Clearly extends arms to shove the fan to the ground. Terrible. Disgusting.
OT: Caitlyn Clark assaults fan after game
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Clearly extends arms to shove the fan to the ground. Terrible. Disgusting.
In all seriousness, they probably just ran into each other. Iowa Twitter is blowing up attacking the fan for hitting Clark. In the video above, the fan isn't even looking Clark's direction and is clearly blindsided by Clark. It seems like Clark is looking right in the fan's direction. Maybe she misjudged and thought they wouldn't run into each other. Either way, it's Clark who runs into the fan and shoves her out of the way. Video don't lie.
This angle makes it look more ridiculous:
Bingo
The sad part is the hoopla going forward of how dangerous that was for Clark. I agree keep fans off the floor, but this was a vintage Jordan rules flop. Comical from that angle.
Ha, Iowa fans on Twitter are eviscerating that fan for "blindsiding" Clark, when the video shows, very clearly, that Clark blindsides her, and then shoves her.
What was actually sad was seeing Clark limp off the court, grasping her midsection. lol
Maybe she misjudged her ability to shove the fan out of the way. Clark is a bean pole and the fan looks a bit more sturdy.
Eh I don't think she intentionally ran into here and it's just natural to push away when running into someone, so I don't think she was shoving her. I do think it has been completely blown out of proportion, particularly on the side of Gamecock fans. She definitely flopped. Could she have avoided it? IDK, because with the entire stands emptying onto the court, I can't imagine her sole focus was on one lady who was running onto the court perpendicular to her view. I wouldn't say the fan was blindsided, but she was so captivated in trying to record (a complete other topic we could spend days on how bad society is worried about capturing a moment instead of living it) storming the court that she definitely did not see Clark coming. Regardless, the fans don't have a right to be on the court, which would have avoided the entire altercation.
If only people looked at it objectively as you did, people might realize that it was probably accidental. Even if it were intentional on Clark's part, which is clearly subjective unless she comes out and says she meant to (she won't), the fan not storming the court which they shouldn't, it would have never happened.
Clark's very dramatic and obvious flop after the fact doesn't help.
In real time it looks a lot more reasonable. She's running full speed and that cow she hits aint small.
Yeah, it's out there. The slow motion took over b/c it shows more clearly what actually happened. Either speed, the fan obviously did not run into Clark. There's actually been some pretty decent pushback to the instant narrative that the OSU fan brutally and intentionally ran into Clark.
yeah, without a doubt... I mean she's definitely a very unlikeable player, kinda like Lebron... and flops like him too, but folks are acting like it's her fault it happened and that' just not the case.
What gets me is you can tell very clearly from the other angles that the fan is obviously just focused on running to the scrum at midcourt. She's not looking one bit in Clark's direction. Clark, on the other hand, once she's inside the 3 point line, seems to be looking right at the fan and still squarely blindsides her. Not saying it was intentional, but she'd have to have been blind not to see this person running right into her path. I'm not buying that someone who can hit 3s from near mid-court with apparent ease didn't see that whole person right in her path.
And, I should hasten to add, I don't follow women's basketball in the least, so I could give two craps less about any of the players or teams involved. Just saw this blowing up on Twitter this morning and had the chuckle at the narrative that the fan intentionally pummeled Clark.
Clark is a very talented BB player but is a self-serving, attention seeking, individual who lacks the character needed for the role model label Iowa is attempting to bestow upon her.
In legalese, the video clearly shows Clark is guilty of contributory negligence regarding this ''collision'' with the fan.
At the very, very worst for the fan, you can say it was a purely accidental collision. Video shows very she wasn't even looking Clark's direction. At the worst for Clark, you can say Clark ran into her on purpose. The very blatant flop would add merit to this. If it was just accidental, she'd have bounced off her and gone her way.
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Very poor taste. She is role model for young ladies and should be. She acts the part. Nobody's perfect. She beat our asses and some of you struggle to get past it.
do yourself a favor and get educated. Go to one of our games at the CLA and look around. A wide range of different cultures and age groups. Lots of familes and older folks. Or be lazy and make stupid assumptions.
"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." ~ John Wooden
Clark needs work on her non-basketball talent related skills to be considered a role model for any young lady in my family.
Clark has developed a reputation of being sort of like a Draymond Green. She will pop you and act like she didn't mean to do it. It took officials twelve years before realizing Draymond pulled these stunts on purpose. So, it will probably take that long or longer to realize Caitlin plays on the line as well. Knowing how she plays, I wouldn't be shocked at all if Caitlin did this on purpose. However, you can't really prove it, so we may as well move on from it and just keep it in the memory bank for when this type of behavior continues.
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Dan Hope on X: "The line outside the Schottenstein Center of people waiting to get in to watch Ohio State women’s basketball host Iowa and Caitlin Clark today. https://t.co/hITpkUwmo5" / X (twitter.com)
Do you think they'd line up to see anyone else? She is the biggest phenomena of our generation in women's basketball.
Clark brings people together:
Caitlin Clark’s Lesson for White Athletes: Don’t Be a MAGA Pawn | The Nation
Now the OSU coach has gotten involved:
Ohio State women's basketball: Caitlin Clark gets apology from Kevin McGuff after court-storming collision (clutchpoints.com)
These people making mockery of this incident have not weighed the dangers of fans storming the courts...
Unbelievable!!!
Ohio State women's basketball: Caitlin Clark gets apology from Kevin McGuff after court-storming collision (clutchpoints.com)
These people making mockery of this incident have not weighed the dangers of fans storming the courts...
Unbelievable!!!
I would be interested in knowing if there are any role model athletes for the young ladies in your family.
Drawing a crowd to watch basketball and being a role model are two completely separate things, especially in her case. But she could bring the two together with some class and humility.
I know of two that have been shared with me. Chris Evert and Aja Wilson.
You mean the Chris Evert who was running around with Greg Norman while she was married to Andy Mill.Sorry count me out of the Chrissy fan club
I know nothing about Chris Evert and Aja Wilson's private life but they both represent their sports with class and humility on the court - Clark, not so much.
You are freaking kidding? Chris E
vert? She has so many skeletons in her closet. How many ex-husband's? Me thinks you need to rethink your families role model. You either don't know much about C.E. or you have low standards.
I can get on board with Aja.