WNBA fight sad development for women's sports

Is the brawl between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock of the WNBA a sign of a development in women's sports?

 

I can't recall another instance of a fight in women's sports, which is still in its infancy in the American sports conscious. The WNBA began in 1996 and established itself as the foudation of women's sports leagues.

 

We think nothing - or shouldn't  - of female  athletes participating in intense, compelling, minute-by-minute changing games. There are more women playing sports than 10 years ago, and opportunities exist for girls at younger ages.  Yet an incident of women fighting, even in the heat of the moment, is difficult to accept.