In total, the WNBA fined the New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever and their players for wearing black warm-up shirts.
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“We are proud of WNBA players’ engagement and passionate advocacy for non-violent solutions to hard social issues but expect them to comply with the league’s uniform guidelines”, WNBA President Lisa Borders told the Associated Press.
The league also said it will be working with players over the Olympic break on finding ways to express their views to fans. It started with players from the Minnesota Lynx.
After the WNBA fined its players for wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts, which violates the league’s dress code, the association has withdrawn their costly penalties.
She tweeted that the WNBA appreciated “our players expressing themselves on matters important to them”, and said the league chose to rescind the fines as a show of “even more support”. “We look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue with the league to ensure that the players’ desire to express themselves will continue to be supported”.
WNBA President Lisa Borders released the statement on Saturday saying that the league would be willing to work with both the players and the teams in order to reach a resolve. “So, this is something that directly affects us, and we want to use our voices”. We believe in them.
With many WNBA players continuing their support of the Black Lives Matter movement, league president Lisa Borders is finally speaking out on the situation. “I don’t think anyone should be fighting that at this moment”. To avoid getting fined, they didn’t wear those shirts on the court. “I really do”, he said, citing the former UConn player and Liberty star for wearing her warmup shirt inside-out before Thursday’s game.
The WNBA players did not stop trying to deliver their message even after the fines. We have followers now because of who we are, not what we do’.
Still, she said it was “embarrassing” that the players had been fined in the first place. They say that it’s wonderful that someone can understand the emotions of people living in the sensitive era that we do.
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‘We want to make sure they play well on the court and they are happy off the court’.
