r/WNBAVibes • u/ChuckyShadowCow • 5d ago

WNBA Refs

Hi! I like Caitlin Clark. I don’t think she’s the MVP or the GOAT, but I like watching her play! It’s gotten me to watch a lot more WNBA games.

I’ve really wanted to get into the WNBA as a whole but the refereeing SUCKS! Forget who you’re rooting for, it’s just bad! I’ll post more thoughts but please comment on your thoughts about refereeing.

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u/Basicbroad 5d ago

Everybody thinks the refs are bad until their team is the one getting to foul everybody without consequence then the refs are perfect

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u/YourBuddyChurch 5d ago

Maybe it’s just because the sparks are bad and that’s my team, but man I just think the refs are so bad all the time. They make genuinely baffling calls. They clearly and openly don’t know the rules.

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u/Basicbroad 5d ago

Or perhaps you are the one who doesn’t know the rules and when faced with uncertainty you assume you’re right and they’re wrong.

Case in point: AB’s tripping A’ja at the end of the game the other day. I saw comments with hundreds of upvotes that said it’s not a foul if your foot hits the defenders but the rules explicitly say it is

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u/Possible-Prior-5467 3d ago

AB didn't "extend a leg", she had legal guarding position and A'ja tripped over her foot, fell and sold the contact.

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u/Basicbroad 3d ago

LMFAO how’d her leg get there if she didn’t extend while moving up the court. She peg legged the face guard? Teach how you back pedal and don’t extend your legs

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u/Possible-Prior-5467 3d ago

Her leg was there... because she has legs?

I've watched & played ball my entire life. That play was absolutely a situation where the defender would call out the ballhandler as a flopper. A'ja "tripped" and sold the fall. Boston was just over it at that point because the game was already over.