That's exactly why it's a rule, because not all team owners can afford it.
It's not a wack rule because it can actually be used by teams as a way to "unfairly" recruit free agents. The players union and the league also agreed upon the rule in their last CBA supposedly.
The whole situation with the ladies not being paid as high as they should and their accommodations is a sad state of affairs but the players association agreed to those terms. I wish the league was bigger in this country so they wouldn't have to go abroad to be paid better but unfortunately it isn't. A good amount of those foreign leagues have been around a bit longer which helped those leagues have better fanbases and stronger support.
With the WNBA draft less than a week away, the new-look Atlanta Dream made a bold move, obtaining the No. 1 pick in a trade with the Washington Mystics on Wednesday, the teams announced.
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