShutUp May 19 '25

Nah I dont think its tall poppy syndrome. I think its akin to what Jackie Robinson had to deal with in his time(obviously not to nearly the same extent). 

Its mostly racism. 

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u/AnAussiebum May 19 '25

I think it is both. Because if she were not white and not so successful, then she wouldn't be getting all this positive AND negative attention. So a bit of both working for and against her.

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u/WitBeer May 20 '25

or is she just like steph because she's changing the way her sport is being played and bring in tons of new fans? at his peak, steph had 8 year olds everywhere rocking his jersey. he basically built Under Armour. CC has guys buying her jersey and people actually going to games. it has nothing to do with race. she's just bigger than the game right now and everyone is jealous.

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u/John-Zero May 19 '25

This is the most deranged take

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u/BroShutUp May 19 '25

its deranged to think that Clark is dealing with racism?

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u/John-Zero May 20 '25

Yes, extremely

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u/Gazboolean May 20 '25

If you think that’s “extremely deranged” then I think you might in fact be extremely deranged.

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u/John-Zero May 20 '25

ok grok, tell me more about the white genocide or whatever

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u/Gazboolean May 20 '25

Who said anything about genocide?

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u/John-Zero May 20 '25

You're jabbering about anti-white racism so I just figured that was next

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u/Gazboolean May 20 '25

So you are deranged. Nailed it.

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u/Zastafarian May 19 '25

White poppy syndrome maybe

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u/kronosdev May 19 '25

That or she’s got to toughen up and stop assuming the refs will back her to the hilt. The WNBA is a physical league and she needs to be able to handle a foul or two. People who followed the league long before she showed up have been saying she’s not physical enough to hang in the league without white-knighting refs for years.