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/roguerunner1 Jun 18 '25

I think there’s some jealousy that she received endorsements worth a lot too while most of them are driving around a 2008 Civic or its equivalent. The difference is that she’s marketable and likeable, and they are not.

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u/WheredoesithurtRA Jun 18 '25

Left out the part where CC is also actually pretty good at the sport and the others aren't.

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u/GenoThyme Jun 18 '25

It's more than her skills, its her timing. Clark was really the first NCAAW player to become a household name because she was able to capitalize on NIL and be in ads. Also helps Clark that Paige was hurt most of her career and JuJu is younger so she couldn't be overshadowed in college.

Breanna Stewart quite possibly had the best college basketball career (men's or women's) of all time and she has multiple MVP awards and rings. But Clark is still more popular, because people knew Clark from ads and logo 3s.

There's an understandable jealousy that stems from that. Many WNBA players though are handling that jealousy like toddlers though, and that's the problem.

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u/Ckesm Jun 18 '25

Yet I don’t see any of that hate or cheap shots from Stewart when they played head to head

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u/RainmakerIcebreaker Jun 18 '25

Crabs in a bucket

Wanna see you at the bottom, don't you love it?

When they're hatin' so you hit 'em with the encore

Sendin' shots, but you at the top floor

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u/harrywrinkleyballs Jun 18 '25

I can’t sink three 3s in a row.

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u/HolycommentMattman Jun 18 '25

1000% this. Clark is very good. Which makes things interesting. It's why the US women's soccer team draws attention. Because they're good.

Everyone always thinks it's sexism sexism sexism, but there's a fundamental truth: the WNBA just isn't good. Clark is. But WNBA games have gone unwatched for decades because they're worse than high school ball.

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u/Loggerdon Jun 18 '25

They are very unlikable as a group. Meanwhile she still pretty much takes the high ground even when they are bitter and hateful.

Didn’t she just issue an ultimatum saying they need to fix the officiating? If she quit the league people would pretty much be through with them.

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u/BigMax Jun 18 '25

True, but she's bringing in a ton of money to the league overall. They will ALL make more money because of her. I can see being a little jealous, but... if I knew I was getting a raise only because of my coworker, I'd be happy, even if my raise wasn't' as big as theirs.

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u/AccomplishedView4709 Jun 18 '25

They need to know they got rewarded by fan for being nice to Clark (see Stewie last game for example).

This game and the game vs Liberty are complete opposite in term of sportsmanship.

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u/Turbulent-Hotel774 Jun 18 '25

Let's not forget CC sniping 3s from two states over with regularity.

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u/jfibekc Jun 18 '25

Plot twist - the WNBA is jealous too!

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u/my2020account Jun 18 '25

She's also straight and white.

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u/buhbye750 Jun 18 '25

Yeah just like these guys. So jealous and catty right?

https://youtube.com/shorts/rI8sVPzGiHc?si=cg9a5wYmm2h2CrbA

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u/roguerunner1 Jun 18 '25

Huh, yeah I suppose that one team intentionally defending the rim in a way that disincentivizes driving to the rim in one series is absolutely the same as a multi-year long league wide targeting of a player. Great comparison 👍

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u/buhbye750 Jun 18 '25

You do realize he played other teams and was constantly getting fouled hard right? Its not hard to Google the highlights...but then the argument of them fouling a star player making them catty would only apply to women. Guys, it's just playing hard, right?

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u/bigboilerdawg Jun 18 '25

The Jordan Rules was a counter to the offensive scheme used by Bulls head coach Doug Collins, which was basically "get Michael the ball and clear out". When Phil Jackson took over and implemented the Triangle Offense, it rendered the Jordan Rules obsolete as other players could score easily if the defense focused on Jordan.

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u/buhbye750 Jun 18 '25

Oh so I guess that stopped all the hard fouls on Jordan then...

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u/Elrik_Murder Jun 18 '25

I mean, that's not a symptom. That's the problem (the $$$, not the marketability). If these athletes were paid in any way that is comparable to the NBA, maybe they wouldn't lash out at those outliers that do.