Here we have a league that can't rise to do what is right or protect its most important player. We have refs who look the other way and then there is the big elephant in the room: the many black racists who play basketball in the WNBA.

They suspended the player who threw the punch for a day. The foul should have carried a seasonal suspension. And what of the black Mercury players who were so slow to get up and off of Clark, leaving her like dead meat on the floor?

This is the country that democrats have created. I'll say it again: They are a revolutionary party, and they need to be stopped.

So what do you say about the American soccer player who was suspended under similar circumstances.

In real time it was a typical yellow card, the American failed to touch the ball and got the other player on the ankle with his right boot.;

the other player buckled and went through the usual histrionics.

VAR focused on the frozen image which made it look like a broken ankle.

our black guy gets tossed and suspended and their white guy laughs it off and plays the rest of the game.

This is the country that democrats have created.

No it isn't . Stop whining and overreacting.

I'll say it again: They are a revolutionary party, and they need to be stopped.

You would not be here but for the revolutionaries in Boston who were largely responsible for starting the War.

So what do you say about the American soccer player who was suspended under similar circumstances.

I say it's the wrong analogy. The only athlete I compare Clark with is Jackie Robinson.


No it isn't .

Oh, yes, it is.


You would not be here but for the revolutionaries in Boston who were largely responsible for starting the War.

A different kind of Revolutionaries, not Socialists & Marxists.

I know US history.

The only athlete I compare Clark with is Jackie Robinson.

The one she is most comparable to is Larry Bird.  There were excellent white basketball players prior to Larry Bird ( Jerry West and John Havlicek come immediately to mind) but Bird was considered the anomaly, a white superstar in an era of black dominance. 

I'll say it again: They are a revolutionary party, and they need to be stopped.

let us quote Jefferson...

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

This quote comes from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to William Stephens Smith on   November 13, 1787 , while Jefferson was living in France. In the letter, Jefferson was commenting on   Shays' Rebellion   in Massachusetts and the broader challenges of maintaining liberty in a republic. He wrote that occasional uprisings and sacrifices are a natural part of preserving freedom, stating that the "tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" and describing this as its "natural manure" (Monticello.org)   Thomas Jefferson's Monticello +1 .

Context and Meaning

Jefferson’s metaphor of the "tree of liberty" emphasizes that   freedom requires vigilance and sometimes sacrifice . While the quote is often cited to justify rebellion, Jefferson also noted that such uprisings were often   founded in ignorance rather than wickedness , and the proper remedy was to   educate, pardon, and pacify   the participants rather than encourage indiscriminate violence (Snopes)   Snopes.com . The quote reflects his belief that liberty is dynamic and must be actively maintained, not passively assumed.

First of all , there was no "punch" to Clark's neck. For some unknown reason Thomas bent over and placed her closed fist on Clark's neck. There was no excuse for it and it was deliberate.

There is no doubt that some of the black players , some of whom are close to equal (or perhaps even better than Clark) are envious of her popularity.  I dont know that that constitutes racism, but it may be in some cases. 

The refs need to do a better job. 

Morning... thought the same when they showed the clip here, there was no "punch" the hand was pressed into her throat which should not have happened..

Basketball is starting to remind me of soccer, the players rolling around and flopping about on the ground when there has been virtually no contact...all trying to get a freebie..

That's the trouble with sports these days once the mega millions come into it all turns cactus..

The refs need to do a better job. 

Always.  Can you name a sport where that isn't true?

some of the black players , some of whom are close to equal (or perhaps even better than Clark) are envious of her popularity. 

I'm not exactly sure why this has become a race thing, there have always been tiffs between players whether in the NBA or WNBA where tempers flare. Why is this being turned into some "reverse racism!" thing? Do we do that every time a black player flagrantly fouls a white player in the NBA? Or when a white player flagrantly fouls a black player? They're playing a sport and playing it at the highest level, there's a lot of egos and personalities and toes that get stepped on no matter what color your skin is.

It seems this is just being leaned into as a racial thing because some fuck wad Trump supporters and other white nationalist dip shits are desperate to start a race war, possibly because they got dropped on their heads as babies and decided to blame black people for it. Anytime they see a white person not getting preferential treatment and basically getting shit on like everyone else in the world every day, they go ballistic bigot and start screaming about some perceived injustice against the white race. If watching that clip of Caitlin getting fouled gets a person defensive about their race and not just better refereeing, they're clearly fucked up in the head and need therapy. If someone sees that clip and thinks "The refs intentionally didn't call it because Caitlin's white!", they're clearly fucked up in the head and need therapy. Refs miss fouls all the time, even flagrant ones, and many of the players fouling are white.

I used to watch Bill Laimbeer, a white player, just intentionally crush some black players with a "hard foul". Was that racist every time he did it? Fuck no. Hard fouls were part of the game for a long time, and while I'm glad they've cracked down and added additional rules to keep players safe, they're still going to happen and 99.9% of them have nothing to do with race and mostly to do with adrenaline, ego and/or revenge for an earlier perceived hard foul or wrong.

Caitlin Clark is obviously not the first white player in the league. She's not even the first great white player in the league. 

I'll tell you where race comes into this. Before she ever set foot on a WNBA floor for her first practice Caitlin Clark was being described as THE player that would take the league to a new level in public perception ,and popularity.  Black players thought that was unfair to them. The WNBA has been around for decades and there have been great players that barely got a tenth of attention Clark got from the public. They think it is because they were black, and female of course. 

Historically black people have considered basketball to be their game. Whether that is "fair" or not it has been the case. It obviously upsets some of them to see this white bread girl from Iowa become the face of womens basketball. 

Does anyone think the college rivalry between Clark and Angel Reese was not about race?  They dont even play the same position. They generally dont guard each other during a game, but that was the rivalry and the media tried to carry it over into the pros. 

I just think its a sad situation that everyone cant just celebrate womens basketball for what it s - high level sport. 

I just think its a sad situation that everyone cant just celebrate womens basketball for what it s - high level sport. 

My advice for Clark is to quit the WNBA and go play in Europe. Much better for her health and that would leave the WNBA right where it was before Clark came along and began to get people out to watch the games.

My advice for Clark is to quit the WNBA and go play in Europe.

LOL

My advice for Clark is to quit the WNBA and go play in Europe.

because the aren't any black women players in Europe? 

How naive are you?

There’s a lot of stupid hate and jealousy in the league for CC, for sure. But that doesn’t mean every thing that comes her way is evil. At full speed, this looked like an accident to me. And she seems to be ok. Had this been intentional, I believe the results would have been a lot more severe.

some players can't see who brings the league the money

Is WNBA still losing money?   

The attacker is the victim and the victim is the villain in the twisted world of woke WNBA identity politics. 

The attacker is the victim and the victim is the villain

But only if the victim is a straight white female and the attackers are black lesbians