Here's the thing: I've watched part of or all of almost every game she has played in the WNBA. I watched both games over the weekend. She is being deliberately hit, and let me stress, deliberately. It's a little bit more dangerous, a little bit more sinister, than just a hard, welcome to a new league. It appears that the intent sometimes is to injure her. And what's particularly disconcerting is when somebody who knocks her down is welcomed back by her teammates saying, "yeah," congratulating basically. It leads to two conclusions. One is, the Indiana teammates, when are they going to stand up for Caitlin Clark because they have not done that yet. When are they going to do that or else they're saying to Caitlin Clark, "We don't have your back." And if they don't have her back physically, why is she playing on that team? And two, is there a living breathing commissioner in the WNBA? Because if there is, that person has to say to all the players in the WNBA and all the coaches in the WNBA, "Hey, we're not going to have this anymore. We're going to make sure you understand these fouls are flagrant fouls. They're going to lead to ejections. If they happen more than once, they're going to lead to suspensions. This season cannot be the hazing of Caitlin Clark."
We understand when there's a lot of resentment of Caitlin Clark and how famous she is and how popular she is and how much money she makes off the court because everybody in the league wants that. Raise your hand. Everybody in the league wants that, but everybody has to realize also that the eyeballs are on the league right now
because of Caitlin Clark. So you can beat her in the game because, you know what, she's not great now. She is not great now. You can tie her up in the game. You just can't hurt her.
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