# What Caitlin Clark’s Treatment Tells Us About the WNBA

**By:** Dan McLaughlin  
**Published:** Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:42:00 GMT  
**Source:** [National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/07/what-caitlin-clarks-treatment-tells-us-about-the-wnba)

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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