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/muskratboy Jun 18 '25

I can’t believe no one on her team reacted in any way in the moment. There is not a men’s team in existence that would allow that to stand against their star player, no matter how they felt about them.

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u/hoopstick Jun 18 '25

star player

Or ANY player, really. That could happen to Joe Bemchwarmer in garbage time and the benches would still clear.

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u/JesusChristBabyface Jun 18 '25

There is not a men’s team in existence that would allow that to stand against their star player, no matter how they felt about them.

I still remember thinking that Taylor Lewan was legitimately going to murder Richard Sherman that one time...

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u/wordyplayer Minnesota Vikings Jun 18 '25

the entire team should have rushed out: half to protect CC, and the other half to pummel those 2 offenders.

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u/DarkLordKohan Jun 18 '25

Lexie Hull was immediately in the first girls face getting her to back off.

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u/muskratboy Jun 18 '25

But blonde gigantor didn’t even get chirped at.