This is like the LIV Golf league. The players like the money, but, the country isn't the best place in the world to play the game. This is just wrong on so many fronts. Americans need to stay home and be ratified with their earnings and live to see another day with full engagement of QUALITY OF LIFE. This is proof that money absolutely does not buy happiness.
Stop sacrificing sport for wealth. It is not worth it.
I have nothing against James Wade, but, a woman's league should be coached, owned and managed by women.
By Julia Poe
...He (James Wade) (click here) was introduced as the Chicago Sky's new head coach and general manager, he met people in the organization, and he did rounds of media interviews....
Women’s basketball in Russia (click here) used to offer an offseason dream for WNBA players — first-class treatment, million-dollar contracts, elite competition.
But as the WNBA and U.S. government plead for the release of Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner — who was sentenced Thursday to nine years in a Russian prison after being convicted of drug possession and smuggling — the prospect of returning to Russia became a non-starter for her former teammates in Chicago.
Griner played under Sky coach James Wade for two seasons in Russia and won EuroLeague and Russian Cup titles with Sky stars Allie Quigley, Courtney Vandersloot and Emma Meesseman.
All three Sky players made an exodus when Russia invaded Ukraine in March, cutting short their season with UMMC Ekaterinburg. They returned to the U.S. as the war shifted the political axis in the country...
Women’s basketball in Russia (click here) used to offer an offseason dream for WNBA players — first-class treatment, million-dollar contracts, elite competition.
But as the WNBA and U.S. government plead for the release of Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner — who was sentenced Thursday to nine years in a Russian prison after being convicted of drug possession and smuggling — the prospect of returning to Russia became a non-starter for her former teammates in Chicago.
Griner played under Sky coach James Wade for two seasons in Russia and won EuroLeague and Russian Cup titles with Sky stars Allie Quigley, Courtney Vandersloot and Emma Meesseman.
All three Sky players made an exodus when Russia invaded Ukraine in March, cutting short their season with UMMC Ekaterinburg. They returned to the U.S. as the war shifted the political axis in the country...
BRING THE AMERICANS HOME!
