Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia

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This is probably her longest stint of sobriety in many years.  Here's hoping Russia keeps her.   We The People do not want her back.

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What about this lady?  I realize she does not check the proper boxes, but hey.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11085077/The-American-woman-jailed-Russia-youve-never-heard-of.html

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On 8/6/2022 at 6:05 AM, Dashinka said:

What about this lady?  I realize she does not check the proper boxes, but hey.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11085077/The-American-woman-jailed-Russia-youve-never-heard-of.html

Unbelievable...

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Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/europe/russia-recruits-prisoners-ukraine-war-cmd-intl/index.html

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I wonder what they are offering the folks who operated the secret biowarfare labs?

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Brittney Griner’s story shows again, how America continues to fail Black women

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/brittney-griner-america-black-women-russia

 

The first of those failures involves why she was in Russia to begin with. The WNBA champion was entering the country to play with the Russian Premier League, as she’s done during every offseason for the last several years. But it’s not just for fun. WNBA salaries are abysmally low, and there are only 14 players in the entire league who earn $200,000 or more. Griner is one of them, clocking in at an average of $221,515 a year in her latest contract. Comparatively, peers like Kevin Durant and LeBron James averaged $48,554,830 and $42,827,766 respectively. This disparity means that female players – even the most seasoned and talented like Griner – are often forced to play in foreign leagues during their WNBA downtime in order to supplement their income.

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8 hours ago, Boiler said:

Brittney Griner’s story shows again, how America continues to fail Black women

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/brittney-griner-america-black-women-russia

 

The first of those failures involves why she was in Russia to begin with. The WNBA champion was entering the country to play with the Russian Premier League, as she’s done during every offseason for the last several years. But it’s not just for fun. WNBA salaries are abysmally low, and there are only 14 players in the entire league who earn $200,000 or more. Griner is one of them, clocking in at an average of $221,515 a year in her latest contract. Comparatively, peers like Kevin Durant and LeBron James averaged $48,554,830 and $42,827,766 respectively. This disparity means that female players – even the most seasoned and talented like Griner – are often forced to play in foreign leagues during their WNBA downtime in order to supplement their income.

Not sure what constitutes “abysmally” low, doesn’t the WNBA pay salaries based on league/team revenue?    Where are all the fans paying for the product.  Btw, a $200k+ salary would seem pretty good to most people.

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Nobody ever got Covid watching the WNBA

 

If there were as many fans and articles like this there would be no financial issues.

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16 hours ago, Boiler said:

Brittney Griner’s story shows again, how America continues to fail Black women

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/brittney-griner-america-black-women-russia

 

The first of those failures involves why she was in Russia to begin with. The WNBA champion was entering the country to play with the Russian Premier League, as she’s done during every offseason for the last several years. But it’s not just for fun. WNBA salaries are abysmally low, and there are only 14 players in the entire league who earn $200,000 or more. Griner is one of them, clocking in at an average of $221,515 a year in her latest contract. Comparatively, peers like Kevin Durant and LeBron James averaged $48,554,830 and $42,827,766 respectively. This disparity means that female players – even the most seasoned and talented like Griner – are often forced to play in foreign leagues during their WNBA downtime in order to supplement their income.

This article reminds me of the people who are working at McDonalds and Starbucks whining because they don't make as much money as a doctor or a lawyer.  Turns out, it has more to do with career choices than it does race or gender.

 

Besides, this is 2022.  Why doesn't (s)he (I'm not a biologist) just identify as a man and join the NBA?

Edited August 16, 2022 by LIBrty4all

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On 8/5/2022 at 6:09 AM, Dashinka said:

Dennis Rodman?

So I called it.  Rodman is on the case.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/dennis-rodman-says-hell-try-to-free-brittney-griner-it-could-be-a-fiasco-experts-say/ar-AA10XIGD