Gregg Doyel was taken off the IndyStar's WNBA beat after an awkward interaction with Caitlin Clark, but Greg Cote of the Miami Herald says the punishment is too harsh.
After a rather creepy encounter with Caitlin Clark, the IndyStar suspended Gregg Doyel for two weeks and ruled he would not be allowed to cover the Indiana Fever. Doyel took a lot of heat on social media for his bizarre interaction with the now WNBA star. Before he asked her a question at her welcoming press conference, Doyel formed a heart symbol with his hands for Clark. Clark asked Doyel whether he liked that, and he responded, 'I like that you’re here.
However, he says the outlet's decision to take him off the WNBA beat was too harsh. 'I don’t believe what he did was a journalistic felony. I believe it was a dumb misdemeanor. But it’s a felonious penalty when you tell the lead columnist in a city welcoming its new big star that he can’t write about her indefinitely. I wouldn’t stand for that.
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