to WNBA Commissioner, Cathy Engelbert, asking that players not be allowed to wear shirts that said Black Lives Matter or kneel during the national anthem. The letter was only mildly successful in that some players did not kneel, instead choosing to walk off the court before the start of the anthem.Elizabeth Williams, a forward for the Dream, told ESPN that after Loeffler’s letter players wanted to do something bigger than just complain about their owner.
Williams said, “We wanted to make sure we could still keep the focus on our social justice movement, and funny enough, Rev. Warnock is somebody who supports everything that we support and just happens to be running in that seat.”, a member of the Seattle Storm. “I’m not some political strategist,” Bird told ESPN in regard to her political strategizing, “but what I do know is that voting is important. And I think our league has always encouraged people to use their voices and to get out and vote.
Fascinating story!