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USA Today published a column Wednesday arguing that Caitlin Clark\u2019s complaints to referees about missed foul calls have become \u201cdangerous\u201d for the WNBA\u2019s black players.<\/p>\n

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The column, titled, \u201cCaitlin Clark\u2019s flopping isn\u2019t just annoying \u2014 it\u2019s becoming dangerous,\u201d links the lynching of a 14-year-old black boy, Emmett Till, in the 1950s to Clark\u2019s behavior on the court. <\/p>\n

Columnist Nancy Armour opens by inferring that Clark and \u201cher enablers\u201d exaggerated or misrepresented fouls, technicals, and injuries before getting to the core of her argument.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t need reminding this country has an awful history of Black people being harmed, even killed, in the name of \u2018defending\u2019 white women,\u201d Armour wrote. (RELATED: WNBA\u2019s Disrespect Towards Caitlin Clark Just Hit All-Time High)<\/strong><\/p>\n

She then used the story of Emmett Till to support her point. Till was a 14-year-old black boy in the Jim Crow era who was reportedly lynched after being accused of whistling at a white woman.<\/p>\n

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Expanding on the perceived danger, Armour wrote, \u201cIt seems there is a white nationalist faction to Clark\u2019s fandom that is deeply, deeply problematic, made even more so because the WNBA is made up predominantly of Black women, many of them queer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She concluded by saying, \u201cThere also should be an expectation on Clark to recognize the broader implications of her actions being weaponized.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the article, Armour also referenced an incident in which a man lost his job after making a racist comment toward a WNBA player.<\/p>\n

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The article faced enough backlash to prompt a statement from Armour, in which she called the comparison \u201cinartful\u201d and \u201clacking context.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was among those who criticized the piece, posting on X: \u201c[Armour] has written the dumbest paragraph not only of my lifetime but in the history of sports,\u201d and adding, \u201cNancy Armour should be out in a straight jacket and locked up. We can\u2019t have these types of smooth brains roaming freely in society.\u201d<\/p>\n

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