MAYOR THAT WILL CONSIDER THIS. YOU KNOW, THE SUN HAS SOLD OUT BOSTON TWO YEARS IN A ROW, AND THE NBA FAN BASE IS CLEARLY EXPLODING. SO BOSTON WANTS IN. LET’S GO. LET’S GO PEOPLE CAITLIN CLARK FEVER DEFINITELY UP. THE EXCITEMENT. HE’S A REALLY GOOD PLAYER AND REALLY STRONG PLAYER. HAVE YOU SEEN HER PLAY LIVE? NO. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. BUT JUST AS MANY FANS CAME TO ROOT FOR THE SUN AND CHEER FOR EVERYTHING THE WNBA HAS COME TO EMBODY THEIR TEAMWORK. I FEEL LIKE ALL THE PLAYERS ARE LIKE CLOSER TO THE FANS, LIKE THEY’VE ALWAYS TAKEN PICTURES WITH ME AND SIGNED STUFF FOR ME. SHIVA BURSTEIN INTRODUCED HER DAD TO THE WNBA. NOW HE’S A SEASON TICKET HOLDER. WHAT I FIND INCREDIBLE ABOUT WNBA GAMES IS HOW INSPIRATIONAL THE PLAYERS ARE. THE TEAMWORK IS INCREDIBLE AND THIS DAD ISN’T ALONE. I AM A FAN OF THE WNBA. I WOULD LOVE FOR THE WNBA TO GROW. I WOULD LOVE FOR BOSTON TO GET THEIR OWN TEAM. THERE HAVE BEEN RUMBLINGS THAT THE SUN COULD BE LEAVING CONNECTICUT AND EYEING EITHER PROVIDENCE OR BOSTON. JEN RIZZOTTI IS THE TEAM PRESIDENT. HONESTLY, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS OUR OWNERSHIP GROUP IS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO INVEST, WHICH, YOU KNOW, COULD INCLUDE A FULL SALE AS FAR AS RELOCATION, THAT’S A LEAGUE DECISION, NOT AN OWNERSHIP DECISION. BUT EVEN GOVERNOR HEALEY IS MAKING A PITCH SAYING MASSACHUSETTS IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF BASKETBALL. AND WE HAVE PHENOMENAL ENTHUSIASM FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS. WE’RE READY FOR A WNBA TEAM IN BOSTON. ROSATI SAYS SHE FEELS IT. NOW, ROSATI WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE SUN HAS ALWAYS CONSIDERED THEMSELVES NEW ENGLAND’S WNBA TEAM. SO WE’LL SEE. BUT HEY, SHE DIDN’T SAY NO. WE’RE LIVE
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All of the players on Team Clark and Team Collier warmed up for Saturday night’s WNBA All-Star Game in shirts that read “Pay us what you owe us.”The shirts come after the players and the league failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement at an in-person meeting Thursday. The league’s players opted out of their last CBA in October, and are looking for a better revenue-sharing model, increased salaries, improved benefits and a softer salary cap.Video above: Excited fans pack TD Garden in sold-out Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun basketball game”I’m just so inspired by the amount of players that showed up, the engagement that was there,” WNBPA President Nneka Ogwumike said. “That’s really what it’s all about. Because the more that happens, the more that we’re going to be able to get things done. I think today we’re going to be able to use this conversation to start rolling the ball on things.”After the failed negotiations, many players said there was a large discrepancy between what they wanted and what the league was offering. If a new CBA is not reached by October some players, including All-Stars Napheesa Collier and Angel Reese, have mentioned the potential of a walkout.
All of the players on Team Clark and Team Collier warmed up for Saturday night’s WNBA All-Star Game in shirts that read “Pay us what you owe us.”
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The shirts come after the players and the league failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement at an in-person meeting Thursday. The league’s players opted out of their last CBA in October, and are looking for a better revenue-sharing model, increased salaries, improved benefits and a softer salary cap.
Video above: Excited fans pack TD Garden in sold-out Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun basketball game
“I’m just so inspired by the amount of players that showed up, the engagement that was there,” WNBPA President Nneka Ogwumike said. “That’s really what it’s all about. Because the more that happens, the more that we’re going to be able to get things done. I think today we’re going to be able to use this conversation to start rolling the ball on things.”
After the failed negotiations, many players said there was a large discrepancy between what they wanted and what the league was offering. If a new CBA is not reached by October some players, including All-Stars Napheesa Collier and Angel Reese, have mentioned the potential of a walkout.
