Please sign this petition if you believe that the actions of the three referees for the Iowa/LSU NCAA Championship game (Lisa Jones, Pualani Spurlock-Welsh, and Michol Murray) were out of line and prevented a fair ballgame. Obviously, this petition will not change the outcome of the game, but public opinion is important! Someone needs to look into this to prevent it from happening to other teams in the future. 

The numerous inconsistent fouls, on both sides, prevented these two teams from playing what could have been the most amazing 4 quarters of basketball that any of us has ever seen in an NCAA championship game. The technical foul on Caitlin Clark was not warranted, and was used to slow the momentum of Iowa’s game when they took the 21 point spread down to 7! Even USA Today published the following: 

“LSU coach Kim Mulkey got plenty of criticism for standing on the court far, far more than any college coach should be allowed.

At one point, Mulkey standing on the court and expressing her negative feelings something in the game caused her to make contact with one of the referees. Somehow, she did not receive a technical foul for the incident.”

(https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/kim-mulkey-lsu-womens-ncaa-tournament-on-court-iowa

LSU played an outstanding ballgame! There is no denying that! Did they lack class at the end of the game? Yes! Did the refs T then up? Nope!

The Hawkeyes were playing against a great basketball team AND the referees who clearly had an agenda before the tip off! All three were clearly afraid of and intimidated by Mulkey! Our Hawkeyes lost that game before it even started.

Iowa is so proud of our girls and how they played! Way to go, Hawkeyes!