Like any sports league, the NWSL has regulations and fineable offenses to keep teams, coaches, and players safe and fair. Recently, San Diego Wave’s Coach Casey Stoney has racked up fines for speaking her mind on social media and publicly after games. The NWSL claims these posts and statements are detrimental to the league and violate Section 12.2.5(e) of the League Operations Manual, which covers “Prejudicial Statements and Public Criticism.”
Three Fines This Season
First Fine
Stoney’s first fine came on June 9 after a press conference following Wave FC’s away game in Louisville. She was fined with the same offense as her other fines, which was making comments that the NWSL deemed detrimental to the league. It is not completely clear what specific statement during the conference earned the penalty, but it is speculated that her negative comments about Louisville’s pitch could have done her in.
Casey Stoney has been fined “for comments detrimental to the league made during a post-match press conference on June 9, 2023”, in violation of the “Prejudicial Statements and Public Criticism” of the League Manual. Which I’m guessing was calling Louisville’s pitch a poor surface
— Claire Watkins (@ScoutRipley) June 20, 2023
Second Fine
Stoney’s…
