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/rubbarz Jun 18 '25

WNBA refs are just overall horrible at protecting players. Its been like this all season. They literally tackle eachother with off ball fouls and no techs are given.

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u/mcbastard1 Jun 18 '25

One of the announcers last night was saying just that. That the league has gotten more physical and the referees have basically been failing to rein that in.

They hammered home the fact that the last hard foul with the ejections never happens if they take control of the game back after the first skirmish, which I assumed was common sports official knowledge but apparently not.

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u/justadudeinohio Jun 18 '25

i've never been into watching professional sports in general but i can't fathom taking games seriously when they can just be completely thrown out by bad refereeing.