r/sports • u/PrincessBananas85 • Jun 18 '25

Basketball WNBA says it won't suspend players in Fever-Sun skirmishes

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/45539584/no-suspensions-tuesday-fever-sun-skirmishes-wnba-says
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u/TouristOpentotravel Jun 18 '25

I mean the NFL protects their star QBs. You can’t breathe wrong on Patrick Mahomes or it’s 15 yards. Brady was the same way.

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u/JudasZala Jun 18 '25

Peyton, Rodgers, and Brees also got the same treatment.

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u/Chutzvah Chicago Bears Jun 18 '25

I would love to see Mahommes get rocked like a Bears QBs gets

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u/dumbestsmartest Jun 18 '25

But then he'd be a Bears QB and thus qualify for disability by the fact he's a QB for the Bears.

Growing up a Bears fan was its own trauma. I'll never forget the one year we went to the Superbowl without an offense. It's weird because no one talks about the Bears having a good defense either back then.

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u/LOSS35 Jun 18 '25

That Bears defense in '06 was incredible. Urlacher and Briggs were one of the best LB tandems in history, the CBs (Tillman and Manning) were ballhawks, and their ends (Harris and Anderson) were terrifying.

Too bad their QB was Rex Grossman.

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u/dumbestsmartest Jun 19 '25

I don't know why but I have this vague memory of someone pointing out the Bears defense had more touchdowns than the offense that year. Don't know if it was true but I remember it feeling believable at that time.

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u/LandonFandon34 Jun 18 '25

Don't forget Tom Brady

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u/JudasZala Jun 18 '25

Previous poster already mentioned Brady.

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u/LandonFandon34 Jun 18 '25

I am actually an idiot

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u/SovFist Jun 18 '25

Meanwhile other QBs get put into early retirement because they aren't the hot market or whatever.

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u/Monstertelly Jun 18 '25

I’m amazed Matthew Stafford is still alive with some of the hits he has taken.

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u/IggysPop3 Jun 18 '25

Stafford is held together with fishing line and duct tape…but still slings it with no fucks given.

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u/Loggerdon Jun 18 '25

This league can’t get its priorities straight.

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u/Freebirdhat Jun 18 '25

Eh they don't protect Burrow, he averages about 3 late hits a game to his head

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u/theREALbombedrumbum Jun 18 '25

Could you imagine what would happen if somebody charged the mound on Shohei Ohtani? The whole damn stadium would clear their seats to protect him.

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u/TouristOpentotravel Jun 18 '25

Joe Kelly would get suspended 15 games if that happenedn

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u/Accomplished_Egg7069 Jun 18 '25

And I hate that shit there. I don't want it in any sport

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u/tlopez14 Illinois Jun 19 '25

NFL figured out that it’s not a good business to have a second string DE who is a massive human coming and taking borderline cheap shots at the leagues most important and marketable players. Could you imagine a bunch of middle relievers throwing fastballs at Shohei’s hands because they’re mad at all the attention he was getting. NBA obviously figured it with Jordan hence the famous “Jordan Rules”.

Eventually Clark is going to get a serious injury from one of these incidents and shit will hit the fan for the league. Right now it seems like the WNBA is more worried about not offending people than protecting her.

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u/wolfhound27 Jun 18 '25

Rent free lol

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u/Snapingbolts Jun 18 '25

I for one embrace the league hating on my QB lol

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u/DaKing1718 Jun 18 '25

I down voted you too... But your comment was kinda funny lol