Caitlin Clark condemned racism amid the WNBA’s investigation into alleged hate speech that got here from Fever followers throughout their season opener in opposition to the Sky final weekend.
On Sunday, the league started trying into the claims and the Fever have been cooperating with the investigation since.
Talking with reporters after observe on Monday, Clark expressed disdain for any type of racism in basketball or past that.
“There’s no place for that in our game, there’s no place for that in society,” Clark mentioned. “We would like each individual that comes into our area, whether or not participant, whether or not fan, to have an excellent expertise. I recognize the league doing that. I recognize the Fever group has been on the forefront of that since Day 1, and what they’re doing.
“With the investigation, we’ll leave that up to them to find anything, and take the proper action if so.”
The Indy Star reported that the investigation stems from alleged feedback made towards Sky star Angel Reese, who has been pitted in a rivalry with Clark courting again to their days in school when Clark performed for Iowa and Reese for LSU.
The investigation doesn’t have something to do with the tense moments within the third quarter when Clark dedicated a tough foul on Reese that led to a small scrum breaking out, and Clark was given a flagrant foul whereas Reese and Aliyah Boston have been handed technical fouls.
Clark instructed reporters that she didn’t keep in mind listening to something that could possibly be construed as racist, however added that the constructing was loud and it made it laborious to listen to something if it have been mentioned.
“It’s super loud in here, and though I didn’t hear anything, I think that’s why they’re doing the investigation, that’s why they’re looking into it,” Clark added, per the Indy Star. “That doesn’t mean nothing happened, so I’ll just trust the league’s investigation, and I’m sure they’ll do the right thing.”
It isn’t the primary time Fever followers have confronted claims that considered one of their very own had used racist language.
Final season, then-Suns ahead Alyssa Thomas alleged that Fever followers had made racist feedback following Connecticut’s Recreation 2 loss to the Fever within the playoffs.
