{"id":2257349,"date":"2024-06-01T10:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T14:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-may-face-suspension-after-entering-dangerous-territory-with-wnba-i-feel-like-im-getting-hammered\/"},"modified":"2024-06-01T10:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T14:26:18","slug":"caitlin-clark-may-face-suspension-after-entering-dangerous-territory-with-wnba-i-feel-like-im-getting-hammered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-may-face-suspension-after-entering-dangerous-territory-with-wnba-i-feel-like-im-getting-hammered\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark at Risk of Suspension for Venturing into Unsafe Territory with WNBA &#8211; &#8216;I&#8217;m Feeling the Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcaitlin-clark-may-face-suspension-after-entering-dangerous-territory-with-wnba-i-feel-like-im-getting-hammered%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2257349&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the importance of \u2063Caitlin \u2062Clark&#8217;s performance in the WNBA to maintain\u2064 viewership momentum from the NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament. It highlights her scoring \u200dcapabilities and ongoing issue with technical fouls,\u200c which could lead to suspensions. Clark&#8217;s presence is vital for the \u2063league&#8217;s success, and her conduct\u2063 on \u200cthe \u200bcourt influences the audience&#8217;s interest. The \u2064article emphasizes \u200bCaitlin Clark&#8217;s\u200d role in the \u2062WNBA to sustain the viewership momentum\u2063 from the NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament. It underscores \u2062her scoring skills and the concern over technical fouls that may result in suspensions. Clark&#8217;s contribution is crucial for\u200b the league&#8217;s success, impacting viewer engagement based \u2063on her behavior on the court.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 1, 2024 at 6:54am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>For the WNBA to carry forth the momentum created by the buzz around the star power of this year\u2019s NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament, they need former University of Iowa star Caitlin Clark both scoring and on the court.<\/p>\n<p>On the first count, Clark seems to be acclamating to the WNBA\u2019s increased talent level; after a series of dodgy performances to start the year, she\u2019s scored 50 points in her last two games, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/gamelog\/_\/id\/4433403\/caitlin-clark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>, bringing her points-per-game up to 17.3 for the season.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s good enough to be the top scorer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/ind\/indiana-fever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Fever<\/a> \u2014 although what that proves is still up for debate, considering the team that held this year\u2019s No. 1 pick also seems to be on track to be in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-megadonors-son-launches-senate-campaign\/\" title=\"Dem Megadonor\u2019s Son Launches Senate Campaign\">draft lottery<\/a> for the first pick next year. Despite being one of the league\u2019s top draws thanks to Clark and 2023 first-round pick Aliyah Boston, the Fever are a meager 1-8.<\/p>\n<p>As for keeping her on the court \u2014 well, that might be a bigger problem than the league anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/31\/sports\/caitlin-clark-has-a-wnba-suspension-problem-lurking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported Friday, Clark has racked up three technical fouls in nine games thus far this season. Four more and she\u2019ll be suspended for a game.<\/p>\n<p>Once a WNBA player hits seven technical fouls and serves that first suspension, they can be suspended for every other technical foul accumulated. That means a one-game suspension for a ninth foul, 11th foul, 13th foul, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>(Technical fouls are typically assessed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyrann-honey-badger-mathieu-accuses-tom-brady-of-calling-him-something-i-wont-repeat-in-now-deleted-tweet\/\" title=\"Tyrann \u2018Honey Badger\u2019 Mathieu Accuses Tom Brady Of Calling Him \u2018Something I Won\u2019t Repeat\u2019 In Now Deleted Tweet\">unsportsmanlike conduct<\/a> like aggressive taunting or excessively complaining to a ref.)<\/p>\n<p>Clark has 31 games to go this season. If she continues to rack up T\u2019s at the same rate she\u2019s doing right now, she\u2019ll end up sitting out at least four games.<\/p>\n<p>The latest technical came after Clark confronted Seattle Storm guard Victoria Vivians during a 103-88 loss for the Fever Thursday night. Both players were hit with technicals for the confrontation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you like Caitlin Clark?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fever coach Christie Sides also got hit with a T after Clark was quite obviously fouled underneath the basket but the refs decided to let it slide.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TECHNICAL On Coach Christie Sides After OBVIOUS Foul On Caitlin Clark NOT Called | Indiana Fever\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GO81jqXnCXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, the casual fan isn\u2019t tuning into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-caitlin-clark-struggles-badly-wnba-debut-sparks-reaction-dad-live-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNBA<\/a> game to see Victoria Vivians, a former Fever player who hasn\u2019t managed to score over 10 points per game in any of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/3142948\/victoria-vivians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">six seasons<\/a> in the league. Nor are they tuning in to watch the Storm \u2014 a team that may be 5-3 compared to the Fever\u2019s 1-8, but which haven\u2019t captured the audiences that Indiana has during Clark\u2019s first year in the league. And they aren\u2019t tuning in to watch Sides, who isn\u2019t exactly the Vince Lombardi of women\u2019s hoops.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re tuning in for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jemele-hill-says-caitlin-clark-popular-race-sexuality-racial-meltdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clark<\/a>, instead. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wnba-viewership-05c5fc42c19dc75c756d71e1b5fd9b73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>, ESPN scored its highest-ever rating for a WNBA broadcast for the Fever\u2019s season opener against the Connecticut Sun on May 15; the broadcast drew an average of 2.1 million viewers across ESPN\u2019s platforms, well over half a million viewers over the previous high \u2014 WNBA legend Diana Taurasi\u2019s 2004 debut, which drew 1.5 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The second game \u2014 which showcased the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces against the Phoenix Mercury, home Taurasi and (presently injured) celebrity diplomatic bargaining chip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-swap-brittney-griner-reveals-sick-priorities-biden-admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brittney Griner<\/a>, among others \u2014 only drew 464,000 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The average of 1.28 million for those two games was still up 192 percent over the network\u2019s average viewership for WNBA games last year.<\/p>\n<p>And viewership has kept up, too. According to a May 22 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/four-games-caitlin-clark-already-231559906.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo Sports<\/a> report, \u201c[a]ll three of Clark\u2019s games on Nielsen-rated TV have surpassed the one million viewers mark,\u201d with the lowest-rated still drawing 1.56 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Clark\u2019s mandated absence from any games isn\u2019t just going to hurt the Fever, it\u2019s also going to hurt the league as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Sides has admonished Clark, albeit gently, for her penchant for racking up T\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re spending too much time talking to the officials. We\u2019ve got to leave that alone. We\u2019ve got to just play our game and let them do their job and not put it in their hands,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t get technicals. Let me get the technicals,\u201d the coach added.<\/p>\n<p>As for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/caitlin-clarks-vulgar-message-ref-doesnt-end-earns-technical-foul-fever-lose-4th-straight-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clark<\/a>, she seemed frustrated by the unwanted attention from the zebras.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019m getting hammered, I don\u2019t know,\u201d she told reporters Thursday after the Vivians incident left her with her third technical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate Christie getting a tech too. I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, we don\u2019t quite know what the answer is, either. What we <em>do<\/em> know is that the WNBA, in order to capitalize fully on Caitlin-mania, needs her on the court. Without her, the Fever are merely another lousy team angling for either a miraculous run of good fortune or a good draft pick next year.<\/p>\n<p>The latter seems more likely than the former \u2014 but, whatever the case may be, people aren\u2019t going to tune in unless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-view-co-host-says-caitlin-clarks-white-privilege-popular-part-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clark<\/a> is on the court.\u00a0 Whether she stays there is entirely up to her and her maturity levels. Even if the refs make a bad call, she\u2019s still putting herself in a position where they can make those calls in the first place. Jawing with officials and the opposition won\u2019t make the transition to the pros, as Clark is quickly discovering.<\/p>\n<p>Clark will look to avoid yet another technical foul when she plays against her old collegiate rival, Angel Reese, on Saturday, when the Fever host Reese\u2019s Chicago Sky.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. 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Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-have-lower-opinion-of-joe-biden-than-any-other-nation-global-poll\/\" title=\"Americans Have Lower Opinion of Joe Biden Than Any Other Nation: Global Poll\">world affairs<\/a>, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties). <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Morristown, New Jersey <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Catholic University of America <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Spanish <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  American Politics, World Politics, Culture <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by C. Douglas Golden on June 1, 2024, at 6:54 am, it is crucial for the WNBA to maintain the momentum from the NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament by having Caitlin Clark, the former University of Iowa star, actively scoring and playing. 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