re: Jason Whitlock’s take on the Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark situation.

Some good stuff in there especially in regards to Staley. Cancelling home and home series against BYU based on a fallacy was a joke.

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Most of the establishment is overjoyed. They see the opportunity, attention, and cash the Iowa basketball star can bring to the women’s game. And then there’s the contingent of bigots, the people fearful that Clark’s ascension will diminish them.

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley and LSU center Angel Reese are the leaders of the latter group. They’re Fuzzy Zoeller. Tiger Woods triggered Zoeller.

…Caitlin Clark, a white basketball star dominating a black sport, triggered Staley and Reese.

… Staley deflected attention away from her coaching errors and Clark’s magnificent performance by complaining that unnamed reporters called South Carolina players thugs and monkeys. Staley framed Iowa coach Lisa Bluder’s harmless comment about a rebounding “bar fight” as racist.

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I still don’t get the below in regards to why LSU (Morris in particular) felt disrespected by how Iowa chose to defend South Carolina.

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LSU players picked up where Staley stopped. The Tigers claimed they were disrespected and upset about the way Iowa defended South Carolina. I’m not joking. The fact that Iowa sagged off South Carolina along the perimeter disrespected LSU.

That was offered as part of the justification for Reese stalking and taunting Clark at the conclusion of LSU’s victory in Sunday’s championship game.

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Reese reminds me of college football stars Johnny Manziel and Baker Mayfield. The two Heisman Trophy winners were widely criticized for their on-field antics. No one called the criticism racist because Manziel and Mayfield are white. In America, it’s appropriate to criticize the poor behavior of white people. We rationalize and sometimes even celebrate the poor behavior of black people.

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Of course Ryan Clark plays race card. I guess it’s better than doxing another high school female?

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ESPN’s Ryan Clark pre-emptively played the card via Twitter.

“If you praised Caitlin Clark as competitive, fiery, and passionate for doing the ‘You can’t See me’ celebration and are criticizing Angel Reese for the same we already know!!”

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