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sl8

(13,584 posts)
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 07:04 AM Sep 2022

With Griner in jail, WNBA players skip Russia in offseason

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-sports-middle-east-13cf8e874e82930218b7cbc0898c9b5b

With Griner in jail, WNBA players skip Russia in offseason

By DOUG FEINBERG
yesterday

SYDNEY (AP) — Brittney Griner’s highly publicized legal woes in Russia and the country’s invasion of Ukraine has the top WNBA players opting to take their talents elsewhere this offseason.

For the past few decades, Russia has been the preferred offseason destination for WNBA players to compete because of the high salaries that can exceed $1 million – nearly quadruple the base salary of top WNBA players -- and the resources and amenities teams offered them.

That all has come to an abrupt end.

“Honestly my time in Russia has been wonderful, but especially with BG still wrongfully detained there, nobody’s going to go there until she’s home,” said Breanna Stewart, a Griner teammate on the Russian team that paid the duo millions. “I think that, you know, now, people want to go overseas and if the money is not much different, they want to be in a better place.”

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With Griner in jail, WNBA players skip Russia in offseason (Original Post) sl8 Sep 2022 OP
I'm shocked that this issue even was a thought! FarPoint Sep 2022 #1
Same Here ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #3
Does Russia care enough? Srkdqltr Sep 2022 #2

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
3. Same Here
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 07:39 AM
Sep 2022

What would make anybody even think about it, if there's money elsewhere, even if not as much?

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