Smart organizations keep their most important employees happy, and well-run sports leagues recognize the value of bright, talented, charismatic stars, but enough about that. Let’s talk about the WNBA.
Lynx star Napheesa Collier just slingshotted WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert to another planet. Players and coaches are backing her up. As far as I can tell, the only person who has publicly stood up for Engelbert is Engelbert. The WNBA—a feel-good, rapid-growth story for the last two years—seems like it is suddenly imploding.
