"A fist to the throat.That's the picture that has immediately become part of WNBA lore," Brennan began, referring to Alyssa Thomas driving her fist into Clark's throat during a recent game.
"In it, Caitlin Clark, the most famous, marketable and important women's professional team sport athlete in history, is being punched by Alyssa Thomas, whose earnings, fame and way of life have all been greatly enhanced over the past couple of years by the woman she is hitting."She continued:"For three seasons now, in ways big and small, the WNBA and its players have continued to show their unabashed jealousy, disdain and outright hatred for the greatest thing to happen to them."Clark is getting pummeled on a regular basis and WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, who was given the greatest gift, in Clark, any women's sports commissioner has ever received, has done precious little about it, until today, kind of, just a little."CAITLIN CLARK HARD CONTACT TIMELINE: WNBA'S GROWING HISTORY OF BRUTAL HITS AGAINST THE FACE OF THE SPORTSarah Spain attends The Annual espnW: Women + Sports Summit at The Lodge at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif., on Oct.18, 2021.
(Leon Bennett/Getty Images)Brennan's thesis should hardly be considered controversial.She argues that Clark has been the target of more hard fouls and dirty plays than any other player in the WNBA because of jealousy and resentment.
Brennan believes the league should prevent the situation from escalating before Clark suffers a serious injury and the WNBA loses its biggest attraction.According to Spain, Brennan making that argument is a "dereliction of duties as a journalist."LET'S HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT CAITLIN CLARK, RACISM, AND MEDIA COWARDICE | BOBBY BURACK"We would never say the 'NBA hates' fill-in-the-blank," Spain said in a video posted to LinkedIn on Monday."That's describing every single player in the league as having that opinion and being a part of an agenda.
She does that all the time with the WNBA, and it i...