Caitlin Clark Victim Narrative Swells After 30th-Anniversary Poster Snub and 1-Game Thomas Ban
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 1
Caitlin Clark Victim Narrative Swells After 30th-Anniversary Poster Snub and 1-Game Thomas Ban
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 1
Summary
A 30th-anniversary WNBA poster that omitted Caitlin Clark and a collision with Alyssa Thomas have intensified online claims that the Indiana Fever star is being singled out by the league.
WinCraft reportedly lacked rights to use Clark’s image on the poster, while the Thomas play drew a one-game suspension after Clark exited with a back injury and Fever coach Stephanie White called it a “cheap shot.”
That punishment still failed to satisfy Clark’s most ardent supporters, and Thomas said she has since received racist abuse and death threats; Phoenix coach Nate Tibbetts also criticized the league’s review as incomplete.
The report argues Clark’s ordinary young-star growing pains are being recast as persecution, obscuring both the WNBA’s broader history and the contributions of earlier players who helped build the league.