The Indiana Fever might have confronted punishment for ready to announce guard Caitlin Clark (again) would miss Wednesday’s house sport in opposition to the Portland Hearth minutes earlier than tip-off. Nonetheless, the staff is getting off with only a warning.
Yahoo Sports activities shared Thursday morning that the Fever could have violated WNBA guidelines on Wednesday night time. Per league guidelines, participant availability should be submitted by 5 p.m. native time the day earlier than a sport, besides throughout back-to-backs.
Clark did not observe on Tuesday however wasn’t listed on the harm report. The Fever waited 100 minutes till Wednesday’s tip-off at 7 p.m. ET to disclose the guard was out.
ESPN’s Alexa Philippou famous that the league might “check out” this, given there was no indication that Clark would not play.
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