{"id":246998,"date":"2025-09-22T19:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/246998\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T19:07:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:07:14","slug":"caitlin-clark-mocks-200-fine-from-the-wnba-for-her-social-media-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/246998\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Mocks $200 Fine from the WNBA for Her Social Media Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<p>Caitlin Clark was fined for comments she made regarding WNBA officiating<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The Indiana Fever star was told to pay $200 to the league<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The Fever beat the Las Vegas Aces in game 1 of the best-of-five semifinal series on Sunday<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/caitlin-clark-8640752\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Caitlin Clark;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Caitlin Clark<\/a> is losing a couple Benjamins \u2014 and she doesn&#8217;t mind!<\/p>\n<p>After criticizing the officiating following the Indiana Fever\u2019s win over the Atlanta Dream last week, the WNBA star said she was fined by the league.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGot fined $200 for this lol,\u201d Clark, 23, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CaitlinClark22\/status\/1969503708938715514\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote on X<\/a> alongside a series of crying-laughing emojis on Saturday, Sept. 20. \u201cBENCH MOB WILL BE EVEN MORE ROWDY TOMORROW LETS GOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fine was pegged to comments Clark \u2014 who has been on the bench for over two months with a groin injury \u2014 made on Instagram after the Fever upset the Dream in game 2 of the first-round series, writing &#8220;Elite bench mob&#8221; and &#8220;Refs couldn&#8217;t stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark\u2019s opining came after the officiating took center stage during game 1 of the series, when the teams combined for 43 fouls \u2014 and the Fever were called for two technicals.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the underdogs went on to win games 2 and 3, advancing to the semis in which they are facing the Las Vegas Aces, who entered the postseason on a 16-0 run.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Andrew J. Clark\/ISI Photos\/ISI Photos via Getty Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ef0489760d8c90a9549b6d83e345c564.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Andrew J. Clark\/ISI Photos\/ISI Photos via Getty<\/p>\n<p> Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Indiana continued to shock, upending <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/a-ja-wilson-reveals-advice-she-gives-wnba-draft-picks-exclusive-11714040\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:A\u2019ja Wilson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">A\u2019ja Wilson<\/a>\u2019s squad, 89-73.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Clark\u2019s teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/wnba-star-sophie-cunningham-calls-accusations-affair-hurtful-11738477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sophie Cunningham;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sophie Cunningham<\/a> also had fun with the fine, joking on social media about the inconsequential amount.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s really gonna break the bank for her,\u201d Cunningham, 29, wrote. &#8220;Starting a GoFundMe now!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After walking off the court in Georgia last week with the series win, Clark \u2014 who has been injured and on the bench since July 15 \u2014 basked in the win, sending a \u201cW\u201d hand gesture to the booing crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Still, being sidelined hasn\u2019t been all fun and games for the WNBA superstar.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month on her Instagram Stories, Clark shared an image of herself on the court, celebrating as fans behind her cheered.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI miss this so bad,\u201d Clark wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The second-year star has only played 13 games this year after suffering the injury in a game against the Connecticut Sun.<\/p>\n<p>The team later revealed that a left ankle bone bruise has further complicated her recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/caitlin-clark-mocks-wnba-fine-for-social-media-post-11814541\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Caitlin Clark was fined for comments she made regarding WNBA officiating The Indiana Fever star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":246999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[2341,1503,233,2472,234,4144,16091,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-246998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-aja-wilson","9":"tag-atlanta-dream","10":"tag-caitlin-clark","11":"tag-connecticut-sun","12":"tag-indiana-fever","13":"tag-las-vegas-aces","14":"tag-sophie-cunningham","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115249522232600176","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246998","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=246998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}