{"id":707526,"date":"2026-06-16T13:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/707526\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:51:15","slug":"caitlin-clark-set-to-receive-another-fine-from-wnba-after-latest-fever-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/707526\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark set to receive another fine from WNBA after latest Fever controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caitlin Clark has racked up thousands of dollars in fines throughout her WNBA career, while being set for another after four technical fouls with two in back-to-back games this past week\"Caitlin<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark is facing a hefty fine from the WNBA(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark is set to be fined by the WNBA once again, being one of the league’s most-fined players over the past two years, after receiving back-to-back technical fouls this past week.<\/p>\n

The Indiana Fever<\/a> superstar is looking back to her best after a disastrous 2025 season<\/a>, missing much of the year through multiple injuries. Clark<\/a> led the Fever to an 85-75 win over the Connecticut Sun this past weekend while scoring 25 points with five assists.<\/p>\n

The Fever won their third straight game while moving to 8-5, but it may have come at quite a cost for Clark. She found herself given a technical foul with less than a minute to go in the game, after receiving one in her previous outing against the Chicago Sky.<\/p>\n

Clark has not been afraid to speak her mind to officials throughout her career, regularly seeing herself given a technical foul and being fined.<\/p>\n

This was her fourth technical foul of the season, meaning she will be fined $1,000 each time she receives one.<\/p>\n

A player\u2019s first three technical fouls each carry a $500 fine, with each thereafter through the seventh carrying a $1,000 fine.<\/p>\n

\"Clark<\/p>\n

Clark has four technicals on the season<\/p>\n

If Clark gets to eight technical fouls, she will receive a $1,500 fine and a one-game suspension.<\/p>\n

Her propensity for technical fouls began in her rookie season<\/a>, when she had been sixth in personal fouls all season.<\/p>\n

Many had noted that the year had been especially tough on Clark, with teams looking to guard her aggressively throughout the season and knocking her to the ground almost every game.<\/p>\n

She was believed to have paid around $4,000 in fines in her rookie year, eating into her $76.535 rookie salary.<\/p>\n

Just a few weeks ago, she risked a $10,000 fine by skipping her media obligations. Players must make themselves available to reporters, or they face punishment.<\/p>\n

Clark was said to be upset with the way she’s been officiated, with tough fouls continuing.<\/p>\n

Head coach Stephanie White said: \u201cI think she gets guarded a certain way all the time. You know, 94 feet, lots of physicality. You\u2019re not gonna give her any easy looks. She had a lot of tough contested shots. And so I think they\u2019re an excellent, excellent defensive team.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when they can get their defense set, I feel like they really dictated the pace and tempo because they were able to set their defense. A lot of that came from our fouls, putting them at the free-throw line. So they did what they were supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark has racked up thousands of dollars in fines throughout her WNBA career, while being set for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[1760,99,434],"class_list":["post-707526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}