INDIANAPOLIS — WNBA No. 1 draft pick Caitlin Clark is about to take the first of many trips with the Indiana Fever, as they play their first preseason game Friday in Dallas. Unlike in college, where programs such as Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes typically used charter flights, travel in the WNBA is still mainly via commercial air for financial reasons.
However, the growing visibility of the league has made security, including going through airports, a bigger concern. Wednesday at the Fever’s media day at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indiana general manager Lin Dunn, Clark and other Fever players spoke about security.
“The Fever organization has done a really good job getting out ahead of things,” Clark said. “There’s gonna be a lot of security traveling with us. There will be certain plans of how we’re going to navigate going through airports and things like that. It’s not just for us; it’s for everybody in the WNBA. Everybody is dealing with the same thing.
“The Fever organization has a really great plan in place to keep everybody safe and keep things moving…
