Journalist at the Indianapolis Star, Gregg Doyel will not cover the rookie season of Caitlin Clark with Fever. This is what his direction has decided, and it is obviously a sanction after his inappropriate remark towards the new nugget of American basketball. In the newspaper, we have refused to explain this sanctionsimply confirming that this season, “ Gregg Doyel will not follow the Indiana Fever“. The latter has not written a single article since April 29.
It all started from an exchange during the press conference by Caitlin Clark, after the Draft. As he speaks, the journalist makes a heart with his fingers for the player. A gesture that Clark addresses to those close to him after each meeting. Here is the rest of the exchange.
Clark: “Do you appreciate this gesture? »
Doyel: “I’m glad you’re here”
Clark: “Yes, I make this gesture to my family after each match. It's very nice. »
Doyel : “Well, start by doing it to me, and we’ll get along well.”
A remark which cast a chill in the middle of the conference, and caused a public outcry. As for Doyel, it seemed to take him a while to understand that his remark was offensive. This is what we must conclude from his apology published on social networks.
“In a rush to be smart, familiar and welcoming (or so I thought), I offended Caitlin and her family,” he wrote. “After going through denial, then anger, wondering why I was in the wrong, I now realize that what I said and the way I said it was inappropriate, inappropriate, inappropriate. I insist, it was simply unacceptable. »
