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WNBA is now set to begin fully chartered private flights for the entire league

Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:07 pm
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
61326 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:07 pm
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This is definitely the civil rights movement of our time to get behind.


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The WNBA plans to commit $50 million over the next two years to provide full-time charter flight service for its teams during the season, the league's commissioner announced Tuesday in a move that addresses years of player safety concerns.

Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a meeting with sports editors that the league will launch a charter program "as soon as we can get planes in places." She said it's projected to cost around $25 million per year for the next two seasons.





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That means no more long security lines, bodyguards in public spaces, cramped legroom or layovers for the professional athletes who have been lobbying for better travel since long before Caitlin Clark's celebrity brought newfound interest to the league.



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Most importantly, Lynx forward Napheesa Collier says, it means safety for the players.

"All these players and these faces are becoming so popular that it really is about that as much as it as about recovery," Collier said, noting how last season Brittney Griner was harassed by what the WNBA called a "provocateur" while traveling commercial.


Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
74051 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:15 pm to
Is the NBA paying for this?
Posted by jlovel7
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
21341 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:15 pm to
Should read the NBA plans to fork over an extra $50M
Posted by Boodis Man
Member since Sep 2020
4603 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:16 pm to
Guess climate change doesn’t matter anymore to the woke left
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
16887 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:16 pm to
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"All these players and these faces are becoming so popular that it really is about that as much as it as about recovery," Collier said,


Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
61986 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:19 pm to
Surely the girls/boys/they/them will bow down and thank Caitlyn Clark for this, right?
Posted by themetalreb
Mississippi
Member since Sep 2018
4037 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:20 pm to
I’m a part of the new wave of WNBA fans and I guarantee you I couldn’t recognize over 6 or 7 players…
Posted by BZ504
Texas
Member since Oct 2005
9514 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:21 pm to
I am really rooting for this league to fold, but I don’t think it will because the NBA wants to keep it.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166422 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:23 pm to
I’d rather a bigger paycheck if I was a player
Posted by nola tiger lsu
Member since Nov 2007
5303 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:25 pm to
WNBA actually hot right now
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
53586 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:26 pm to
No joke, they started all this all because Alex Stein mocked Griner at an airport.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
145234 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:28 pm to
And the NY team got in trouble because they were using chartered flights a couple years ago which was going around the CBA
Posted by Corinthians420
Iowa
Member since Jun 2022
6683 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:36 pm to
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Should read the NBA plans to fork over an extra $50M

damn they are gonna go broke
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35583 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:43 pm to
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The WNBA plans to commit $50 million over the next two years


And yet players and teams are shitting on Caitlin Clark who 100% made this happen. What a confused League.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
80319 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:46 pm to
I’d be interested to know if this extra $50 million comes out of the NBA owners split of revenue only or if it comes out of the players split as well.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 8:48 pm
Posted by cardswinagain
Member since Jun 2013
11890 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:50 pm to
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WNBA actually hot right now


No matter how much the mainstream media is telling you, lol no it’s not
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
145234 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:52 pm to
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No matter how much the mainstream media is telling you


Who is the face of alt sports media? Is it Jason Whitlock? Please tell me it's Jason Whitlock
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 12:19 am
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
132491 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:53 pm to
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No joke, they started all this all because Alex Stein mocked Griner at an airport.

This
Posted by WaterLink
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2015
17299 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:59 pm to
Honestly man good for them. Not coming out of my check and if the NBA is OK with the extra expense then I hope they enjoy the upgrades.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
95830 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 9:02 pm to
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And yet players and teams are shitting on Caitlin Clark who 100% made this happen. What a confused League.


Clark didn’t find 50 million in additional money. The WNBA just found another grift off the nba
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