“I do that at my family after every game,” Clark said, to which Doyel responded, “Start doing it to me and we’ll get along just fine.”
It's the notion that he had power over her and she should submit.
@davidtoddmccarty Older man makes a creepy comment to the 22yo woman who is the new face of the local team... so the boss takes him off the beat. (Note it's not the team that banned him - it's the paper who reassigned him.)
@davidtoddmccarty a reporter openly flirting with the star player he could be covering, that's what's wrong. Would he have made such a "cute" comment & gesture to a male player? I doubt it.