WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said the league is not financially in a place to fund team charter flights for an entire season, according to ESPN’s Mechelle Voepel.
Engelbert’s response comes several days after a Sports Illustrated report by Howard Medgal revealed that the WNBA considered terminating the Liberty due to the team’s owners chartering flights for players. While Engelbert claims she would like to see the league carry out the idea, she said the WNBA simply lacks the funds.
“It would be more than $20 million a year to fund charter flights for an entire WNBA season,” Engelbert told ESPN in an interview. “… We’re not going to jeopardize the financial health of the league and be irresponsible... If we can get it funded by sponsors and supporters, great, but that's not where we are. We do not have that.”
