Vitale was among the many who were upset about Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark being ranked as the ninth-best guard by her peers in the player voting portion of the WNBA All-Star process after ranking first in fan voting and third in media voting — and he took to X to air his grievances.

ESPN’s Dick Vitale Calls Out WNBA Players Over ‘Absurd’ Caitlin Clark Treatment originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark averaged 18.2 points, 8.9 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game in nine appearances despite missing three weeks of action with a left quad strain.

Caitlin Clark puts up numbers, fans rally behind her, the media fawns, and then her WNBA peers make it clear they’re not nearly as impressed. Cue the outrage. A familiar segment of sports media rushes in to call it jealousy,