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Messi vs Spain in the World Cup Final and Caitlin Clark’s Officiating Controversy · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joey Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me.
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  Speaker 2: at The Daily Play Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Whoop.
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  Speaker 2: Well, this World Cup has been a dramatic one, it
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  Speaker 2: has been a fun one. It has been a controversial one,
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  Speaker 2: and this Sunday will be one of those moments thanks
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  Speaker 2: to a picture of the game's stars from twenty years ago.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if you guys have seen this online,
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  Speaker 2: but there's an amazing picture of Lionel Messi and Lamin Yamal.
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  Speaker 1: He was photographed nearly two decades together.
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  Speaker 2: The two of them were photographed when Lamine was a
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  Speaker 2: baby and Messi was.
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  Speaker 1: Just put on the map at Barcelona.
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  Speaker 2: He was just a young player, So you guys have
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  Speaker 2: to google these photos.
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  Speaker 1: It's actually crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Lamine's family won a raffle run by a Catalan newspaper
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  Speaker 2: in conjunction with a Barcelona shirt sponsor in international children's
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  Speaker 2: charity UNISEFT that would select randomly to have a professional
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  Speaker 2: photo taken up their baby with a Barcelona first team player,
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  Speaker 2: and now they are facing off in the World Cup.
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  Speaker 2: Like if you don't believe in fates and like the
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  Speaker 2: universe aligning.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what else to tell you, because it's
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  Speaker 2: actually insane that that is not Ai and it is
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  Speaker 2: a real photo. And now we are going to see
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  Speaker 2: if Messi and Argentina can repeat. And they are taking
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  Speaker 2: on Lamina mal In Spain in the.
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  Speaker 1: One of the largest World Cups in history.
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  Speaker 2: It's amazing and it sets up an epic World Cup final.
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  Speaker 2: Two of the highest ranked teams in the world. Spain
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  Speaker 2: handled France to nil in their semifinal and have only
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  Speaker 2: allowed one goal all tournaments. Lamina is the star, but
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  Speaker 2: they've had six different goalscorer in this tournament and Argentina,
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  Speaker 2: on the other hand, started with two shutout wins but
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  Speaker 2: have either trailed or been tied.
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  Speaker 1: In the second half of all five games since.
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  Speaker 2: And Messi assisted on both goals in the win over England,
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  Speaker 2: which was incredibly meaningful.
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  Speaker 1: He said, although it was just one match.
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  Speaker 2: We experienced in special moments, the fans wanted this victory
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  Speaker 2: more than any other because of what it means to
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  Speaker 2: face England in the semi file and reach another World
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  Speaker 2: Cup final.
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  Speaker 1: So he has an unbelievable amount of records Messi does.
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  Speaker 2: I can go down the list, but it will wore you.
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  Speaker 2: He's got a lot. Obviously, he's compared to Pele when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to the greatest of all time, particularly at
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  Speaker 2: the World Cup level. Messi has had so much club
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  Speaker 2: success on top of the World Cup success. If he
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  Speaker 2: was able to go back to back and win this
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  Speaker 2: World Cup, it's going to be very difficult to argue
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  Speaker 2: that he is not the greatest of all time. It's
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  Speaker 2: been exceptional to watch him play in this World Cup.
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  Speaker 2: The way that Argentina has never been out. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's actually kind of incredible to watch teams play against
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  Speaker 2: them and check out before the game is over, like
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  Speaker 2: you gotta play till the end, but particularly with Argentina,
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  Speaker 2: you gotta play till the end, and it's like choke
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  Speaker 2: after choke after choke, and it's just been it's been
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  Speaker 2: crazy to watch. And I know that it's been a
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  Speaker 2: controversial World Cup, but I feel like we got a
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  Speaker 2: really great matchup to round this out.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to.
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  Speaker 2: See the young up and coming LA mean you mal
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  Speaker 2: against arguably the goat. This feels very Patrick Mahomes and
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  Speaker 2: Tom Brady and I can't I just can't wait to
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  Speaker 2: see what happens. I cannot wait to see who ends
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  Speaker 2: up winning this World Cup. And I know that we
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  Speaker 2: are all on the bain side as far as team
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  Speaker 2: success goes.
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  Speaker 1: But I you know, I am a goat person and.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna be rooting for le me Namal, But I
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  Speaker 2: really just want to watch an incredible World Cup final, and.
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  Speaker 1: I think we're gonna get one, all right.
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  Speaker 2: So year three in the WNBA is becoming a very
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  Speaker 2: very interesting one for Caitlyn Clark. The Indiana Fever continues
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  Speaker 2: to put up numbers on the court. She made an
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  Speaker 2: All Star team for the third consecutive season. Her team
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  Speaker 2: is right in the middle of the playoff picture if
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  Speaker 2: the season ended at the All Star break. But this
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  Speaker 2: week has been actually really the past two weeks and
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  Speaker 2: some pretty controversial weeks for Kaitlin Clark, starting with the
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  Speaker 2: Alyssa Thomas fowl situation, and now she has voiced her
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  Speaker 2: frustrations with the officiating and opponents. The latest incident stems
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  Speaker 2: from a no call in Indiana's lost to the Golden
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  Speaker 2: State Valkyries Wednesday night. Caitlin said about the play, the
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  Speaker 2: ref can't miss that, and I have to play with
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  Speaker 2: the contusion in my leg the rest of the game.
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  Speaker 1: It's ridiculous.
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  Speaker 2: The ref said, I initiated the contact, which was fine,
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  Speaker 2: but you can't nee me in the leg knock me over.
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  Speaker 2: And then she said, we'll just rub it out, good
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  Speaker 2: old knuckles on.
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  Speaker 1: It and call it a day. So this play happens
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  Speaker 1: in the second.
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  Speaker 2: Quarter of the Fevers eighty eight to seventy five loss
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  Speaker 2: to the Valkyries. Kaylin was driving to the basket. She
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  Speaker 2: took an introverted me and inverted me from Kia Stokes
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  Speaker 2: and was not awarded a foul. This, I mean has
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  Speaker 2: been used and rewatched a million times by everyone on
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  Speaker 2: the internet. She did talk about Valkyrie's defense and said,
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  Speaker 2: they're in my grill. They're probably the best defensive team
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  Speaker 2: in the league. They're really good at that. I thought
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  Speaker 2: I finally played with a little more paced and a
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  Speaker 2: little more burst, especially down the stretch in the fourth.
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  Speaker 2: Valkyries have held opponents to seventy five points a fewer
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  Speaker 2: twelve times this season, and they're eleven in one of
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  Speaker 2: those games. That's the most of the league and double
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  Speaker 2: the next closest team. That's the Links, Mercury and mystics.
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  Speaker 2: They have six a piece. This is this is becoming,
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  Speaker 2: this is becoming a real thing with Kaitlin Clark. We
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  Speaker 2: have the letter from Congress, We have pundits on every
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  Speaker 2: news station, every podcast, every daily show constantly discussing Caitlyn Clark,
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  Speaker 2: the way she's being treated in the league, the way
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  Speaker 2: she is being officiated, the way that she is treating
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  Speaker 2: the officials.
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  Speaker 1: Her antics on the court.
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  Speaker 2: And I think she's she's in uncharted territory and she
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  Speaker 2: is really flying close to the sun with everything that
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  Speaker 2: is boiling. I don't think Caitlyn asked for the attention
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  Speaker 2: that she's gotten. I don't think she's asked for the
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  Speaker 2: commentary that.
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  Speaker 1: Has surrounded her.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think she's turned it down either, And I
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  Speaker 2: do feel like that feels strategic. The WNBA is an
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  Speaker 2: incredibly physical league. I think a lot of the new
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  Speaker 2: fans are learning that. I think Congress is learning that,
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  Speaker 2: and certainly Caitlin Clark is learning that. Nobody is getting
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  Speaker 2: any free passes, nobody is getting special treatment. This is competition,
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  Speaker 2: this is the physical game. And yeah, if you come
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  Speaker 2: down the lane and you initiate contacts, that's not a foul.
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  Speaker 2: If anything, it's an offensive vowel and the antics after
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  Speaker 2: that in the referee space is not a good look.
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  Speaker 2: Star players go at referees. They do not go at
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  Speaker 2: referees every single game. They do not go at referees
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  Speaker 2: every single time they feel like they didn't get a foul.
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  Speaker 1: There is a treatment, there's an exchange, there is.
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  Speaker 2: A respect, and this goes right along with players in
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  Speaker 2: the NBA as well, who have at times behaved like
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  Speaker 2: this and their reputations have suffered for it.
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  Speaker 1: So nothing I'm saying is particularly that innovative.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, a lot of people complain about Luca, A
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  Speaker 2: lot of people complain about the way that Shay Gildas
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  Speaker 2: Alexander is officiated. People have talked about the way that
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  Speaker 2: Lebron has been officiated, for better or worse, because he
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  Speaker 2: is a big player, he doesn't get certain calls, and
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  Speaker 2: that he's also a star so he gets certain calls.
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  Speaker 2: Officiating is not done by robots. Do I think that
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  Speaker 2: the officiating could be better in the WNBA.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely do.
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  Speaker 2: I think it is something that they are going to
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  Speaker 2: focus on throughout the rest of the season and particularly
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  Speaker 2: the off season. Absolutely, and as they should, as the
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  Speaker 2: league grows, it gets more attention.
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  Speaker 1: The standards for everything need to rise. But this is
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  Speaker 1: a real This is a real.
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  Speaker 2: Inflection point for Caitlin Clark because tensions are high, attention
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  Speaker 2: is high, and I think she has an opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: turn down the temperature in the room.
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  Speaker 1: I think she has an.
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  Speaker 2: Opportunity to show up as a real professional, as a
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  Speaker 2: real star, and set a standard for herself for how
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  Speaker 2: she is viewed by the public on you know, both
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  Speaker 2: by supporters and by people that are critical of her.
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  Speaker 2: And you're seeing other stars do that very easily. So
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  Speaker 2: it's a choice like this is the moment where people
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  Speaker 2: are solidifying what they think about you as a player,
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  Speaker 2: and when these incidents are constantly happening, when the only
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  Speaker 2: conversation that we're having about Caitlin is about her ferocious
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  Speaker 2: conversations with the referees, with how she's being officiated, with
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  Speaker 2: how other players are being physical with her. It's not
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  Speaker 2: about her game. Nothing criminal is going on here. I
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  Speaker 2: just think it's it's probably time to take the temperature
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  Speaker 2: down in the room. And while I did not initially
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  Speaker 2: put this at the feet of Caitlyn Clark, because she
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  Speaker 2: did not ask for this, and was an unbelievable college
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  Speaker 2: player and came into the league with a huge firestorm
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  Speaker 2: of attention.
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  Speaker 1: And now we're in it.
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  Speaker 2: Like, now you've been playing for multiple years, You've had
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity to adjust to the WNBA, You've had the
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to put on some muscle, to strengthen your game,
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  Speaker 2: to adjust to how you're going to be played, And
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  Speaker 2: the constant, the constant demanding of.
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  Speaker 1: This treatments is it's becoming.
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  Speaker 2: Very strange, and we're all watching the games, so like,
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  Speaker 2: this particular play.
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  Speaker 1: Was not the hill to die on.
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  Speaker 2: And when you are dying on these hills, it only
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  Speaker 2: further solidifies people that are critical of your play and
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  Speaker 2: your antics because it's like we can see that this
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  Speaker 2: was not what you're very vocally angry about that did
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  Speaker 2: not happen. Now, maybe it's a response to all the
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  Speaker 2: other ones, but you do need to be strategic when
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  Speaker 2: you're talking about how you treat reps frees, what you
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  Speaker 2: expect the referees to do.
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  Speaker 1: You're not going to get a call every time you
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  Speaker 1: go into the lane.
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  Speaker 2: No one does because it's not always about and you're
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  Speaker 2: not gonna get special treatment because no one should because
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  Speaker 2: that's not competition. So yeah, I'm concerned because the conversation
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  Speaker 2: is completely gone off the rails. That's been off the
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  Speaker 2: rails at the point in which Congress gets involved, Like myself,
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  Speaker 2: as a competitor, I would have shut that down immediately.
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  Speaker 2: I don't need no help from Congress. The world is burning.
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  Speaker 2: Do your jobs over there. Don't worry about little one me.
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  Speaker 1: I got it. I'm gonna be fine. This is a
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  Speaker 1: league issue.
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  Speaker 2: You've got women getting death threats, You've got women getting
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  Speaker 2: called racial slurs left and right. Let's keep the main
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  Speaker 2: thing the main thing, and right now with Kaylyn Clark,
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  Speaker 2: the main thing is not the main thing. Every ref
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  Speaker 2: miss is a call. Okay, The officiating could be better.
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  Speaker 2: It is not that bad. It is not that bad
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  Speaker 2: that Congress needs to get involved. I assure you, it's
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  Speaker 2: not that bad. It is not that deep, It is
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  Speaker 2: not that serious.
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  Speaker 1: It is not that bad. It is not criminal.
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  Speaker 2: And for everyone who is freaking out about it, you're
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  Speaker 2: to be the same ones who talk about how the
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  Speaker 2: NBA is soft. You'd be the same ones who talk
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  Speaker 2: about how Shay just walks past someone and gets a
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  Speaker 2: foul called, and you don't like that style of play.
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  Speaker 2: So make up your mind. Are we playing a physical
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  Speaker 2: game of basketball? Or are we giving stars these passes
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  Speaker 2: to constantly being called fouls.
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  Speaker 1: That's not enjoyable basketball.
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  Speaker 2: We know that because we are constantly complaining about it
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  Speaker 2: in the NBA, the officiating could be better.
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  Speaker 1: Take a temperature down the room.
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  Speaker 2: Let's all just get a grip, okay, so I'll just
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  Speaker 2: like put toes on grass and enjoy the basketball. It's
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  Speaker 2: become this race war, it's become this gender war. It's
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  Speaker 2: become a privileged war. It is just obnoxious. No one
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  Speaker 2: can have a serious conversation.
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  Speaker 1: About it anymore. There's no conspiracy. Guys. We have eyeballs.
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  Speaker 1: We can see what's happening. This was not the hill
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  Speaker 1: to die on.
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  Speaker 2: This only furthers the conversation in a negative way. So
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  Speaker 2: I hope we all can just this get a grip
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  Speaker 2: as we head into they all start weekend very soon.
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