LONG OVERDUE: Indiana Fever COO & GM Amber Cox Finally Defends Fans Who Fill the Stadium — Says Media Attacks Have “No Basis in Reality,” Not One Fan Removed for Code of Conduct Violation

For months, the fake news cartel and woke agitators across the sports landscape have done nothing but smear, lie about, and vilify the millions of patriotic basketball fans who tune in to support Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever.

Now, the leadership in Indianapolis is finally speaking out and setting the record straight!

Indiana Fever Chief Operating Officer and General Manager Amber Cox finally came out swinging Saturday in defense of the team’s massive and fiercely loyal fanbase after months of attacks and sweeping accusations from critics inside and outside the WNBA.

At Saturday’s end-of-season availability in Indianapolis, Cox read a prepared statement thanking the Fever fan base and calling out the smear campaign that has followed Caitlin Clark’s crowds from Gainbridge Fieldhouse to the road.

According to OutKick, Cox said the attacks “have no basis in reality, and they need to stop, especially with members of the media,” and she was not talking about the reporters in the room. She meant the ones “who have never been to a game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.”

Cox did not pretend every spectator is an angel. She said every organization in pro sports, “all the way down to youth rec leagues,” deals with occasional bad behavior, and anyone who crosses the line in an arena or online “needs to be held accountable.” Then she dropped the number the narrative merchants keep skipping.

“We did not have one fan pointed out by a player who violated the WNBA Code of Conduct this season. Not one fan was removed from a game,” Cox said, according to the Indianapolis Star.

She said that claim is backed by the team’s security stats and by the crowds the organization actually hosts.

Cox said fans from all 50 states and 57 countries have attended Fever home games and that more than 35% of the crowd comes from outside Indiana.

“We have the best fans in the league,” Cox said.

“Our fans love this team. They’re going to cheer, they’re going to boo, and sometimes they might point,” she added. “It’s a home-court advantage for a reason.”

In other words: Welcome to sports.

Fans cheer. Fans boo. Fans disagree with calls. Fans point at players. None of that automatically constitutes harassment or grounds for throwing paying customers out of an arena.

She also put the ratings on the table. Fever fans, she said, delivered 14 of the top 15 WNBA broadcasts this year, including some of the largest audiences the league has ever had.

The only top-drawing broadcast that did not include the Fever was the All-Star Game, and that game still had three Fever All-Star starters.

“Our fans love this team. They’re going to cheer, they’re going to boo, and sometimes they might point. It’s a home court advantage for a reason, and it’s the same for the Pacers. And all of that is within the code of conduct,” Cox said.

She closed with the line the league’s activists hate: Fever games have always been about inclusivity, sports are the ultimate unifier, and everyone is welcome. “Go Fever.”

Asked why she felt the need to say it, Cox pointed straight at the playoff series. Narratives around the fan base “just frankly are not true,” she said.

Night after night, she walks out to roughly 17,000 people spending hard-earned money, including kids being inspired by the team. Painting that crowd with a broad brush, she said, is not fair.

A statement on our fan base from COO & GM Amber Cox. pic.twitter.com/Tqjk3ZBfRK

— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) October 3, 2026