Caitlin Clark’s one-game suspension gets overturned by WNBA after controversial referee decision

Caitlin Clark picked up her eighth technical foul of the season, triggering an automatic one-game suspension, but the WNBA overturned it mere hours later.

During the Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky game, Clark picked up a technical foul at the end of the third quarter when she ran into a baseline official while off-balance.

The referee instantly gave Clark a technical, prompting light protests from the player before she moved on, knowing that this technical could force her to miss Tuesday’s game against the Liberty.

WNBA overturn Caitlin Clark’s technical as she avoids suspension

The decision for Clark to get such a soft technical foul led to outrage on social media, with the Fever likely lodging a complaint to get it rescinded within minutes of it happening, and the league resolving it within an hour of the game ending.

“WNBA has rescinded the technical foul on Caitlin Clark, which would’ve been her eighth of the season — and an automatic one-game suspension, keeping her out of Fever-Liberty on Tuesday. That was fast. Kudos to the league for handling it so quickly.”

Caitlin Clark’s one-game suspension gets overturned

It’s clear in the video that Clark was off-balance and didn’t intentionally run into the ref with malice. No WNBA player should be suspended over such a soft technical.

The league also wouldn’t want Clark to miss a crucial game in New York on Tuesday, as the Fever look to establish themselves as serious title contenders.

Clark put up 26 points with 11 assists while shooting 5-6 from three-point land. The Fever picked up a 90-86 win to improve their record to 20-12, the best in the Eastern Conference this season.

The 19-13 Liberty will not be an easy opponent for the Fever on Tuesday, so having Clark available for that game will be huge.

Clark is still liable to be suspended if she picks up another technical over the remaining 10 regular-season games, so she will have to continue being careful.

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