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WNBA phenom Caitlin Clark claimed she was fined $200 by the league for an Instagram comment calling out referees, on Saturday, and she hasn’t even played a game in months.
In an X post, Clark re-shared a screenshot of her comment, which celebrated the Indiana Fever’s playoff series victory over the Atlanta Dream with the statement “refs couldn’t stop us” from a fan account.
“Got fined $200 for this lol,” Clark wrote in her X post re-sharing the screenshot. “BENCH MOB WILL BE EVEN MORE ROWDY TOMORROW LETS GOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Clark’s teammate Sophie Cunningham then re-shared Clark’s post, joking that someone should start a fundraiser for Clark to help pay the fine.
“That’s gonna really break the bank for her. Starting a GoFundMe now!” Cunningham wrote.
Clark’s 2025 salary was $78,066, but she has endorsements that dwarf that figure.
Both Clark and Cunningham suffered season-ending injuries earlier this year and have been sidelined throughout Indiana’s playoff run.
Still, both players have been at the center of attention during the postseason game, particularly when it comes to referees.
During the first quarter of the Fever’s game vs. the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday night, Clark and Cunningham made a demonstrative gesture to officials, protesting that a Dream player should be called for traveling.
Footage of their joint gesture went viral on social media.
Later in the game, when officials did call traveling on Atlanta, Clark was seen imitating the gesture again, playfully.
The relationship between Clark and WNBA officials has been a contentious subject since she came into the league in 2024.
Multiple people close to Clark, including Cunningham, Fever Coach Stephanie White and even Clark’s brother have spoken out about questionable treatment of the WNBA phenom by referees.
Back in June, after going viral for starting a brawl in defense of Clark against the Connecticut Sun, Cunningham called out officials to reporters.
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“During that, it was just part of the game. I think the refs had a lot to do with that. It was a build-up for a couple years now of them just not protecting the star player of the WNBA,” Cunningham said. “At the end of the day, I’m going to protect my teammates. That’s what I do.”
Clark’s brother, Colin Clark, suggested that WNBA officials were to blame for the sharpshooting guard’s injury, which she suffered in July.
“Make no mistake, this is on the reffing,” he wrote on X, before deleting the post.
White called out officials after a controversial no-call against Clark against the New York Liberty in May.
“I thought she got fouled. I think it’s pretty egregious what’s been happening to us the last few games,” White said of Clark. “The disrespect right now for our team has been pretty unbelievable. So, it’s disappointing, you know, that it doesn’t go both ways, or it hasn’t gone both ways.”
Meanwhile, back in September 2024, a rookie Clark came one technical foul away from a one-game suspension.
“And it stinks because I feel like half of my technicals this year, I got one for that inadvertent contact to the face in the Minnesota game and then two for hitting the stanchion of the basket,” Clark said of the fouls. “One was a complete accident, and then the other two were just a little frustration with myself. So, I think I could have done a better job keeping my emotions in check, but at the same time, like, … really?”
Now, Clark has boldly bragged about being fined for calling out referees on social media, as her team presses on throughout the WNBA playoffs without her.
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