Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark isn’t bothered by the way in which her title’s been utilized in tradition warfare debates inside the worlds of sports activities and politics.
Clark has been on the middle of a weeks-long media frenzy since starting her rookie season within the WNBA. The primary one in every of observe got here when she took a tough foul from Chennedy Carter of the Chicago Sky. Some accused Carter of being jealous of Clark’s recognition.
Not lengthy after, that dialog developed into heated debates about race and sexuality within the WNBA. OutKick’s Clay Travis even claimed Clark — a straight White lady — was the sufferer of discrimination in a “Black lesbian league.”
The next week, the outrage continued when it was revealed Clark had not been chosen to hitch the U.S. girls’s nationwide group for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Once more, the dialog turned about WNBA gamers resenting her.
When requested Thursday how she felt about being “weaponized” in these non-sports discussions, Clark stated she didn’t pay a lot consideration to it.
“It’s not one thing I can management,” she advised the media through the group’s shootaround, “so I don’t put an excessive amount of thought and time into eager about issues like that; and, to be sincere, I don’t see lots of it. Like I’ve stated, basketball is my job. Every little thing on
the skin, I can’t management that, so I’m not gonna spend time eager about that. Individuals can speak about what they wanna speak about, create conversations about no matter it’s; however I feel for myself, I’m simply right here to play basketball. I’m right here to have enjoyable. I’m attempting to assist our group win.”
Although she stated she doesn’t hear many of the exterior noise, she was requested if it nonetheless bothered her the way in which folks use her to push their very own agendas unrelated to the game.
“No,” she responded. “I don’t see it. That’s not the place my focus is. Once more, my focus is right here and on basketball; and that’s the place it must be. That’s the place it has been, and I’m simply attempting to get higher each day.”
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