Indiana Fever legend Tamika Catchings called on the WNBA to do more to protect players after Caitlin Clark was hip-checked to the floor on Saturday.
Indiana Fever legend Tamika Catchings said the WNBA has to do a better job of protecting its players after a hard foul on Caitlin Clark ignited hot takes on social media and television. Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter delivered the hip check on Clark in the third quarter of the team’s 71-70 loss to the Fever. Carter was initially hit with a common foul, but it was later upgraded to a flagrant-1 foul. Carter said Monday she had no regrets over the incident.
Catchings called Carter’s foul a 'cheap shot' in an interview with USA Today and said it was up to the league to do more to protect players from things like that. 'The cheap shot, I don’t agree with that, I don’t agree with that, especially that’s where injuries happen,' said Catchings, who is one of the greatest Fever players in franchise history. 'The play itself was wrong.
She is averaging 15.6 points, 6.4 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game in 11 games with the Fever. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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