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Brittney Griner’s possible need to fly private as she returns to WNBA raises concerns and questions
Britney Griner plans to back to court for the 2023 WNBA season – and there are concerns about his return.
The assumption that the Phoenix Mercury center will have to fly privately due to security concerns highlighted a key issue: charter flights. As a result, the former WNBA MVP Breanna Stewartt makes air charter a key part of its free agency.
Whether Britney Griner were to fly privately, the league would have to decide whether his Mercury teammates would also be able to do so – a decision currently prohibited.
According to ESPN Ramona Shelburne,
“The issue of private air travel has come to the fore in free agent conversations around the WNBA, multiple sources told ESPN, due to the assumption that Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner will have to fly privately. . For safety reasons. »
She added,
“If Griner were to fly private, the league should determine if her teammates on the Mercury would fly private with her. This would raise the question of fairness for other teams in the league, who are currently not allowed to fly privately.
While Britney Griner indeed plans to return to the league, she has not yet requested special accommodation for the trip.
In his first post-release statement, smiling expressed her gratitude to everyone who stood up for her before and after her situation. She added,
“I also want to make one thing clear: I intend to play basketball for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA this season, and in doing so, I look forward to being able to say ‘thank you’ to those of you who have been pleading, writing and posting for me in person soon.
Brittney Griner makes her first statement via Instagram. #wnba pic.twitter.com/JdyReDLeBP
— Kareem Copeland (@kareemcopeland) December 16, 2022
Stewartwho played with smiling on U.S. national teams and tweeted about him almost daily while incarcerated, raised the topic of charter plane travel for the entire WNBA in a tweet on Sunday.
The free agent said she would bring in the money on her own name, image and likeness offerssocial media posts and production times to ensure the league can travel privately “in a way that prioritizes the health and safety of players” and “ultimately results in a better product.”
As stated earlier, Britney Griner was released in December 2022 after serving nearly 300 days of a nine-year sentence in a Russian prison. Last February, she was arrested at an airport after a small amount of hash oil was found in her luggage.
Prior to his release as part of a exchange of prisoners for a Russian arms dealer Victor Boutmediated by the president Joe Bidenshe was illegally incarcerated for a total of nine months.
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