If You’re Good at Basketball, Baylor Lets You Punch People in the Face

Baylor women’s basketball coach Kim Mulky is a disgrace. Not just as the coach of one of the best women’s programs in the nation, but also as someone charged with leading young people.

By now, you’ve all seen the video of Brittney Griner sucker-punching a Texas Tech player during a game. The shot was vicious. It was unwarranted. It was criminal, literally.

Griner received a mandatory one game suspension from the NCAA for throwing a punch in a game. Mulky, tough disciplinarian that she is, decided that one more game on the bench was enough for Griner’s heinous act.

Yes, that’s right, a two game suspension for blasting a woman 7-inches shorter and 50 pounds lighter in the face when she didn’t see it coming.

In all, Griner will be back on the court before the woman she punched, who is out indefinitely with a broken nose that requires surgery after swelling subsides, which may not happen until the end of the season.

We can’t help but wonder why there’s little to no outrage.

Remove gender from the equation. What would happen to Kentucky freshman Demarcus Cousins if he had done this to Bobby Maze? How long would Cole Aldrich have to sit if he committed the same act on OU guard Willie Warren?

This suspension is the equivalent of Chip Kelly sitting LaGarrette Blount for a quarter after the Boise State incident.

In a piece defending the suspension, Richard Justice, who we like, pointed out what a punk Griner has acted like throughout the season.

Can you imagine Pat Summitt or Geno Auriemma letting one of their players off with a suspension this light? Of course you can’t, because their players are scared to death of behaving in ANY manner unbefitting the program on the court.

This is another reason why, in the world of sports, anyone in women’s basketball not named Pat or Geno is relegated to the kids table.

Mulky says that she’s Griner’s coach and she knows what’s appropriate for her player.

We just can’t help but think that Griner’s 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 blocks per game may have clouded her judgment just a bit.