ESPN’s Monica McNutt comes under fire for Caitlin Clark comments

Some fans are not happy

Caitlin Clark

ESPN sportscaster Monica McNutt has found herself at the center of a storm following her latest comments about Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever.

McNutt has regularly shared her thoughts on Clark and the Fever, drawing backlash in September 2024 after saying that she thinks Clark deserves only 60% of the credit for the Fever securing a playoff spot.

Recently, the BBC sat down to interview McNutt and the conversation found its way to Clark and McNutt admitted that she can’t deny the impact Clark is having, as shown by the number of little girls who show up to watch her games.

When asked why that is, she said: “Caitlin represented, and again, some of this to me probably is not fair to her, because it was not anything that she said or was truly based on her personality, but she was a white girl from the middle of America.

“And so she represented a whole lot to a lot of people, whether that is truly what she prescribed to or not.”

Fans react to McNutt’s comments

Many fans took issue with these comments and the responses didn’t take long to come.

“Wait, so if a young black girl can look up to a black basketball player, it’s okay. But little white girls can’t do the same? Gotcha,” a comment on X read.

“Because surely there were no white boys who grew up watching MJ, Kobe or LeBron and took interest, we were only Larry Bird fans, apparently,” said another.

“This woman does nothing but give bad takes I have no idea why she is even on ESPN,” criticized a user.

Some people did choose to defend McNutt on this occasion.

“This statement isn’t coherently wrong if you take it past face value Would most people agree with Caitlin Clark’s fanbase is predominantly white whereas Angle Reese‘s fanbase is predominantly black?” a reaction read.

“What’s wrong with what she said? I don’t get it?” claimed another.

“But Monica is right, CC is a WHITE woman from the middle of nowhere Iowa. Most stars that come into any league come from bigger cities or schools; Iowa is neither. Younger girls attached themselves to CC because of how popular she got,” explained a viewer.

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Unless this is your first day in America, then you know race relations in this country dominate just everything, and that includes NBA and NFL drafts

During the most recent NFL Draft in Detroit, social media was buzzing as athletes showed up to the red carpet event with their girlfriends and family. Many of the incoming NFL rookies were African-American and were spotted with white women, which has become the usual theme for years.

The same thing happens with the NBA Draft.

This year, the discourse on the NFL Draft and NBA Draft has gotten even louder as African-American women openly pondered why so many of the players never have a partner that is the same race as them.

One guy on TikTok decided to answer that question by revealing that the vast majority of his division-1 friends in college or headed to the league are dating or married to white women and explained why.

He stated that some of them had told him that their white girlfriend looked up to Taylor Swift while their girlfriend looked up to Megan The Stallion. He then states the guy asks how many white women he has seen doing the Megan Thee Stallion challenge as opposed to Black women.

He then dove into another story of a friend who relayed that his Black girlfriend started to request money from him as soon as she found out about his NIL money. She wanted her hair and nails done. He then added that the Black women would be upset if they went to places like Chipotle, and she demanded steak houses.