sikma42 wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:sikma42 wrote:
Not a big fan of Cathy. And criticisms have merit. But it all goes back to the conflict of interest and I don't think she is operating in the best interest of the WNBA and because of that I'm starting to move her into the "shady" category.
The fact that she mentioned Unrivaled and her husbands leadership + private conversations just makes me it sound a bit icky. I know im in the minority here.
Unrivaled was created for this very reason in my opinion.
Yea, and operating this way can be deemed shady regardless of the purpose. I think she wants a lock out and wants to the potential benefits that come with that for Unrivialed. But using her WNBA platform to push up Unrivialed and push down the WNBA, bring up the CBA etc...well imo it's just nasty work and there should be swift ramifications.
Cathy is bad and changes need to be made. This wasnt about that. It was about Unrivaled.
Do you think her husband and Unrivaled needed to mentioned in this prepared speech?
I am of the belief that Unrivaled increases the players' leverage in negotiations with the WNBA and therefore will benefit all the players. It certainly benefits the substantial number of players who play in Unrivaled and don't have to go overseas in the "off season," but it benefits everyone. And I think the frustration with Cathy is widespread (if not downright universal) among the rank and file, which is why players are making a point to show public support for Phee.
I had no problem with Phee mentioning her husband and Unrivaled because the context was seeing league administration from the inside and contrasting good administration with bad administration. I did not get the impression that she was trying to promote Unrivaled as an entity (she only briefly mentioned it), but just using it to establish a position of relevant knowledge to highlight the player-unfriendly stance of WNBA leadership.
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