OutKick Readers Blast WNBA Over 1-Game Alyssa Thomas Ban After Caitlin Clark Incident
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 27
OutKick Readers Blast WNBA Over 1-Game Alyssa Thomas Ban After Caitlin Clark Incident
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 27
Summary
About 50 OutKick reader responses overwhelmingly condemned the WNBA, its referees and Alyssa Thomas after the league issued only a one-game suspension over the Caitlin Clark incident.
The backlash followed Wednesday’s Fever-Mercury game, when Thomas shoved Clark to the floor, put a fist into her throat and stepped on her in a sequence that drew no foul call and then went viral.
Reader reactions ranged from calls for Thomas to be banned or charged with assault to demands that Clark sue the WNBA or leave for Europe, arguing the league would suffer without its biggest draw.
Clark was already ruled out of Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Sparks with a back injury after exiting Wednesday’s 111-109 loss to Phoenix, extending scrutiny of how the league handles contact involving its top star.