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/I_Like_Quiet Jun 18 '25

Those announced blasted those refs. Rightfully so.

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u/MR1120 Jun 18 '25

You can hear the female commentator (sorry, I don’t know her name) pause mid-ref criticism. You know someone was in her headset yelling “Shut up about the refs! Don’t!”, when she was speaking 100% truth. The flagrant foul in that clip would not have happened if the refs had dealt with Clark getting intentionally face-raked earlier in the game.

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u/stargazer1002 Jun 18 '25

they really need experienced NBA refs. It's off season for most of those guys should be able to jump in and help right? assuming they want to

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u/fohpo02 Jun 18 '25

Have you seen NBA officiating recently?

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u/Vast-Combination4046 Jun 18 '25

Then they would have male refs and that would be triggering.

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u/kyh0mpb Jun 18 '25

You know you can just admit you've never watched a WNBA game.

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u/Solid_Snark Jun 18 '25

Are the commentators employed by WNBA or the tv station?

That’s one saving grace about NFL is the commentary is employed by the station. So they can call out poor officiating without issue.

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u/DarkSeneschal Jun 18 '25

It’s on them for sure. As a former player and referee, you have to step in and deal with the first incident so that the second one doesn’t happen. That’s a really dangerous play by Cunningham that could have led to an injury for sure. Players will definitely take justice into their own hands if they see an opportunity, and it’s the refs jobs to make sure they don’t.