Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark in the first half against the Chicago Sky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., June 11, 2026.(Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)

It is neither a business nor a sports league; if it was either, it would celebrate and protect a hugely popular generational talent.

The unfair and often physically abusive treatment of Caitlin Clark by the WNBA is reaching a boiling point. The problem is not limited to Clark’s on-court rivals: The league itself is increasingly complicit in ways that look deliberate. The league’s behavior tells us a lot about what the WNBA really is -- which is neither a sports league nor a business.

A Substack essay by Alexander Muse, dubbing Clark “The Outsider the WNBA Cannot Forgive,” lays out the case in detail. If the WNBA was primarily a business, Clark should be seen by the league as its most valuable asset. As

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