Brianna Turner CALLS OUT fans and WNBA for ‘excessive harassment’ of players

Brianna Turner calls out the WNBA for their lack of support on their players safety

Brianna Turner CALLS OUT fans and WNBA for ‘excessive harassment’ of players

Brittney Griner speaks to the media for the first time since returning home from wrongful imprisonment in Russia. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

The WNBA and its players have been the butt of jokes for sports fans for particularly no good reasons with fans making fun of the players’ salary or just downright disrespecting them and the event that took place in Dallas was a step too far.

The issue appears to be caused by a right-wing YouTuber, Alex Stein, who was planning on ‘exposing’ Brittney Griner. While Griner and her teammates were on their to their flight to Indiana, the Youtuber allegedly approached the team and harassed them.

Brittney Griner after her stint in a Russian prison and the trade made by the US to free her have made her a controversial political figure in the States. Following up on this, the WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert made ‘safety’ and unique confidential plans for player’s safety during travels between games.

The league however was accused of not following up on their promise as Brianna Turner took to Twitter to call out the League regarding player’s safety during travels. Brianna Turner is playing for the Phoenix Mercury, the same team as Brittney Griner.

As mentioned, Griner have become a very controversial figure spanning outside the WNBA and have attracted lots of political debates and the league seemed to have failed in protecting her and her teammates, as the incident from Friday night was the result of the team not having any security in the airport despite Griner being a popular figure.

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Brittney Griner’s homecoming return made WNBA HISTORY

Brittney Griner returns to the NBA (Image via Sky Sports)
Brittney Griner returns to the NBA (Image via Sky Sports)

Brittney Griner finally made a homecoming return to her home state of Texas, six months after her release from Russia’s Imprisonment.

Two days ago, Griner made her fateful return to Texas for a WNBA game. She received a standing ovation and was celebrated by the fans throughout the game. The two-time Olympic gold medallist’s celebrated return was the most-watched regular season WNBA game in 24 years and was reported by ESPN that the viewership peaked at 1 million during the showing of the contest.

Although Griner’s Mercury lost to the Dallas Wings, she scored a game high of 24 points in the 84-79 loss and was pretty solid through the game as she was supported by a crowd of 4242 fans in the building.

With Griner back in the lineup for the Mercury, the team is looking to make huge splash this season and is looking to overcome a 1-5 start to the season to catch up to the no.1 seed in the Western Conference.

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