OutKick asked White prior to Thursday night's game against the Phoenix Mercury what her reaction was to the letter, which stated that the Republican lawmakers were concerned about "physical hostility" and "violence" that Clark faces and suggested it might be "racially motivated.""Our team made a statement yesterday so you can find that statement," White said.FEVER HEAD COACH LECTURES AMERICA ON RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA AS CAITLIN CLARK NARRATIVE STARTS TO SHIFTCoach Stephanie White deflected questions about a congressional letter on Caitlin Clark's safety, saying the Indiana Fever focus on what they control.(Trevor Ruszkowski/IMAGN Images)"I understand that, I just mean as a coach when you hear that one of your players is being mentioned in a letter from members of Congress to the commissioner of the league, how do you handle that?" I pressed."Again, that's not something we can control," White said, sidestepping the question a second time before echoing some of the language from the team's statement."We're not affiliated with those groups.
We try to keep the main thing the main thing and focus on the things we can control."The Fever released a statement on Wednesday that said, "Our organization nor Caitlin has had any interaction with anyone in this congressional group and we were unaware of their letter."The statement continued: "We have been clear in our public comments and in our ongoing dialogue with the League about the priority of player safety.Our players and our fans know where we stand on those issues, and we will continue to stick up for our team and a standard of excellence across the league."In other words, the Fever and White are willing to broadly discuss "player safety" but neither directly addressed whether race has anything to do with how Clark specifically is treated.Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark tries to defend herself after Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas drove her fist into the Fever guard's throat.
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