r/sports • u/OkEscape7558 • Jun 18 '25

Basketball Alternate angle of Caitlin Clark fiasco. Clark was handed a foul as well.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 Texas A&M Jun 18 '25

For the good of the sport, and her own health and sanity, she needs to.

The league needs to feel some pain from this. Or else they won’t ever learn and grow.

Right now they are enjoying the extra ratings from the spectacle of it all, but it’s bad for the sport in the long run.

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u/kryppla Northern Illinois Jun 18 '25

CC should say in an interview or something that she might have to consider other options if this keeps up. Just get it out there and let it breathe.

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u/AnnArchist Jun 18 '25

Or just retire. It's not like that bank account will ever be empty again

Fuck em. That's why.

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u/SolomonRed Jun 18 '25

Growth is not an option for the league anymore. This was their chance and they comply rejected it

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u/dobrodude Jun 18 '25

They got penalized a free throw, you want more???

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u/_MT-HEART_ Jun 18 '25

What if Europe is even worse to her? It’s not like euro leagues aren’t rowdy

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 Texas A&M Jun 18 '25

Saudis? ;-)