The Indiana Fever are having a rough start to the new WNBA season.
A 2-4 record through six games can partially be attributed to bad injury luck, as star guard Caitlin Clark, among a few other notable players, has been sidelined. The Fever have had enough injury issues to take advantage of one of the league’s most unique rules: the emergency hardship exception.
Through the exception, Indiana recently added a new guard to its roster, Aari McDonald, just to have enough healthy players to utilize in upcoming games.
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Here’s what to know about the WNBA’s emergency hardship exception and the latest on the Fever’s injured players, including Clark.
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What is the WNBA emergency hardship exception?
The WNBA’s emergency hardship exception allows teams to sign a player out of free agency immediately after they fall below 10 healthy rostered players. For an injury-riddled squad, the rule allows a team to add reinforcements when they need it most without having to worry about the usual roster or cap space rules.
As soon as a team falls below that mark of 10 healthy players, they can take advantage of the emergency hardship exception. Once 10 players on the usual roster are…
