Cameron Brink is the latest WNBA player to question the inconsistency of officials. She does not understand how she is constantly in foul trouble when her opponents do not get the same whistle.
The 23-year-old quite literally broke her nose during the season finale, and yet, nothing.
Brink is sick and tired of the inconsistency. The second-year WNBA player decided to finally speak out against the officiating with a not-so subtle repost on Instagram.
Cameron Brink picks up a lot of fouls.
Brink played 19 games during her second season with the Los Angeles Sparks. She played only 12.9 minutes per game while working her way back from a torn ACL.
The 6-foot-4 forward averaged 5.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks during that span. You couldn’t really ask her for much better.
However, Brink was called for 2.5 personal fouls per game when she was on the floor in 2025. That was after she averaged four fouls in 22 minutes as a rookie.
If we are to do the math, Cameron Brink picks up a foul every five minutes and 15 seconds. Not ideal.
With that being said, a number of the fouls called on Brink are not fouls. For example:
She is often whistled for incidental contact and/or plays where the offensive player initiates contact. Fine.
It is an issue when those same fouls are not called the other way.
WNBA referees are inconsistent with fouls.
We have seen multiple players speak out against officiating this season. Kelsey Plum said she was “sick” because “they just don’t call anything.” Angel Reese dared the league to fine her for blasting referees with harsh criticism. A horrendous blown call at the end of July proved the problem is even worse than we thought.
That leads us to the regular season finale.
Brink was called for a ticky-tacky foul on one end of the court. NaLyssa Smith broke her nose on the other end of the court. No foul.
I’m so sick of this.
— Stin🥶 (@stinsation_) September 12, 2025
Cameron Brink deserves better officiating. pic.twitter.com/vwI8a9V30j
There are some people who believe Cameron Brink actually committed the foul because she did not go up vertically because of her forward momentum. Smith’s chicken wing motion is a natural behavior on that type of layup.
Those people would be wrong.
In no world should that not be a foul. It was not intentional contact (probably) but it was contact.
The biggest knock on Brink as a young player in the WNBA is her foul trouble. There is no question that it is a problem. However, as we are seeing, the “weakness” might actually stem from an inconsistency of the officiating. The league has a problem with what is and is not called when and why.
Brink agrees. She reposted the following statement on Instagram with a pair of shrug emojis:
“Being a Cam fan is wild because you’ll watch a touch foul called on her one end and then you’ll watch her catch the People’s Elbow on the other end and nothing happens.”
Need more be said?