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tulipsandroses

(5,124 posts)
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 07:48 PM Feb 2021

It's so fitting that Renee Montgomery helped rid the WNBA of Kelly Loeffler

You lose again, Kelly Loeffler. You will not be missed, most certainly not by WNBA players.

On Friday, the WNBA announced that the sale of the Atlanta Dream had been finalized, and that the primary owner is Larry Gottesdiener, founder and chairman of Northland, a Massachusetts-based real estate development company.
The two other members of the ownership group are Suzanne Abair, Northland's president and COO, and ... former Dream player Renee Montgomery.

There is something so satisfying about a Black woman being part of the ownership group, so delicious that it is one of the players Loeffler openly disparaged during her futile campaign to win the U.S. Senate seat she had temporarily held for Georgia. Loeffler expressed disgust that WNBA players were so vocal about demanding recognition of their full humanity (aka "Black lives matter&quot as she — wait for it — used them as political pawns in her ultimately losing quest to retain that seat.

And now, not only did WNBA players play a significant role in Loeffler losing to Rev. Raphael Warnock, a WNBA player is part of the group that bought the Dream from Loeffler, ending a shameful era in the ascending league's history. It bears repeating what a stroke of genius it was to turn their attention away from rightfully complaining about Loeffler's racist, homophobic stances and toward supporting one of her potential opponents.

[link:https://sports.yahoo.com/renee-montgomery-helped-rid-the-wnba-of-kelly-loeffler-002311970.html|
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It's so fitting that Renee Montgomery helped rid the WNBA of Kelly Loeffler (Original Post) tulipsandroses Feb 2021 OP
It's wonderful Deuxcents Feb 2021 #1
THE happy story of the week. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #2
Off to the greatest page malaise Feb 2021 #3
It is indeed delicious. Would you consider cross-posting this in Women's Rights And Issues? niyad Feb 2021 #4
Great news! K&R crickets Feb 2021 #5

Deuxcents

(16,218 posts)
1. It's wonderful
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 08:00 PM
Feb 2021

And her year off has paid off. I hope the good citizens support the team n their dreams..just great.

niyad

(113,303 posts)
4. It is indeed delicious. Would you consider cross-posting this in Women's Rights And Issues?
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 10:47 PM
Feb 2021

Thanks in advance.

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