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Christine Brennan, a USA Today columnist and author of “ON HER GAME: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women\u2019s Sports,” opened up about why the image of Phoenix Suns forward Alyssa Thomas\u2019 first on Indiana Fever star<\/a> Caitlin Clark has resonated with sports fans.<\/p>\n

The incident sparked a one-game suspension for Thomas and another discourse about the treatment Clark has received from her WNBA colleagues<\/a> in the floor. In just her third season, Clark has been knocked around multiple times.<\/p>\n

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Brennan appeared on OutKick\u2019s “Don\u2019t @ Me with Dan Dakich” and suggested the image of Thomas\u2019 fist to Clark\u2019s throat is “that big of a deal” because Clark\u2019s popularity helped paved the way to help players like Thomas.<\/p>\n

“Is the league going to speak out at all about the visual that will live with this league, I believe forever? I think that picture, the fist to the throat is that big of a deal. I wish it wasn\u2019t racial. I wish it was (Marina) Mabrey or somebody so you can have it not be a racial conversation because in our polarized society, I hate that,” Brennan said. “I wish that could be out of it and we can look at the fact that the face of the league, Caitlin Clark, no doubt about it, every measure possible, has got a fist to her throat. Caitlin Clark, who has brought the charter flights, I broke that story, you know, that\u2019s a fact.<\/p>\n

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“Caitlin Clark, with all the TV ratings, all the attendance figures, everything that she has brought she has made Alyssa Thomas\u2019 life better. She’s making more money. She’s got it. She’s not in the middle seat anymore in coach as they all used to be, some of them and, instead you’ve got the fist to the throat. She\u2019s hitting the person who brought her all of that. That\u2019s why this story resonates. I wish we would hear from Cathy Engelbert about it. Is she concerned about Caitlin Clark and Caitlin Clark being injured?”<\/p>\n

The Fever and the Mercury<\/a> will meet again on July 9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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