What Caitlin Clark’s Treatment Tells Us About the WNBA

The unfair and often physically abusive treatment of Caitlin Clark by the WNBA is reaching a boiling point. The problem is not limited to Clark’s on-court rivals: The league itself is increasingly complicit in ways that look deliberate. The league’s behavior tells us a lot about what the WNBA really is — which is neither a sports league nor a business.

A Substack essay by Alexander Muse, dubbing Clark “The Outsider the WNBA Cannot Forgive,” lays out the case in detail. If the WNBA was primarily a business, Clark should be seen by the league as its most valuable asset. As Muse explains:

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The unfair and often physically abusive treatment of Caitlin Clark by the WNBA is reaching a boiling point. The problem is not limited to Clark’s on-court rivals: The league itself is increasingly complicit in ways that look deliberate. The league’s behavior tells us a lot about what the WNBA really is — which is neither a sports league nor a business.

A Substack essay by Alexander Muse, dubbing Clark “The Outsider the WNBA Cannot Forgive,” lays out the case in detail. If the WNBA was primarily a business, Clark should be seen by the league as its most valuable asset. As Muse explains: