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SI<\/a>: debates churn over WNBA star Kelsey Plum\u2019s conduct when encountering an autograph seeking fan outside of the team hotel<\/span><\/p>\n My knee-jerk reaction when I saw this clip, was along the lines of lmao, the WNBA hasn\u2019t ever had fans since before Caitlin Clark that their players have no idea how to conduct themselves when it comes to interacting with people who want autographs.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I didn\u2019t think the fan was overstepping any boundaries beyond being an obvious autograph seeker-slash-reseller, but it didn\u2019t sound like he was being a pushy dick, and I thought Plum\u2019s reaction and conduct were unnecessarily rude and combative, which led me to immediately think about how ironically funny it was that she probably just wasn\u2019t used to there being such an interest in women\u2019s professional basketball, and her going off the deep end as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n But I\u2019m also a man, and I understand and can see both sides to the debate.\u00a0 Women have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to respect in athletics no matter how much they excel at the crafts in which they apply to, and so many men in the world are just fucking creeps, so I don\u2019t really blame many women for having their shields up by default, especially when it comes to seeing men, looking for them specifically.<\/span><\/p>\n Autograph seekers-slash-resellers aren\u2019t exactly the most savory people in the world, but they\u2019re one of those things that comes with the territory when it comes to being a professional athlete and\/or a celebrity.\u00a0 Some people want autographs because they\u2019re fans, and there are unfortunately people who want autographs because they see them as a way to make a quick buck.<\/span><\/p>\n It also doesn\u2019t help that like 100% of them are dudes, which they already have one strike against from women, being men, but then they\u2019re doing something that is most likely for selfish purposes which doesn\u2019t help.<\/span><\/p>\n The fact that this story is a story goes to show that the WNBA has garnered more interest than it did a few years ago, and although I imagine that a lot of its players have grown to resent the Caitlin Clark train, she clearly has helped bring an increased level of focus onto the league as a whole, to the point where autograph seekers are now seeking autographs from other players.<\/span><\/p>\n Who really knows what was going on in Plum\u2019s head at the very moment of this interaction.\u00a0 Maybe she was having a bad day, the Sparks were coming off of an L or something, I don\u2019t know, and neither does anyone else.\u00a0 But I do feel like coming out firing with criticism probably wasn\u2019t the best approach, regardless of if anyone feels she should be grateful that people have grown to care enough to want autographs, regardless of their motive.<\/span><\/p>\n Honestly though, Kelsey Plum kind of had it easy with this fan.\u00a0 Female professional wrestlers have it way worse, with creepy wrestling fan incels not only doing the exact same thing, hanging out at hotels, but also following them at airports or public places, with a few having been noted to following them in parking garages.\u00a0 Plum having a guy waiting outside the team hotel, in daylight, around other people, maintaining a stationary, manageable distance away when asking for autographs is nothing on the creep scale in comparison.<\/span><\/p>\n My personal conclusion is that Plum was in the wrong on this one, she could\u2019ve been a little more polite and not come out guns blazing.\u00a0 Her criticisms potentially make future fans think twice about trying to have an interaction with her or any WNBA player, and those fans could be the little girls and women that the league is trying to inspire.<\/span><\/p>\n Perhaps if more people get interested in the WNBA, the lesser we\u2019ll see such weird and uncomfortable interactions between their players and potential fans.<\/span><\/p>\n CAITLIN CLARK CAITLIN CLARK CAITLIN CLARK PAIGE BUECKERS PAIGE BUECKERS PAIGE BUECKERS lol<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SI: debates churn over WNBA star Kelsey Plum\u2019s conduct when encountering an autograph seeking fan outside of the team hotel My knee-jerk reaction when I saw this clip, was along the lines of lmao, the WNBA hasn\u2019t ever had fans since before Caitlin Clark that their players have no idea how to conduct themselves when … Continue reading Heat check: Kelsey Plum\u2019s fan 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