WNBA Commissioner Kathy Angelbert said that the league was to be worked on to repair the relationship with the players on Friday, while saying that some of the comments were “impurities” in some comments responsible for her by Neepsa Kolier by Nefesa Kolier earlier this week.
Angelbert said before game 1 of the WNBA final on Friday night, “I was disappointed to hear that some players feel the league and I personally do not care or listen to him.” “If the players in ‘W’ do not appreciate and feel value from the league, then we have to do better and I have to do better.”
In comprehensive comments, Angelbert said this offsen would be reviewed by a new “State of the Game” committee. The commissioner also said that the League and the players association have meetings for the next week to discuss a new collective bargaining agreement. Angelbert also said that she is planning to remain as a commissioner after the other. CBA Has been finalized.
For the comments that Coliriers said that Engelbert had made in a private conversation Cetleen Clarke WNBA is required to be financially successful, the commissioner refused to say this.
“Ketleen has been a transformative player in this league. He has been a great representative of the game,” said Angelbert. “He has brought tens of millions of new fans to the game.”
Angelbert said that he spoke to Minnesota Links Star Kolier, who said on Tuesday that the league is “the worst leadership in the world” and a commissioner who lacks accountability. Both will meet next week, either personally or virtually, Angelbert said.
CBA talk status
Angelbert believes that a new CBA deal will be done, although it is not necessary by the time limit of October 31.
“This is a real time limit from the point of view. We have extended the deadline in the past,” he said. “I know last time when I was only one or two days on the job, we got to an extension and made a deal. … I am confident that we can make a deal, but if not, I think we can do an extension.”
Angelbert said that the high salary for the players is a target. Both sides share.
Angelbert said, “We continue to meet the players’ meeting with the association and have important conversations. I want to reiterate that we want a lot to the players that players want.” “We want to increase their salaries and benefits, while supporting the long -term growth and viability of the WNBA.”
Review of charge
Angelbert said that it is clear that players and coaches have differences between the way the physical nature of the game and the referee’s way of referee.
The improved committee will include improvement players, coaches, general managers, and others working with improvement.
“I think it is very clear that we are wrong on what we currently want to our stakeholders,” Angelbert said. “We have heard loudly and clear that we have not met that necessary alignment.”
Angelbert said the League needs to watch the “good, aggressive game we recognize, which has developed in some game and how to calibrate the line for legal and illegal materials to ensure the safety and exciting competition of the player.”
Angelbert’s job status
Engelbert denied reports that she would leave the WNBA after the new CBA ends.
“I have never been a bizarre. I am entering my 40th year, in fact, in business this month. Never have a bizarre. I have never away from difficult situations,” he said.
Angelbert has fulfilled many of his promises since coming to the league in 2019. He must have added six expansion teams by 2030 and acquired a major new media rights deal for the next decade that would bring over $ 2.2 billion. Angelbert also paid the league for a full charter flight program this season that the hope of the players would be added to the new CBA to remove concerns about issues from safety to travel time.
The League has enjoyed monumental development over the years, and Angelbert said she knows that more work is to be done.
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