It seems the media — and society in general — have developed a double standard when covering and rooting for women’s sports, especially when it involves Caitlin Clark.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Will everybody just please leave Caitlin Clark alone and let her be a basketball player in the WNBA instead of turning her into a political debate, a racial issue, an anti-LGBTQ symbol and even an assault victim.That’s pretty much how the Chicago Tribune described Clark in an editorial earlier this week after the much-publicized Indiana Fever guard was hip-checked to the floor by Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter during a game over the weekend.
Like such profanity doesn’t happen 100 times a night during an NBA game. Seriously, would the editorial board have written the same thing if Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine had committed a hard foul and hurled a trash-talking profanity at Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton? Of course not. Likewise, if he were interviewing a male sports star a few weeks ago, would Indianapolis Star columnist Gregg Doyel have made Clark’s trademark “heart sign” with his hands during a cringeworthy exchange with her at an introductory news conference in Indianapolis? He was suspended by his newspaper and forbidden from covering Fever home games — yet another media overreaction to the Clark craze.
“Chennedy Carter’s behavior is not indicative of the entire WNBA,” says ESPN basketball analyst Monica McNutt. “We are still talking about competition, where you are allowed to get a little extra elbow in if you are competing and do it within the parameters of the game. The game is physical, Caitlin is helping to grow the league, these women understand that, but she cannot be babied as a rookie.”
And, yes, there’s some racial resentment because Clark, a white rookie from the Midwest, is being portrayed as the savior of a league that is more than 60% black.
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