ESPN Blame Caitlin Clark For Not STOPPING All Negativity in the WNBA... 

I blame the wnba & espn for not stopping all the cheap shots & hate towards Caitlin Clark.

Watch sixty minutes on cbs Sunday night instead of playoffs. They are doing a feature on the W including talking with Clark.

Trolls wont listen to Clark, because they arent Clark fans!

AT will not stop it either. They just amplified it. Fever is handling it correctly. This timing by Conn Sun appears to be distraction from Carrington fingers to Clark eye.

and you think CC doesn't get the same? She just not on here crying about it

They want her to become a troll stopper smh so delusional

Unfortunately there is nothing new about internet abuse. Now it’s cc fault?

No player came to Clarks defense when she was slammed to ground on a non basketball play. That fuels the fans to defend clark. Gouge to eye and no foul and no comment by league or players assoc.

I don't think it's the 22 year old's problem. I think the commissioner should do her job instead of hiding in the shadows.

Because Caitlin said the pokey eye thing was not intentional doesn't make it unintentional.. It just means that CC wants to take the high road..be rid of it and move on...for her to say, yeah I know it was intentional would cause the media to go on a feeding frenzy and CC would get herself all caught up in drama she doesn't want to be a part of.. She just wants to play basketball

In my humble opinion CC doesn't owe this league anything. In every instance where she has had the chance to blast the league or players for poor behavior she has always taken the high road.

They want to transform CC into an activist… and nothing that she does or say will be enough to them.

Just because CC said it was an accident doesn’t mean it was

So while dribbling Caitlin has to a be ethicist, philanthropist, & a civil rights activist at the age of 22 who only wants to play basketball. They gonna blame CC for everything geesh 🙄

Caitlin Clark Cant stop Racism Lol 😂😂😂

Do these people understand that with fans comes good ones(most of them) and really bad ones(less than 1%). Every real sports league faces that. They act like they’re above every other sport. Relax and count your blessings.

As Caitlin has given a pass to players who've assaulted her and mistreated her and she has turned the other cheek, one lesson that is obvious is that for people who have hate and jealousy in their hearts, it won't change their ways at all, and may even amplify them, because of how angry it makes them feel that it makes them look bad in comparison, and how frustrated they feel that they can't drag Caitlin down to their level and make her look bad.

You’re becoming a big part of the problem by continuing to post videos over and over, giving them more and more coverage. It’s like arguing with a troll. The more you argue, the more the stack.

Caitlin should just do endorsements, roll in money, and say absolutely zero about basketball or the league for the next six months. Radio silence. She should let folks ponder on what that means to their futures. Nothing would drive these folks crazier than being ignored.

Caitlin Clark is not in charge of the internet. This is all road rage on social media and it cuts both ways. CC should cut these crybabies loose and go play in the LPGA. Less drama and no muggings!

ESPN is spineless with blaming Clark for not solving something she has no control. Ladies, take control of your own lives. It's your foolishness for failing to stay off social media.

If you don't like what you are reading CUT it out. Your grown women act like it .CUT It Off!!!!!

CC should just buy out her contract and walk away from the wnba. She doesn’t need the league she could go over seas and do just fine

Caitlyn is a basketball player, not Moses! The high speed whining about racism has nothing to do with sports.

The players need to get off social media. Delete the social media apps off your phone. What you don't see won't hurt you.

At the end of the day...no one would be making such a ig deal about all of this if it weren't for CC. They're using it for an excuse to hate on her because of their jealousy. If CC didn't exist then all of this wouldn't be a story. I understand her popularity brought a lot of these trolls into the light...but if they all didn't hate CC they would deal with it completely different.

It’s not on CC22. If the WNBA had put a stop to the hate players intentionally trying to hurt CC then this wouldn’t be a problem. Maybe the players and coaches should take responsibility for their part. CC came out against the trolls so I don’t think this is on her. WNBA should do their job, the refs should be fired. Let’s put the blame where it belongs.

Funny fans are blaming ESPN AND WNBA for not stopping the hate!

With all the negativity reporting ESPN has said about Caitlin, they should be apologizing to her instead for making life and basketball a challenge for her.

ESPN also said Clark was the 6th best Rookie . So I say to ESPN , " Do the letters F O mean anything to you ? "

Caitlin Clark doesn't have to come out and say nothing...we still live in USA.

Baffling.. its like these people never grew up, to think placing responsibility for thousands of online trolls on Caitlins shoulders will make it all stop, the foolishness. All you have to do is press the block button, or ignore it. Its such a simple method and these adults cant grasp it. I cant imagine what will happen if the WNBA reach an even bigger audience. These few numbers of online trolls are nothing compared to the number in larger sports organizations.

CC doesn´t need to do anything!! Freddy Kruger Carrington took nearly her eye and got no Punishment! PPl see it say stop the shit and Caitlyn has to stop this lol?

Come off it. DC intentionally went for the eye. CC did what she has done her entire career and all WNBA season and cover the WNBA butt because she loves the league. How DC got no foul call is unbelievable. They have mugged CC all season across the board and no so called “veteran” called it out. They simply piled on. This includes Mabry telling DC “poke my eye” to DC in the second game. Then Sun have nerve to calloutFever fans.

So basically they just don't like her.

Her name is Caitlin Clark. Her name is not Kent Clark. The players need some Sun. Play some games outside. Practice outside.

You should've sped her voice up to an inaudible blur... would've been easier to listen to!

Agree a lot of hate out there on social media. But it can't be controlled by players except to quit talking about it. Bashing fans for the trolls is not the answer. Could be from russia, who knows. Bashing a reporter for asking about the poke in the eye which DID appear to be intentional is not racism. Answer and move on. Nails being a hazard is not always racism. I played and we were told to keep nails short. Regardless who.

I'm not one of those people that make those awful statements. I don't even have a Twitter account. However, if all those complaining players weren't so bad to CC and beat her up every game, there probably wouldn't be so much of this mess. They brought on themselves.

The best way to stop trolls is to not trigger them in the first place. If WNBA haters had been civilized and had sportsmanship that would have nipped 90% of troll behavior in the bud.

Trolls hate the other players in private, a lot of people affiliated with the league and mainstream sports discriminate against CC in public with voices that reach the masses than the other players get in their social media DMS. How can I feel sorry for you when you have been doing the same thing to CC in public. Actions speak louder than words typed on social media.

They want to stop CC by trying to get her thinking about anything other than Basketball as they can't stop her legally on the court

Yeah 60 minutes on Wnba coming tomorrow night

You are right - they want to break a Rookie who can play like nobody's business. Just because they want a club, not a BB league. And right now, Fever threatens that. It is SO ugly. And WBNA has no leadership with the will or the power to stop it. I'm sickened.

Cc gave her all in this court and off, apologizes should come from the unethical, unprofessional players disrespecting her, the game and the league. HD cc not been cheated out of her Olympic opportunity, playoff opportunity, she would have shown you what a true championship game looked like. Global recognition and excitement for the game of basketball came to the WNBA, and now it’s being taken away until she comes back…hope the rating reflect the disappointment “the fans” feel toward the assaults aimed at the most skilled professional player seen in this league

ESPN is not reputable anymore. Them and the W act like racism only started with CC joining the league.

Delete twitter from your phone. Don't carry a cesspool in your pocket. I am the complete opposite of famous and I have deleted social media for my mental health.

I wouldn't blame CC22 if she dumped WNBA and went to Europe or played golf.

If this continues I can see Caitlin retiring early if she achieves a lot early in her career. If so I won't blame her

That's like asking Hurts to control Philly fans.

Well of course, CC would say it was an accident. She's a true professional!

It stems from the in person verbal attack on Caitlin in game 2. There’s a huge coordinated push to redirect the discussion.

Where's the Fever management, where's the new president? Why are they letting CC twist in the wind by herself? They need to defend their star in the strongest possible way.

CC is done with this sorry ass angry league…

I have a hard time following your train of thought because you often don’t finish your sentences

Caitlin Clark's only job is to play basketball to the best of her ability, and utilize her skill set to improve the play of her team and her teammates. It is NOT her job to eliminate all the negativity on the internet (including the disgusting things said by other players and their fans) regarding the WNBA. The WNBA has a commissioner, and her name is NOT Caitlin Clark. Teams have coaches who can tell their players to stay off social media altogether, and owners that can make it a clause in their contracts. But they want to shuffle that responsibility off to a rookie player.

That's exactly what I said, the won't ever stop "demanding" her she somehow takes responsibility for what people say on the internet. Caitlin has to understand she needs to completely avoid the topic and keep it moving, it's a lose-lose situation, and never cave to such requests.

CC has been flawless in all of her actions. They're doing their best to mess her up and ruin her. CC isn't going to play their game!

The fans have a right to be mad at the injustice they witnessed against cc/Indiana team. Clean it up refs, wnba management and coaches.

Caitlyn Clark is a basketball player... Not a miracle worker... I don't get why people expect her to do so much when all she wants to do is play basketball and win... And this goes for both sides of the spectrum. Unreal.

Negativity. She's brought nothing but positives for that deadbeat league. The negativity came from the players that no one knew before Caitlin joined that league. Trolls aren't Clark fans, they are just "trolling" like anywhere else.

All these idiot players are just bringing on more negative text. Why cannot they just put their Social Media on Private, Delete or go to a Liberal Platform.

None of these people want to talk about the fact that the WNBA has an over-the-line aggression problem in general, and in particular the fact that Caitlin Clark has taken an absolute beating in the league this year, and what that implies. It's all one-sided accusations, with no accountability for those players and coaches who are a part of the problem.

I have never seen a league and media be so freaking resentful they would slay the golden goose. This would be like Tiger being attacked by the PGA.

This is why espn+ is a bigger embarrassment than even disney+ and is only available as a package deal.

I say ESPN is the one who needs to apologize and do more.

Please stop defending the indefensible

ESPN sucks! What a total crock of sh**!

They all need media training, even the media.

Stop blaming the Victim '

ESPN can pound sand

Hey Mick, I feel Clark should ignore all the noise and come back in April and put out another amazing season. I feel the media and players that are giving life to these trolls on social media and putting this squarely on Clark’s shoulder are actually worse than the trolls. They’ve been riding on her back with bias and jealousy all damn year for some clicks and likes.

You know what would help? Play Unrivaled. There can be nothing worse for her more toxic fans than for that to happen. She would be in Miami for two months with many of the W’s players. They can all hang and get to know each other off the court. Take some selfies. Her Trolls want her apart so they can play the victim card with her. They don’t want no twitter selfie with her and Carrington laughing it up. That destroys their narrative. Besides, she gets a quarter of a million for two months work in south Florida along with getting an owner slice of a startup league for the grand investment of $0. Doing that, would be enough without saying something. A picture is worth a thousand words.

Being from Ireland you know what this is. Who owns ESPN?Tells you all you need to know.

Come on those players are idiot. They can filter their X account so that they can't read or see bad comments. They can also deactivate their account for the min time then activate again. They are stupid to go with the dramas instead of focusing to their game.

I wonder if Angel realises she is part of her own problems or, not like if she didnt feed social media with videos of the you cant see me after games, if she didnt get overly excited at carters cheap shot, if she didn't show her joker shows and talk about being happy to take the villain role... would she still get crap she doesnt deserve? Of course... but would it be to the level it is? probably not. No one deserves what Agel has gotten but she is also part of her own problem. If you antagonise people you cant expect they won't respond and people on social media respond in the worse ways, thats common knowledge. Social Media is a toxic dumpster fire most the time, if you put fuel on it what do you expect will happen? Caitlin doesnt add to the fire at all and needs constant security with her. The fact not 1 journo has at least ask CC how are you doing with the constant pressure thats you've been under sys a lot about what the media want the narrative to be.

The Buck STOPS & ENDS with the WNBA Commissioner ! If the Commissioner is doing nothing but collecting a cheque , fire them & replace with someone more Proactive !!

Maybe people online are annoyed at the special treatment certain players of a certain community get?? Hmmm maybe actions have consequences.. ,cant expect the ones with the highest prison inmate rate to understand this tho

What a *_passive_* and *_the briefest_* comment by CC against *_raycism_* ...: *even what her Blk **_teammates_** have horribly experienced* ! Could it have *_been_* anymore *_passive_* !?... Like a brief corporate *boilerplate* comment...: CC *dryly stating the **_absolute minimal_** necessary* to CY[her]A... Geee, what 'feeling' CC put into that. And CC has only 'spoken out against raycism' -- & only *_once_* before -- & just as *dryly* -- *_only_* when *_asked_* in an interview -- so as not to offend her *Qlu Qlucks Qlan* fanbois. I originally _liked_ CC when she was back in Iowa (altho I didn't realize until later that the NCAA refs, especially in Iowa, helped her _stack_ all those 3's by CC's often slimey means, & it's CC who tries to, often successfully, get away with little nasty things). But once I saw how *_self-entitled_* CC acted in the NCAA championship play-offs and in the pro's, and how, unlike other _whyte_ NCAA & WNBA players...: who actually _spoked out_ against & _admitted_ anti-Blk raycial bias by many whyte fans & the media & the commercial endorsement opportunities, & the raycist things whyte ppl say against Blk women b-ball players. And I got fed-up with CC soaking-up attention from her *Qlu Qlucks Qlan* fanbois who make every excuses -- right along with CC -- in the world for CC. One of my housemates in my Bay Area multicultural household is a whyte female WNBA & NBA aficionado -- & she feels exactly the same way I do. So in my household we're all _happy_ to see CC when she fails or falls short...: like, CC ain't all _that_ after alll. If Iowa's famed *"3-Point Goddess"* hadn't been _ego _*_chuckin'_* 3's ( *2-13* & *3_12* ) in the playoffs, then IND cudda swept CN instead! But we love CC's top *teammates* (incl _Hull_ when she's hot!). Mitchell is *_fantastic_* on layups... (CC can only go to the right on layups, & no defense should let her.) And Mitchell is a much better ball handler & razzle-dazzler -- you saw her razzle-dazzle dribble layup (just as good as anything Curry cudda done, & I'm sure he was awed too) in the 2nd qtr of Game 2 -- than CC thinks she (CC) is. In my household we *_absolutely loved_* it when *Angel Reese* was *pointing to her ring finger* annnd then doing the *'you can't see me'* sign, and following a sour CC around on the court as LSU was about to win the NCAA championship... *_Hahahaha_* !!... Angel Reese was my *_baaabe_* after _that_ ! And if CC thinks she's "targeted" -- altho she didn't get _throat slammed_ (which I think warranted a 5-game suspension!) -- but hear Blk pro's in b-ball &, _especially_ , in football point out how almost alll new players, especially supposedly pheenoms, get physically tested -- _regardless_ of color -- as an 'initiation' into the sport. I like to watch pro b-ball to escape things like raycism & all the troubles of the country/world for a few hours, but CC & CC's *Qlanbois* won't even let _that_ happen. That's why I'm especially _glad_ to see the _rest_ of the playoffs -- now that CN got *_rid_* of CC -- & praise _whomever's_ the best -- & I wish CC wud take her *Qlanbois* encouragement to just *_LEAVE_* the WNBA so the _rest_ of us can just enjoy *_balll_* !!...: _regardless_ of the color of the players on the court.

I hope Caitlin Clark leaves the WNBA they do not deserve her, she should take her game where they appreciate her. I don't care about the endorsements, I care about her safety.

I thought CC wasn't the face of the WNBA. Why would she have to keep doing it. Better idea let swoops,angel,McNutty,AJ's and ESPN for all this stuff

Should of gave her a follow up question. “Ok in 11 years you never experienced something like this, can you give me an example of what’s been said to you specifically ? Bet she has nothing

Caitlin Clark shouldn't do S**t but Play Basketball, Period, Exclamation Point!!!

You bask in logical fallacies and cognitive biases, but continue making those silver shillings.

Mick- you got to watch the Michael McLean BadAss CEO video on CC and WNBA. It’s brilliant!!!!!!

The day ppl find out which way she swings politically is the day that the WNBA can finally be happy again Unfortunately that will never happen. CC is amazing at keeping her mouth shut and not saying anything

Caitlin can’t step out of the house without security. What are these players whining about?

The ESPN commentary is ridiculous. Not mean words from online trolls, NO ONE is calling out actual players actually trying to harm-or at least risking harm to-C2. Deshields’ attack wasn’t a “defensive play.” Carrington was disingenuous-if it was an error, she would have apologized. I’m done.

They all really need more training and support. If they are going to stay on social media they need to stay eyes wide open and understand the whole dynamic, bots, trolls and scams included.

It's funny how everyone is saying nobody will be watching unless Caitlin is playing so it's safe to say everybody understands most people are there to see Caitlin so why is it so absurd to think that she should have some type of a press conference to attract her new fans that are out of bounds. Please make it make sense

NONE of this mess was CC, absolutely NONE! The media, main, social and the pop-up cult channels, the new fans, the FAKE FANS all this mess belongs to them. Why not just let her play ball, stop putting Goat sticker on her, stop trashing the onther players all that crap led to a stupid season where not of us real fans of basketball could even enjoy. Not her fault, she doesnt need to do anything to stop fools from being fools. Mostly because they will still be fools no matter what she says. Because they arent really fans of hers.

Alyssa Thomas should be suspended for violating what the WNBA posted about not tolerating all the crap shortly after Thomas spoke. Thomas trashed Fever fans and CC which is just as bad as what she may have got. It must go both ways!!!!!

I am from Spain (yep, she has followers here too 😀 ) I bought the leave pass after CC run with Iowa because it was clear that she was going to be a “disruption” in the W… but the nonsense has reached such level that it makes almost impossible to keep watching this “product”… IMHO the Fever managed perfectly the level of crap they have 4:11 suffered. it is quite “surprising” this narrative as soon as CC and the Fever are out of the competition…

Have any of these women been on Saturday Night Live & given flowers to the historic players of the WNBA? Then have one of those mentioned lie about her & stab her in the back? Not just once but multiple times. That’s shameful & that’s what hate looks & sounds like. Not once did the rest of the players denounce this. Which WNBA player has a full time body guard? Nobody mentions it because she doesn’t mention it. Yet, the pile on of dog whistles about her & her fans is so very mean spirited. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Cuf29fvlfb0.htmlsi=6Y0EBohSi5f3AHrL

Why do you even do these videos? You never take a firm stance or present a concise opinion. Your audience is not made of fluff, but you seem to be unable to say anything without fear coloring it. Dude, just SAY WHAT YOU MEAN.

not condoning rhetoric from both sides, but the wnba (commissioner) can do a lot to help by getting flagrants out of the game with harsher penalties on flagrant 1s. it's still so crazy that a rookie, in clark, got the most. a rookie. and it was not some hazing the newbie thing. otherwise, other rookies would have gotten it as well. like how many of us expect the sky to commit flagrant 1s against clark next season? the wnba (commissioner) can do something about that. ignoring it like this season is only adding fuel to the fire. jordan, tom brady, aaron rodgers had rules changed just for them that benefitted other players. wnba needs to do the same.

Just one problem the king the goat some of NBA has spoke LeBron James he standing on business for Catllin 🤦🤦🤷🤷💯💯 forget chinney

The Most Toxic season of All time. If next year the fans don't change, they'll ask Caitlin to retire. The fans are killing that girl. And they are too dumb to see it.

this is the stupidest thing ESPN has ever brought up. go to any sporting event where the comment section is live. the garbage that is being typed by the keyboard warriors is breathtaking. name calling and racial crap is the mild stuff. just watched a college football game on youtube and the hate speech on both sides was brutal. the poor kicker missed a game tying field goal as the clock ran out. poor kid, the hate and taunts were incredible. the W wasnt ready to be treated like a legitimate sporting event, do I believe the players should go through that? no way, unfortunately it goes with the territory.

I know Caitlin said it wasn’t intentional but there is no way Carrington did not know she hit her. That said I also think Caitlin is savvy enough to in the moment say it wasn’t intentional to squash that noise coming back at her if she dared to say otherwise. The players outside her team would have really run with that and play their victim game AGAIN.