Posted on 03/09/2025 5:28:57 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
WNBA player Angel Reese ignited a social media firestorm after claiming players are prepared to sit out games to demand higher salaries during her podcast Friday.
Reese and fellow WNBA player DiJonai Carrington addressed the next WNBA collective bargaining agreement.
"I've got to get in the meetings because I'm hearing like, 'If y'all don't give us what we want, we sitting out,'" Reese said.
Carrington added, "That's a possibility."
Reese has griped about her financial situation in the past.
"The WNBA don't pay my bills at all. I don't even think it pays one of my bills. Literally," Reese said.
Reese's comments incited heated debate on social media about a WNBA player strike resulting in higher salaries. The WNBA has never turned a profit in its existence and has been subsidized by the NBA.
Reese got in on the discussion when she called out conservative influencer AKA on X for a post that Reese said falsely claimed she demanded to be paid as much as NBA players.
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Hon, nobody cares.
WNBA had a moment. They had a chance. They could have become a hot new sport, with a big star. But they decided to just whup dat white girl’s ass instead. At this point, I’d say they are all overpaid and their sport needs to die.
Beat up your white girl pinata some more, Angel.
And make me a sammich.
The job is important, relatively, the players are not. Sitting out can only result in exit from the game to be replaced by somebody who wants to play the game.
If WNBA wants more money, give a game that entertains people.
Then, find other work.
Any paycheck she's getting is literally charity since the WNBA has never turned a profit.
Still having that period once a month Reese? If not, join the NBA and make some real money.
Not only that but she decided to "bend the knee".
So I predict that CC won't be drawing the fans she like she did last year in her WNBA debut and while she was playing at Iowa.
Carrington is trouble. A real gangsta
Quit and get another job. Simple. 🤓
Is she sharing the proceeds from her namesake McDonald’s meal campaign? But she expects excessive payment for doing something almost no one wants to watch and won’t be hurt herself by sitting out.
She/he/it lost me at “we sitting out.”
Wait a minute... So what you’re saying is... That there’s a woman’s basketball league and they actually ‘pay’ the players to play in it???
That’s astounding... Are any of them actually women?
future pole dancer (not that there’s anything wrong with that)
You go, girl.
Clark is cooked, self-inflicted burn
You have nothing to offer. Nobody watches WNBA. Except maybe lesbians
Too bad. Because Clark is a star. And a part of her appeal is that all the fans could relate to her. Used to, anyway.
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