{"id":685894,"date":"2026-05-22T07:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/685894\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T07:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:26:14","slug":"caitlin-clark-is-impressed-by-the-wnbas-officiating-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/685894\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Is Impressed By The WNBA’s Officiating Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Few players in the WNBA<\/a>, if any, are guarded more tightly than Caitlin Clark<\/a>. Thanks to her shooting range and her passing prowess, Clark is constantly a focal point for opposing defenses.<\/p>\n

Clark, who went No. 1 overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft, has been guarded with extreme physicality since entering the league. She’s often spoken out against WNBA officiating, making it clear that she believes opposing defenses get away with a little too much physicality at times.<\/p>\n

But the WNBA has been working to fix things.<\/p>\n

The Athletic’s Annie Costabile<\/a> reported that the WNBA \u201cmet multiple times this offseason and has plans to continue meeting\u201d regarding their points of emphasis throughout the 2026 season. The league is working to \u201cclean up some of the league\u2019s growing concerns around physicality,\u201d as the Associated Press\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) gets the crowd excited Saturday, May 9, 2026, during the second half of the Fever\u2019s season opener game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Dallas Wings defeated the Indiana Fever, 107-104.\u00a9 Grace Smith&sol;IndyStar &sol; USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images&period;<\/p>\n

Clark, meanwhile, has been appreciative of what she’s seen.<\/p>\n

The WNBA star has made it clear that the league needs to be prioritizing freedom of movement among WNBA players.<\/p>\n

Clark appreciates what the WNBA is doing with its officiating process<\/p>\n

Clark appeared on an episode<\/a>\u00a0of \u201cPost Moves with Candace Parker & Aliyah Boston\u201d and gave her thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhysicality, I feel like that\u2019s always what I\u2019m met with,\u201d she said. \u201cObviously, being a little bit on the slimmer side and the shorter side, I feel like that\u2019s probably what people do the most. I get picked up full court. They\u2019re gonna be physical coming off of screens. They\u2019re gonna be into me on the ball screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I\u2019m excited that freedom of movement is a point of emphasis. I appreciate that. And not that it needs to be excessive. Like, I understand that\u2019s still part of the game. But I do think it kind of began to start to cross a certain line, so excited about that. I know that was really important for the coaches over the offseason. They wanted it cleaned up. I think, more than anything, it\u2019s gonna make the product of the game a lot better, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clark, who missed Wednesday night’s game, is averaging 24.3 points, 9.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game this year.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on May 22, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few players in the WNBA, if any, are guarded more tightly than Caitlin Clark. Thanks to her shooting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,735,48,2803,86054,82,630,38381],"class_list":["post-685894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-canada","tag-indiana-fever","tag-physicality","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-draft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}