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Editorial: Caitlin Clark’s main ‘privilege’ is one of talent. She must not be allowed to become a target for rule-breakers

Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever reacts against the Chicago Sky during the fourth quarter in the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 1, 2024, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin of “The View” have not been helping the Women’s National Basketball Association nor its most famous star, Caitlin Clark. Nor have they been doing right by the Chicago Sky’s Chennedy Carter or any of the other fine athletes deservedly and belatedly getting the attention they have long deserved.

“I do think there is a thing called pretty privilege,” Hostin said May 23 on the talk show, suggesting there is more to Clark’s fame and paycheck than her extraordinary

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