She is not a "piece of work" -- she is a very dirty player. If NCAA women's basketball has any guts or standards for allowable play, they would suspend Griner for the rest of the year. NCAA Tournament included. A 2 or 5 game suspension would not seriously punish Baylor or Griner. The first take-down of Stef was a very dangerous play. Watch the re-play and see how close Stef was to a serious head injury. She was hauled down from behind and had no way to defend herself. The act by Griner was worse than throwing a punch when she was a freshman. The punch you could see coming. Last nights play was just a dirty, premeditated, open court attack from behind Dolson -- which Stef could not see coming, and against which she could not defend herself.
On the second take down, Griner got a good arm lock on Stef and used all the leverage she could take advantage of to literally throw Stef to the floor. Stef had good, and legal, position on Griner which Brittany didn't like -- so she just threw her out of the way. God only knows where the refs were looking while swallowing their whistles.
If there are not serious consequences for the kind of play Griner exhibited last night, then women's college basketball is totally (and very sadly) out of control. And don't tell me "it is just part of the game." It is dangerous play and has to be stopped.
