I must confess that besides the names of about five players, I know nothing about the WNBA. Well, that and the fact the NBA subsidizes their league because it’s never really been profitable. But, I do know bad officiating, and I have watched sports analyst Jason Whitlock for a couple of decades now.
So, when Whitlock says that Sunday’s final game of the WNBA Finals was “rigged,” I listen. Obviously, I don’t automatically believe anyone unless I see their receipts, but Whitlock did have a pretty convincing argument.
On Monday, Whitlock cited bad officiating, almost to the point of being so bad that the outcome of the game must’ve been “rigged,” the league wanting a certain outcome because they wanted one of the league’s flagship teams, the New York Liberty, to win their first championship, and how Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) measures played a factor.
The longtime analyst showed a couple of examples of bad officiating, along with noting that the Liberty took a little over three times the number of free throws than their opponent, the Minnesota Lynx.
“It was an embarassment for the WNBA last night. It was proof that this league is so heavily dependent on [Indiana Fever star] Caitlyn Clark. It’s proof that these games are manipulated, and I that’s a strong statement…The WNBA and sports now are so into narrative, so anti-merit, so into ‘what’s the best story for the league,’ that they went out of their way and did everything in their power to make sure the New York Liberty won their first championship in the 27, 28 year history of the WNBA — ‘It’s New York’s first title since x, y and z.’
And they made some officiating late in that game that Tim Donaghey has to be somewhere just laughing his rear-end off.[…]
This is what happens when they destroy merit.”
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Whitlock then goes into how DEI has all but eliminated the concept of earning something through merit.
“This whole DEI mentality that is pervasive throughout American institutions, and everybody’s trying to mimic DEI,” Whitlock continued. “And so, what is DEI? Obviously, it’s diversity, equity and inclusion. Obviously it favors people’s sexuality, skin color and all this other stuff. But what it really is, is the destruction of merit. And a few little people at the top getting to decide who does have success and who doesn’t have success.”
Amen, sir.
It’s rough enough to watch women’s basketball…for me. I just can’t get into it, but I commend these ladies for their tremendous athletic prowess to get to the height of their chosen sport.
That being said, I’ve personally — never publicly — said that the men’s NBA is rigged at times for different reasons. So it’s really no surprise to me that someone would allege that the WNBA could have had a rigged outcome.
Obviously, we don’t know for sure if the Finals were truly “rigged,” but Whitlock did present some compelling arguments as to why it might’ve been.
For his full comments, watch below:
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