“The worst leadership in the world,” says the Wnba player in the drama that overwhelms the WNBA finals.

the WNBA Finals begin on FridayBut this is not the reconciliation of Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury, who speaks basketball fans.

It is the match between Navisa Coller from Minnesota Linux Coller broke out in the leadership of Wnba At a post -season media conference on Tuesday.

Coller, Vice President of the WNBA Federation and co -founder of the basketball league in a 3X3 season peerlessWnba was accused of the “deaf tone, rejecting” players. In her four -minute speech, Coller Engelbert criticized her being “neglect” in her governance.

“We have the best players in the world. We have the best fans in the world. But now we have the worst driving in the world,” Coller said on Tuesday.

“I have now reached the levels of inconsistency that affects our sport and undermine the integrity in which you work,” Koller told reporters. “They ignore the issues in which everyone begged inside the game – and this is neglect.”

Engeelber has since then Make a statement She is “disappointed” from Coller’s descriptions, and has a “great respect” for her and all WNBA players. but The masses flood social media With invitations to England, who became the League Commissioner in 2019, he is separated.

“You are a shame,” wrote One fan on xAs others Tell her “To pack your bags.”

Meanwhile, the players seem to support Coleer.

Aces star said and MVP A’Ja Wilson response.

“PHEE talks about me”, forward in Seattle, and President of WNBPA NNEKA OGWUMIKE Posted on X.

“When you speak PHEE, people listen. We are confident that their words today speak to the feelings and experiences of many, if not more than our members or all of them.” The WNBA players was published in a statement on Instagram.

But how did we get even here? What is exactly the case? Let’s backup.

The coach goes “burned land” after Coller’s injury

Coller’s comments came after the semi -final match in the 3rd match against Mercury on Friday, as Coller suffered an ankle injury as Vennex striker Alyssa Thomas stole the ball at the last minute of the game. Thomas was not an invitation to a mistake.

Linux coach Sherrill Reef fired a bus loaded against game officials after the accident. Or to quote Sports photographerThe “burned land” went.

She followed and received a game official on the field, was slow to leave after being expelled with the remaining 21.8 seconds, and directed the profanity of the fans during the exit and later fired in a blatant criticism to clarify the league at its press conference after the game.

“I want to call for changing driving at the league level when it comes to clarification. It is bad for the game. The beloved crew that we had tonight, in order to see that these three people in the semi -finals deserve the wrong qualifiers,” Reef said at the press conference.

Wnba slapped it with one match suspension and recorded in the league $ 15,000. After that, the icon was eliminated from the qualifiers on Sunday in the game 4 that Collier missed with an ankle injury and lost a countryside because it was suspended.

On Tuesday, Coller said she had not heard from Engelbert about or injured the call.

“There is no single call, not a single text. Instead, the only awareness came from No. 2 to tell my agent that she does not think that physical play contributed to the injuries. This is angry.”

“It is the ideal example of the deaf approach, and the rejection that our leaders seem to always take.”

Engelbert was also called by players in 2024 Not taking a stronger position against hate speech And social media Vitriol, where the players faced racist comments and Kratin, USA’s reports today.

Comments also come during negotiations

Notes also come amid the negotiations of the collective negotiation agreement (CBA) between the league and the players. The current CBA was appointed to end on October 31.

Al -Ittihad said in July that the two sides were unlike the salaries of the players.

Coller said on Tuesday: “(England) told me that the players should be on their knees, thanking their lucky stars for the media rights deal that I obtained.” “This is the mentality that leads our dormant from the top.”

Engelbert did not address the specific comments that Coller said he made in a private conversation, saying only that “perspectives differ.”

Women’s basketball witnessed A significant rise in popularity During the past few years, between the appearance of star players like Clark, Expansion WnbaAnd increase in The mad scenes march. but The salaries are still a painful point.

For example, and Choose a draft WNBA No. 1 Paige Buickers was expected to earn $ 78,831 from the United States for a rising year – about $ 109,480 CDN, or Less than the real real family income in the states. It can be expected to choose the number 1 of the American Professional League, compared to obtaining $ 13.8 million in its upward year, according to what it said. Spotrac Sports website.

Many players complete their income playing abroad during his season, a recent issue when it was the Wnba Brestney Griner player detained In Russia, on charges of drugs that ended with the prisoner’s exchange.

In July, WNBPA warned the league before the All-Star match, saying that WNBA failed to address their priorities. Ogwumke, the head of WnBPA, told the correspondents at the time that they are celebrating the amazing growth, but “it was not lost that we live in growth while we are negotiating its value.”

“Fans know what we deserve. Now we need the league to find out what it deserves.”

Many players warm to the Wnba All-Star game in shirts that read “Paying to us what you owe to us.”