Iowa Legend Lisa Bluder
WNBA Wants Rule Adjustments
… Amid Caitlin Clark Remedy
Revealed
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Caitlin Clark has taken fairly a beating from opponents to begin her WNBA profession … and her school coach, Lisa Bluder, has just a few concepts on how the league can put an finish to it.
TMZ Sports activities spoke with the just lately retired Iowa Hawkeyes ladies’s hoops legend on Thursday … and requested her all concerning the remedy her former famous person guard has obtained to date within the execs.
Whereas Bluder would not consider Caitlin is deliberately being “focused,” she does assume gamers are giving her their “greatest shot” night time after night time — as a result of “they assume that is the best way that they’ll cease her, is by bodily dominance over her.”
“It is part of the WNBA. It is part of the foundations proper now, and if we wish that to alter, I believe we’ve got to alter the best way the sport is known as,” Bluder mentioned.
So … what ought to the W do??
“I believe there must be extra freedom of motion in our recreation,” she mentioned. “Which implies, sure, calling extra fouls, which individuals don’t love, however folks will modify. The gamers will modify.”
“If we begin calling extra fouls and emphasize the foundations, the gamers will modify, ‘trigger they need to be on the ground.”
Bluder mentioned if a extra egregious act is dedicated by a participant, they must be ejected from the sport and slapped with a wonderful — and she or he’s not speaking a couple of bucks. She desires it to harm their wallets.
“I believe that is the one option to change the conduct,” Bluder mentioned. “And I believe what’s gonna occur is extra individuals are gonna benefit from the recreation.”
Whereas calling extra fouls will not be the preferred repair … preserving the very best gamers wholesome looks as if a aim everybody needs to be rooting for … particularly after Clark was concerned in fairly the scuffle earlier this week.
Caitlin Clark, Tina Charles and Marina Mabrey have been all assessed technical fouls after this play.
Jacy Sheldon was assessed a Flagrant 1. pic.twitter.com/okfTpJjRS7
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Regardless of her opponents making an attempt their damnedest to cease her, Clark is taking part in nicely this season — averaging 21.3 factors, 8.7 rebounds and 5.5 rebounds a recreation.
