{"id":1030,"date":"2025-06-21T01:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T01:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T01:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T01:37:06","slug":"rachel-demita-explains-her-shock-big3-firing-blindsided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel DeMita explains her shock Big3 firing: ‘Blindsided’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rachel DeMita is no longer with the Big3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DeMita confirmed Friday on X that she was officially let go after posting about Caitlin Clark and the Fevers during a broadcast of the Big3 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In a candid video addressed to her followers, DeMita told her side of the story and said she was a \u201cbit blindsided.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rumors are true, I was fired from the Big 3 \u2014 I was terminated from my job with the Big\u202f3,\u201d she announced early in the video. \u201cI can say it, I was terminated this week.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeMita explained that the tipping point was posting three times on X, commenting on the Saturday WNBA game between the Liberty and Fever<\/a> head-to-head with a Big3 broadcast.<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark finished with 32 points, nine assists, and eight rebounds in what became a high-profile 102-88 victory over the then-undefeated Liberty. <\/p>\n

\"RachelRachel DeMita attends the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Draw Ceremony on March 16, 2019 in Shenzhen, China. Getty Images<\/p>\n

DeMita read aloud from a Big\u202f3 letter stating the league was \u201cdismayed and disappointed\u201d at her focus on Clark over the live event, which saw her directly promoting the league\u2019s competition in the WNBA. <\/p>\n

In the letter, the Big3 also docked DeMita for not promoting \u201conly league games\u201d as part of her dismissal. <\/p>\n

DeMita also noted that she had other posts that were from after and not during said contests.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did feel bummed that there wasn\u2019t any discussion prior to me prior to me being fired,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t hear from anybody, there was no talks about it, and I wasn\u2019t under the impression that those tweets would do any severe harm to the Big3.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"CaitlinCaitlin Clark scored 32 points in the Fever\u2019s win over the Liberty on June 14. Imagn Images<\/p>\n

She later added, \u201cI\u2019m not making excuses, I\u2019ll take it on the chin, that\u2019s my bad, I apologize for that.\u201d <\/p>\n

Though she did acknowledge that she wishes there was a discussion prior to the decision to cut her loose. <\/p>\n

The league seemingly viewed the tweets as a conflict of interest. <\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark now stars in the WNBA and earlier reportedly declined a lucrative Big\u202f3 offer<\/a> in the past. <\/p>\n

DeMita also notes that she hadn\u2019t signed a contract yet for this coming Big3 season and that her agent was still in talks with the company as she continued to work in good faith while a deal was being constructed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rachel DeMita is no longer with the Big3. DeMita confirmed Friday on X that she was officially let…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[1487,233,62,1486,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-1030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-big3-basketball-league","9":"tag-caitlin-clark","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-sports-entertainment","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}