Caitlin Clark has made a point to ignore the noise around her on social media and focus on her basketball. The 22-year-old, unless outrightly asked about it – in which she clearly condemns fan behavior that puts other players down – the Fever player tries not to fuel the fire by actively taking part in it. But after her recent stalking case was made public, Rachel DeMita is issuing a request to the WNBA.

On her latest YouTube video, the analyst discusses the 55-year-old Texas man who was arrested by Indianapolis authorities on Sunday on a felony stalking charge. Despite a warning from the police, the man had reportedly continued texting Clark on X and threatening her. In lieu of the situation, DeMita says, “I would hope that the WNBA, Unrivaled even, that these leagues do have something in place.”

“That was actually what I was screaming from the rooftops through this entire season because so many players were saying, oh the trolls, everyone on social media. And a lot of things that were being said on social media weren’t this kind of situation that we’re talking about today.” Although Clark is not playing in Unrivaled, at least not this season, it’s unfortunately not a case limited to her. She might be the face of the WNBA but DeMita assumes a large number of celebrities go through this, which would include a league full of women athletes.

Even Angel Reese had said previously that AI-generated nude images of her had been shared online and Brittney Griner had spoken out about receiving comments, as have DiJonai Carrington and Alyssa Thomas. While DeMita admits that removing these people entirely would be next to impossible, certain measures against any such possibilities will help.

“I do think that the stuff that could elevate into something more or if it’s somebody who is being absolutely obsessive…that’s something where there has to be a department of within the WNBA, especially being a women’s sports league where they can have their own private investigators on these people…as the league continues to grow, it is something that unfortunately comes with being a celebrity.”

In Clark’s case, the man could face up to six years in prison and a $10,000 fine; he is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday morning. Ryan Mears, Marion County Prosecutor said that the man’s recent messages had been tracked a hotel in downtown Indy and the public library. Depsite the police’s warning to him after making a welfare check, the messages had continued.

Clark had reportedly even changed her appearance in public due to fear for her safety. As DeMita says, “The only way to combat it at this point, until we figure out how to make people not suck in the world, is just heighten security and take some of these concerns very seriously.”

The news comes just months after the same happened to Paige Bueckers.

Paige Bueckers’ stalker receives one-year suspended sentence

Just this last December, Paige Bueckers, Caitlin Clark’s old college rival, went through something similar. A man from Oregon had been first arrested by Connecticut police on Aug. 27 on a highway near Bradley International Airport. Upon the police asking, the man revealed that he had been going to see Bueckers. He had a previous arson charge but Oregon police decided to drop it, initiating his release from Hartford Correctional Center.

But then UConn police arrested him for a second time on Sept. 13 and charged him with electronic stalking, second-degree breach of peace, and second-degree harassment, per The Athletic. Before that, the man had reportedly sent emails to multiple members of the school’s communications staff in June.

Bueckers, like Clark, had stated concerns for her safety, as well as that of her family and teammates. In Dec., he pleaded guilty to the charges, receiving a one-year suspended sentence and three years of probation.

As for CC’s case, the results remain to be seen.